That is why I setup the Commissioner’s Fund.
The Commissioner’s Fund supports the delivery of the Police & Crime Plan. Each year I allocate 1% of the policing budget (c. £1,000,000) to the Commissioner’s Fund to support projects and programmes that seek to break the cycle of harm and offending.
Breaking that cycle of harm is critical to the success of the Police and Crime Plan and to realising our aim for Gloucestershire to remain a pleasant county to live and work in. The police can’t do this alone which is why I am
the only PCC in the county to ring fence this amount of money dedicated to early intervention and prevention work and especially the investment in partners and not just the police. The aim is to help fund local projects and programmes that are strengthening communities and helping individuals.
Since 2013 my office has funded over 470 local initiatives aimed at reducing crime and anti-social behaviour.
The Commissioner’s Fund annually invites community groups, voluntary and public sector organisations (including the police) to apply for financial support from the OPCC. We fund many of the projects for up to four years, with the aim of making them sustainable by the end of this period.