Issue details

Decision 1
We have received notification from the Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner that the Safer Stronger Doncaster Partnership (a Partnership comprising of members of the police, Council, NHS and a range of other public sector and voluntary agencies) will receive a
Community Safety Grant of £129,391, which is allocated every year to fund initiatives and projects agreed by the Partnership and linked to Partnership priorities.

The Community Safety Service within Doncaster Council administers the grant funding on behalf of the Partnership, gaining approval from the OPCC, submitting bi-annual financial returns and monitoring information.

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, as detailed below:

• the continuation of the Workforce Development Officer post (£36,500);
• the continuation of the OCG Co-ordinator post (£25k);
• Further support to the Youth Council in their wider programme of education and engagement across a range of other crime and community safety matters (£10k);
• Support to each of the Community Safety Partnership Strategic Theme Groups (Tackling Anti-Social Behaviour; Domestic and Sexual Abuse; Serious Organised Crime; Substance Misuse and Crime/Re-offending) to assist them in the delivery of their core priorities, particularly enabling a response to any key issues in response to the Covid-19 pandemic. (£10k per group, £50k total)
• In addition to this, the partnership has retained an initiatives fund to enable us to respond to priorities as they arise during the rest of the year (£7,891)