A Newcastle Community Group has been awarded £3,000 from the Police and Crime Commissioner’s People Power Fund to set up a tool hire project.
Greater Chesterton Locality Action Partnership (LAP) was awarded funds for the tool hire scheme which helps community members to maintain their gardens. Residents have also received training days from PM Training.
As part of his commitment to local communities, the Commissioner is providing £500,000 in 2015/16 through the People Power Fund in the form of grants of between £100 and £3,000.
The fund is supporting locally-driven community safety activities in local areas throughout Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent.
Mr Ellis said: “It’s great to see residents working together to achieve a sense of pride in their local area and learn new skills. The Greater Chesterton LAP has done a great job in bringing the community together and making Chesterton an appealing and safe place to live.”
The People Power Fund is one part of £2.5 million of Commissioner’s Community Funding for 2014/15. The Commissioner’s Locality Deal Fund has allocated money to local areas through working in partnership with local district and borough councils. Meanwhile, the Commissioner’s Proceeds of Crime Fund is seeing 100 per cent of funding received by Staffordshire Police going back into local communities, through grants of between £3,000 and £15,000. It is made up of money seized from criminals as Staffordshire Police continue to strip offenders of their assets.
Successful projects in all three funding streams will deliver what’s important to local people based on the four priorities set out in the Commissioner’s Safer, Fairer, United Communities Strategy – tackling the root causes of crime through early intervention, supporting victims and witnesses better, reducing reoffending and increasing public confidence.
Lilian Barker MBE, Chair of Greater Chesterton Lap, said: “All the partners in the LAP were proud to be able to share our success stories with Matthew Ellis.
“In the last year he has supported the Chesterton area and the community by giving more
than £15,000 of funding to different projects. This has made a massive impact and the positive effects can be seen throughout the area.
“We’re passionate about making a difference in Chesterton and it’s fantastic to see the Commissioner share this passion and support our area in such a positive way.”
