Applications Now Open – Safer Places Partnership Fund

* APPLICATIONS NOW OPEN* 

South Wales Police and Crime Commissioner, Emma Wools has successfully secured £1 million for the new Safer Places Partnership Fund, supporting partnership crime prevention and violence reduction activity across 2026–2028.  

With the conclusion of the Home Office Hotspot Action Fund in March 2026, the place-based approach and Operation Sentinel methodology has been transitioned into business as usual within neighbourhood policing, aligned to the Neighbourhood Policing Guarantee and the Chief Constable’s Delivery Plan. Alongside this operational policing transition, the Police and Crime Commissioner has secured £1M funding to support partnership activity during 2026-28 that seeks to prevent crime and reduce violence in areas of focus, identified through data analysis. The Safer Places Partnership Fund will enhance and accelerate activity in identified locations by enabling public sector, private sector and non-government organisations to deliver targeted interventions.  

This funding is designed to enhance and accelerate work in 32 datal-led areas of focus, supporting what matters to the people of South Wales through tackling one or more of the following:  

• Violence  

• Anti-social behaviour  

• Retail crime  

• The safety of women and girls in public spaces, particularly at night  

• Nighttime economy 

• Knife crime  

• Child criminal exploitation  

South Wales Police and Crime Commissioner, Emma Wools said:  

“The Safer Places Partnership Fund is designed fund projects and services that will help build a safer, fairer and more inclusive South Wales.” 

“I am looking for partners to be bold and creative in developing proposals that reflect what matters most to the people of South Wales and deliver meaningful change in our communities facing the highest levels of violence and crime.” 

Who can apply for funding? 

The Police and Crime Commissioner welcomes applications coordinated and submitted by Community Safety Partnerships to support a connected approach that aligns to local need and priorities. Activities included within the planned delivery may represent public sector, private sector and/or non-government organisation inputs. Applications that include community, specialist, by and for and grassroot organisations, where appropriate, will be favourably considered.