Decision details

Decision 1 - We have received notification from the Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner that the Safer Stronger Doncaster Partnership will receive a Community Safety Grant of £169k, which is allocated every year to fund initiatives and projects agreed by the partnership and linked to Partnership priorities.

The Community Safety service within DMBC administer the grant funding on behalf of the partnership, gaining approval from the OPCC, submitting quarterly financial returns and monitoring underspends. The use of underspends from the grant requires approval from the OPCC and any unspent funds have to be returned in line with the terms of the grant from Central Government.

At this stage the SSDP have identified a number of projects, linked to our community safety priorities, which will be funded going forward. At least two of these initiatives are projects which commenced last year and are linked to the ambition of the partnership to improve our response to Domestic Abuse and to improve data analysis and performance monitoring by the SSDP.

Decision 2
The second decision relates to the approval to use a further award of grant funding from the OPCC. This grant is slightly different in that it is specifically to be used to fund Domestic Abuse services in Doncaster and is allocated to each local authority area within the Councty.

1) To approve the receipt of grant funding from the Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner (OPCC), which will enable the Community Safety Service to administer this fund on behalf of the Safer Stronger Doncaster Partnership (SSDP).
2) To approve the receipt of Domestic Abuse grant funding from the OPCC, which will be ring fenced and used for the purpose of funding Domestic Abuse Caseworkers for this financial year.

Option 1 - Do nothing. This is not viewed as a viable option as without the required approval to use grant funding in this way may risk non-compliance with financial regulations.
Option 2 - Seek approval to use the grant funding received from the OPCC for the purpose specified in this report. (Recommended Option)