The initial contract will be for 36 months with an option to extend for a further two twelve month periods.

The call off contract will commence on 8th July 2019 and expire on 22nd March 2021 with an option to extend on an annual basis until 22nd March 2024.

The procedure has been updated to reflect the new Code of Practice issued under Section 45 of the Freedom of Information Act by the government.

A non-recuurent contribution of £21,181 will be made to CCBC to secure the ASB Coordinator post until 31st March 2020 whilst a long term sustainable solution can be agreed.

The non-recurrent funding has been awarded to :

Crimestoppers Trust - £42,376
* To employ an outreach worker to deliver the Fearles Programme in educational establishments; and
* To deliver awareness raising campaigns

St Giles Trust - £59,599
* To employ a caseworker to deliver crisis intervention with young people and their families; and
* To deliver training to professionals

An amount of £68,025 remains in the process of being allocated.

A procurement process has commenced to replace the service; the earliest a new contract can be expected to be inplace to deliver the new service is October 2019.

The successful applicants which I have authorised 1 years funding for are listed below:

Xcelerate Youth - £12,000 towards a family worker / counselling practitioner who will work alongside children with challenging behaviours and their families. The projects aims will help prevent and / or avert anti-social behaviour, provide victim support, help to positively develop young people and improve community cohesion.

Duffryn Community Link - £24,904.50 towards youth workers, venue hire, equipment and activity costs for the Youth Link project.  The project will provide diversionary out of school hours and holiday activities for young people aged 8 – 16 years old whilst also supporting, engaging with and encouraging young people to make positive contributions to their community.  Drop in facilities for 11 – 18 year olds will also be available to identify individual or group problem areas; providing positive workable solutions on a group or one to one basis.

Volunteering Matters - £2,250 towards the Safe Male Film Project which expands on their Safe Male project which works with men aged 16 – 35 with learning needs and disabilities.  This is a peer led project that delivers workshops on safe relationships, consent, internet and personal safety, sexual health, mate crime and exploitation in a totally accessible and inclusive way.  The Safe Male Film Project will involve the men in developing a short film to raise awareness of appropriate sexual health and relationships for men with disability and highlight the dangers and pitfalls of exploitation especially around Mate Crime.

The finding will be provided to Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council, Newport City Council and Gwent Police to deliver a whole system response to vulnerability by implementing Adverse Childhood Experience (ACE) informed approaches for operational policing  and key partners.