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2022 - 2023 Funded Organisations Log
Abbreviations (Funding Streams):
CSF – Community Safety Fund
MOJ – Ministry of Justice Fund
| Organisation | Project Name | Area | Contact Details | Funding stream | Amount Funded | Outcomes to be achieved |
Bedfordshire Police Community Watch Schemes – Community Policing | Bedford & District Neighbourhood Watch Association | Bedfordshire | Email: watchschemes@bedfordshire.pnn.police.uk | CSF | £5,000 | Neighbourhood Watch is about people getting together with their neighbours to take action to reduce crime. They’re community initiatives owned and run by their members which are supported by the police but not owned by them, although Neighbourhood Watch sometimes run them. They work by developing a close relationship between community members and the local police. Bedfordshire Street Watch gives the community an opportunity to keep their area safe by walking around the neighbourhood and encouraging people to report things, like antisocial behaviour, vandalism and suspicious behaviour, to Neighbourhood Watch, which can really help. The Dog Watch scheme encourages dog owners and walkers to be the extra eyes and ears within the community. This is a scheme set up for the public to let Neighbourhood Watch know about locations where they’re concerned about speeding. They assess the location and if they think it’s a good and safe place for monitoring to happen, trained members of the community will visit the location to record the details of offending vehicles. Anyone caught speeding will be sent a letter from them informing them of their offence. They also monitor the data so they can take action against repeat offenders or those severely breaking the speed limit. |
Bedford Neighbourhood Watch Scheme | Bedford Neighbourhood Watch | Bedford Borough | https://www.ourwatch.org.uk/ | CSF | £13,500 | To bring all the literature up to date and relevant to local issues, such as young people, knife crime, cybercrime, personal safety especially woman and girls, modern slavery, county lines plus burglary, vehicle, and property crime. To replenish supplies of promotional material including personal alarms for women’s safety. To enable Bedford & District Neighbourhood Watch to attract new members and a wider membership to enable Bedford & District Neighbourhood Watch to recommence promotion of the organisation and to secure an increased membership within Bedford Borough both urban and rural areas. To work alongside partners and joining with them at all opportunities such as events, action days, meetings, etc. To provide information in the welcome packs for new members. To provide good sound equipment so that presenters and audience are clearly heard and meaningful at meetings and conferences. |
Luton Neighbourhood Watch Scheme | Luton Neighbourhood Watch | Luton | (£4,500 per NHW area) | |||
Central Bedfordshire Neighbourhood Watch Scheme | Central Beds Neighbourhood Watch | Central Bedfordshire | ||||
Bedfordshire Police – Mental Health Nurse In Force Control Room | Bedfordshire Police – Mental Health Nurse In Force Control Room | Bedfordshire | CSF | £70,000 | People experiencing mental health crisis and frequently using emergency services are better supported and needs are met before reaching crisis. This will result in improved quality of life. People with mental health issues and have been victims of crime are well supported in overcoming the impact of the crime and less likely to be re-victimised. The Police Force Control Centre have access to professionals that are able to respond effectively to calls from the public where mental health is the key factor (non-crime). Police deal with crime committed by people within mental health settings appropriately and staff patients within those setting are confident to report such crime. | |
You Turn Futures | Direction For Bedfordshire | Bedfordshire | Email: info@directionforbedfordshire.co.uk Tel: 01582 721010 Tel: 0800 917 5579 | CSF | £105,000 | A central hub for all criminal justice services across Bedfordshire and an Out of Court Disposals (OoCD) Conditional Cautions and Community Resolutions (Direction+) Direction for Bedfordshire is a dedicated, confidential signposting service that gives free advice, guidance and help to offenders, ex-offenders, vulnerable people and the friends/family of those who have been or who are currently managed under the criminal justice system. Direction is a resource for those wanting to move away from crime, and a preventative tool for those whose socio-economic situation may lead to criminality. By making links to organisations across Bedfordshire, individual issues can be addressed to put people in a better place. Direction offers advice around opportunities for education, training and volunteering to up-skill individuals for employment. Direction can give guidance on housing options and providers who can work on financial management. Direction work with organisations who help improve the quality of lives of those affected by drug and alcohol use, and who support the mental and physical well-being of vulnerable people across Bedfordshire. Direction can make connections to family and relationship services that can benefit both service users and their support network. As a signposting service, Direction recognise that women and young people have their own individual needs and have created partnership links with professionals who understand these. |
Luton Youth Offending Service (YOS) | YOS | Luton | 01582 547900 | CSF | £60,000 | Reduction in the numbers of First Time Entrants into the Criminal Justice System; In order to reduce the time children spend in custody, Youth Offending Service (YOS) to respond in a timely manner to assess and contribute to the decision making process. |
Bedford Youth Offending Service (YOS) | YOS | Bedford and Central Beds | Contact Name: Pat Jennings Contact Position: Manager for Youth Offending Telephone: 01234 276400 E-mail: Pat.jennings@bedford.gov.uk | CSF | £60,000 | Reduction in the numbers of First Time Entrants into the Criminal Justice System; In order to reduce the time children spend in custody, YOS to respond in a timely manner to assess and contribute to the decision making process. |
Family Drug and Alcohol Court (FDAC) | FDAC | Bedfordshire | Beverley.Sorensen@panbedsFDAC.uk | CSF/MOJ | £100,000 | To support and provide advice to specialists within the Family Drug and Alcohol Courts (FDAC) team, support women and families that are affected by abuse. |
Summer Programme | Bedfordshire | Tel: Email: | CSF | £20,000 | The Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner (OPCC) are aiming to link in and support existing provisions put on by the 3 local authorities (LA) in Bedfordshire. Each LA get funding from central government as part of the Holiday Activity and Food Programme (HAF) and have a responsibility to ensure that free activities are available for children on free school meals (and some other ‘vulnerable’ children) throughout the holidays. They also must provide food at each event. The OPCC are going to look at supporting by linking in Bedfordshire Police, bringing in Community Cohesion / PCSOs to help the force build a better rapport with these young people. | |
The Counselling Foundation | Supported Beds Police Officers | Bedfordshire | Tel: 0300 303 6690 Email: foundation@counsellingfoundation.org | CSF | £20,000 | To provide emotional support via therapeutic counselling to Support Beds Police Officers who have been a victim of crime whether on duty or not. The support provided will give officers who require support strategies to cope with the barriers that have been placed in front of them enabling them to continue to provide a service to the residents of Bedfordshire. |
OPCC Intern Programmes | Interns | Bedfordshire | Tel: Email: | CSF | £5,000 | PCC to provide opportunities for Interns to work within Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner – The interns will be set tasks/projects in line with the Commissioners Police and Crime Plan. |
OPCC Access to Police Service for Public Access | Public Access Terminals | Bedfordshire | Tel: Email: | CSF | £30,000 | Terminals will increase accessibility particularly in areas of internet poverty and will support the community further, achieving channel shift in the Force Control Room by increasing the capacity within the telephony in the Force Control Room. |
| Luton Community Safety Partnership (CSP) | CSPs | Luton | CSF | £50,000 | To enhance and progress closer working relationships between the CSP’s and the OPCC, aligning priority decisions to maximise benefits in key areas of public safety across the county ensuring the continuing improvement of safety to residents of Bedfordshire. | |
| Bedford Community Safety Partnership (CSP) | CSPs | Bedford | CSF | £50,000 | To enhance and progress closer working relationships between the CSP’s and the OPCC, aligning priority decisions to maximise benefits in key areas of public safety across the county ensuring the continuing improvement of safety to residents of Bedfordshire. | |
| Central Bedfordshire Community Safety Fund (CSP) | CSPs | Central Bedfordshire | CSF | £50,000 | To enhance and progress closer working relationships between the CSP’s and the OPCC, aligning priority decisions to maximise benefits in key areas of public safety across the county ensuring the continuing improvement of safety to residents of Bedfordshire. | |
FACES Bedford | Caring Dads | Bedfordshire | CSF | £39,344 | Domestic Abuse Offenders – A programme to rehabilitate those who have been cautioned with Domestic Abuse in a bid to reduce this crime on victims | |
| Email: office@facesbedford.org Tel: 01234 270 601 | Caring Dads @ FACES is a 17-week group work programme for fathers who have displayed unhealthy, hurtful, abusive and neglectful fathering behaviours. Incorporating cognitive behavioural theory, the programme encourages fathers to explore the beliefs and intentions underlying their abusive fathering, helping them to recognise the impact of their behaviour and rebuild trust with their children. In cases involving domestic abuse, the programme promotes the safety and well-being of children and their mothers through effective coordinated intervention and risk management. Within sessions, fathers are challenged to address their abusive behaviour against their children’s mothers. The aims of the Caring Dads programme are to: Develop sufficient trust and motivation to engage men in the process of examining their fathering. Increase men’s awareness of child-centred fathering, Increase men’s awareness of, and responsibility for, abusive & neglectful fathering behaviours and their impact on children. Consolidate learning, rebuild trust and plan for the future. | |||||
St Giles Trust | Hear 2 Listen | Bedfordshire | Tel: 01234 823741 | CSF | £97,905 | Anti-Bullying – Support worker assigned to every secondary school in Bedfordshire. To deliver to groups of young people – through interactive whole-year group assemblies, and extended small group programmes in each area to empower and support young people being bullied and at higher risk of carrying weapons out of fear. Support to young people – 1 2 1 and brief interventions to change the attitude, thinking and behaviour of those bullying others. Support to teaching staff to deal with bullying crisis, interventions to mediate conflicts as well as equipping them with skills to identify signs of bullying. |
Luton Town Community Trust | Luton United | Luton | General enquiries: Community@lutontown.co.uk Community Office: Community Mobile: | CSF | £12,050 | Early Intervention Programme – Luton. The project will focus on Lewsey Farm, Hockwell Ring and Marsh Farm currently experiencing increasing serious youth violence. The aim of the project is to engage with all pupils from the estates in the year before they enter High Schools to improve community cohesion and prevent vulnerable young people entering the CJS. The project will link the estates’ seven primary schools at Year 6 in a programme of inter-school sports days supported by curriculum PE support and cohesion-based workshops held at each school. Each of the six schools will host a visit from the other five schools over the year to take part in collapsed curriculum sports days which will combine both fun and competitive competitions along with workshops focusing on issues around community cohesion, citizenship, serious youth violence, county lines and gang awareness. |
 Bedford Blue Foundation | Tackle LIFE | Bedford | Tel: Email: | CSF | £13,000 | Early Intervention Programme – Bedford. Tackle LIFE uses the power of sport and education to build resilience, discipline and teamwork skills with young people, whilst also supporting each individuals physical and mental wellbeing. Through a series of classroom-based workshops as well as physical activity and enrichment activities, this intervention aims to inspire, develop skills and support each young people understand the importance of wellbeing and its role in tackling wider issues and challenges. The project aims to take young people through a programme of workshops and opportunities to be physically active, with a specific focus on individual development, as well as physical and mental health. Through each block of the programme, we will work closely with the young people to develop resilience and discipline through goal setting and structured development sessions, as well as looking to support each young person identify aspirations for the future. |
………………………………. Ormiston Families | Breaking Barriers Central Bedfordshire | Central Bedfordshire | Email: hmpbedford@ormistonfamilies.org.uk | CSF | £13,000 | Early Intervention Programmes – Central Bedfordshire. Breaking Barriers supports children and young people with a parent in prison. Breaking Barriers aims to improve their wellbeing and academic attainment, lowering their chances of falling into a cycle of intergenerational offending. These children are emotionally unwell, experiencing distress, stigma, isolation, bullying and low self-esteem. Breaking Barriers help them come to terms with the emotional trauma of their parent’s removal from home, allowing them the opportunity to share their experiences and feelings in a safe, non-judgmental environment. Breaking Barriers work in and with schools to establish a support network that will enhance their overall development and social and academic experiences. The early intervention work builds support networks in school and at home and improves the child’s wellbeing and security, reducing their feeling of isolation. This reduces the risk of children and young people getting involved in crime and anti-social behaviour as a negative way of dealing with having a parent in prison. Parents model behaviour to their children, so helping families become their own support network and learning alternate, healthier ways to cope reduces the risk these children will take a negative path towards offending. |
Bedfordshire Victim Care Services | Victim Care | Bedfordshire | Freephone: 0800 0282 887 (calls are free from landlines and mobiles) Email: info@bedfordshirevcs.com | MOJ | £435,000 | Bedfordshire Victim Care Services (BVCS) will offer practical and emotional support to victims of crime who are referred in them by Bedfordshire Police, those that self refer and those who are referred by a partner agency. BVCS offer support via the telephone, via video telephone and face to face. BVCS offer tailored support to victims and are able to signpost out to partners for more specialist support. |
Early Childhood Partnership | Talk:4M | Bedfordshire | ECP Bedford: Tel: 0300 323 0245 Email: admin@ecpbedford.org | MOJ | £10,000 | Domestic Abuse – Male Support. TALK:4M is a practitioner-led peer support programme for men aged 16+ experiencing domestic abuse. Underpinned by the SafeLives accredited ‘Liberty’ programme and RESPECT UK training, TALK:4M will deliver group support therapy sessions and establish peer support groups to sustain ongoing support for victims after they have finished the programme. TALK:4M is a 12 week group therapy course delivered once a week, and offers additional one-to-one support as needed throughout the course. It is the only male focused support programme in Bedfordshire and enables and encourages male victims to share their own experiences with each other, and to talk about the impact this has had on their life. |
Bedford Open Door | Moving Forward – specialist high needs counselling for young victims of crime and exploitation | Bedford / Central Bedfordshire | Tel: | MOJ | £10,000 | Counselling for young people that have experienced crime or witnessed crime. This project will offer specialist therapeutic support to young people who have been or are the victims of crime and exploitation and are experiencing mental health issues linked to trauma, adverse childhood experiences and complex, chaotic lifestyles, often relating to abuse, violence and addiction. The Specialist High Needs counsellor, with extensive experience of working with victims of crime, youth at risk and addictions, will provide weekly Drop In sessions, one-to-one counselling, harm reduction sessions and supported referrals on to other local specialist agencies to meet the needs of the individual. These vulnerable clients often require: a) more specialist, flexible approach, b) facilitation of wider support networks, c) a multi-agency approach, d) longer-term support to overcome more complex issues. |
Embrace Bedfordshire | KISVA/KIDVA | Bedfordshire | Tel: 0345 60 999 60 Email: support@embracecvoc.org.uk | MOJ | £100,000 | Embrace solely focused on supporting children, young people and families who are victims of serious crime. They help them cope with what has happened, support their recovery and provide services that enable them to put events behind them, move on and fulfil their life’s potential. Embrace will support children and their familes through Domestic Violence and Sexual Violence. |
Penrose | Project LASE (Luton Against Sexual Exploitation) | Bedfordshire | Emails: gill.arukpe@socialinterestgroup.org.uk Vanessa.Johnson@socialinterestgroup.org.uk | MOJ | £14,921 | Adult Sexual Exploitation – support for those experiencing sexual exploitation in key areas of criminality in Bedfordshire. Project LASE will provide time-critical support and intervention on-site at Luton Airport and off-site to those experiencing sexual exploitation in this crucial area of criminality (trafficking). Project LASE will not duplicate or replace current service provisions. Instead, it will work with the existing local system, including Penrose’s Luton Synergy Service, LAST Group members and other Luton agencies, to engage and access ongoing settlement and support for trafficked victims. |
Azalea | Encompass | Bedford Borough & Luton | Email: info@azalea.org.uk Tel: 01582 733200 | MOJ | £15,000 | Adult Sexual Exploitation – support for those experiencing sexual exploitation in key areas of criminality in Bedfordshire. Encompass expresses care and unconditional acceptance to the women caught in sex trafficking and supports them to exit and build new lives. A journey with Encompass starts with Engage which runs Street Outreach and a Drop-in; then moves on to Build which aims to support and empower guests to take positive steps regarding housing, health (dental, physical, sexual), access to addiction rehabilitation and relationships and finally, Flourish which supports women to fully exit exploitation and addiction and gain the skills they need to live safely in the community. |
The Counselling Foundation | Counselling for adults who have experienced sexual abuse or trauma | Bedfordshire | Tel: 0300 303 6690 Email: foundation@counsellingfoundation.org | MOJ | £20,000 | Adults that require counselling after sexual abuse or trauma. To provide emotional support via therapeutic counselling to adults who have suffered sexual abuse or trauma, be it recent or historical. Individuals – short term one to one counselling either in person or remotely to men or women over the age of 18. Each client is offered up to 8 sessions of counselling, up to two of which are used to assess suitability for counselling. Where the organisation feel a client needs alternative support, they will signpost on to more appropriate services. Eg. In some instances, a client may need practical support getting away from an unsafe environment before coming back to access emotional support from the organisation at a later date. |
Victim Support | Independent Domestic Violence Advisor | Bedfordshire | Bedfordshire: idva.bedfordshire@victimsupport.org.uk Luton: idva.luton@victimsupport.org.uk | MOJ | £213,345 | Victim Support is an independent charity dedicated to supporting victims of crime and traumatic incidents in England and Wales. Victim Support will be providing a Hospital IDVA, (Independent Domestic Violence Advisor) Court IDVA, Senior IDVA, Health and Communities IDVA and Stalking Advocate, to support victims of domestic assault and stalking in Bedfordshire. To provide specialist help to support people to cope and recover to the point where they feel they are back on track with their lives. |
| Sexual Offences Referral Centre (SARC) | Independent Sexual Violence Advisor | Bedfordshire | MOJ | £180,000 | The Emerald Centre SARC offers free support and practical help to anyone in Bedfordshire and Luton who has experienced sexual violence and/or sexual abuse. The aim is to provide a high-quality, inclusive, and holistic service for survivors of sexual violence and sexual abuse, which empowers men and women to make their own choices about both their immediate healthcare options and aftercare support. | |
Queens Park Community Organisation | Practical Help for Domestic Abuse victims | Bedfordshire | Email: qpco.bedford@gmail.com | MOJ | £10,000 | Domestic Abuse Support for those not able to access public funds. Queens Park Community Organisation have identified that one of the chief barriers to people leaving abusive relationship and homes is the lack of provision for people who do not have recourse to public funds. The absence of practical support to move to a safe alternative from the abusive environment is a gap in current local provision. It is a problem that is compounded by fear of stigma and social isolation (which can be particularly acute in some communities), as well as language barriers. As a grass roots volunteer-led community organisation, QPCO have built a reputation locally as a service that can be trusted, and they receive referrals directly from the community as well as partner organisations. QPCO also run an interpreting service that helps us to overcome some of the other barriers that may prevent people from accessing help. |
The Counselling Foundation | Counselling for Women who have experienced domestic abuse | Bedfordshire | Tel: 0300 303 6690 Email: foundation@counsellingfoundation.org | MOJ | £30,000 | Counselling for women that have experienced Domestic Abuse. To provide emotional support via therapeutic counselling to women who have suffered domestic abuse. Each ‘client’ will receive up to 8 counselling sessions, delivered in a safe, confidential space – either face to face in one of our centres or online via telephone or video if deemed more appropriate. |
Penrose | Project CATE | Bedfordshire | Emails: gill.arukpe@socialinterestgroup.org.uk Vanessa.Johnson@socialinterestgroup.org.uk | MOJ | £45,115 | Supportive programmes for women that have experienced Domestic Abuse. Project CATE is a 12-month pilot service launched in April 2021 to provide a specialist women’s outreach service in Bedfordshire to work with wider partners as part of the Conditional Caution Pathway. Its purpose is to help bridge the gap in providing much-needed access into current provisions and enabling engagement for a complex and extremely hard to reach group of vulnerable women and ensuring they remain engaged. The service focuses on supporting vulnerable women with complex needs, including offending history, drug and alcohol dependencies and exposure to all forms of violence, control and coercion, including domestic abuse. |
 Link To Change | Let’s Go | Bedfordshire | Email: info@linktochange.org.uk Tel: (01480) 474974 | MOJ | £20,000 | Child Sexual Exploitation – Focused support. A pan Bedfordshire resource to support young people recover from experiencing Child Sexual Exploitation. Link to Change’s objectives are based upon our philosophy of three main strands: Choice (Prevention), Challenge (Cycle of Exploitation), Change (Youth Participation). Core to their work is strengthening the voice of our beneficiaries enabling them to create a change. Challenge: Let’s Go! Project is based upon their learnings and will see Link to Change provide an effective provision around child sexual exploitation. This provision will reduce the chances, risk factors and vulnerabilities, whilst increasing the protective factors of children and young people aged 7-18 years in Bedfordshire. The project will address the factors that exist at different levels within their environment including- individual, family, community and society. |
