The following extensions have been granted:

Caerphilly County Borough Council - Safer Gwent Coordinator - £13,251

Monmouthshire and Torfaen YOS - Youth Offending Services  - £27,699

Torfaen County Borough Council - Gwent Regional ASB Team & Coordinator - £40,449

South Wales Fire and Rescue Service - ASB & Deliberate Fire Reduction - £7,000

Newport City Council - Newport Community Safety Project - £4,560

Total: £92,959.00

In total, this brings investment in community safety and youth offending in Gwent in the financial year 2020/21 to £457,941 (inclusive of the decision to award Quarter 1 funding of £85,959 in PCCG-2019-082).

A grant of £69,010 has been awarded for 2020/21 to contribute to the delivery of their Horizon Support Services which include:

• Adult Counselling; and 
• Independent Sexual Violence Advisors services.

The funding will also contribute to management and administration costs.

£230,505 has been awarded to contribute to the delivery of Sexual Violence Services in 2020/21, including the following services:

• SARC services;
• ISVA services;
• Children’s Therapy; and
• Adult Counselling.

The funding will also contribute to training services, finance services, supervision, management and  administration costs.

I will also award the additional £85,508 secured from the MOJ to New Pathways for the following:

• Children and Young People ISVA; and
• Mental Health ISVA.

The total amount awarded to New Pathways is therefore £316,013. 

The funding will be provided to Newport City Council who currently leads on coordinating the delivery of the IDVA service until long term commissioning and funding arrangements have been agreed.

The provision of victims services to children and young people is being improved and as such a new tender process is being progressed. There has been a delay in progressing the tender release and as such Umbrella Gwent will provide the interim service until 2020/21.

This is in accordance with paragraph 124(b) of the Contract Standing Orders in the Manual of Corporate Governance.

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A review of the Manual of Corporate Governance is undertaken on an annual basis by the Strategic Planning Group.  Ordinarily the Joint Audit Committee would receive the amendments to the Manual of Corporate Governance for approval prior to the Strategy Performance Board meeting.  However, due to changes to the meeting dates the Commissioner and Chief Constable approved the amendments in principle at the Strategy Performance Board meeting on 2nd March 2020 subject to any amendments recommended by Joint Audit Committee on the 4th March 2020.  

The successful projects receiving  year one funding are listed below:

2020/21 Grant Awards (April 2020 – March 2021):

Bridge to Cross Charitable Trust - £15,000 towards the 7 Corners – Outreach Hotspot Project, which will deliver outreach support work and activities to young people who have reached a point of crisis.

Changing Gearz - £15,000 to deliver the Inspirational DJ Project, which will provide weekly workshops ins DJing, music production etc., build up mentoring and training skills in young people and provide the opportunity to gain qualifications that can lead to further employment options.

The Hwb Torfaen - £15,000 towards the delivery of the Hwb Blaenavon Project.  Providing a youth provision at the Hwb, which includes evening youth clubs, project work and educational provisions.  

St Michaels Amateur Boxing Club - £14,365.30 to deliver the Give it a go – Boxing and Fitness project.  This will engage and educate young people by using IT, sourcing educational information and providing an appropriate environment to release cathartic aggression and frustrations. 

Tredegar Park Primary School - £7,588.75 to deliver the Open Communication Project at the Forest Family Centre outside of school hours.  This will provide drop in facilities for 7 to 11 year olds to identify individual or group problems and provide positive workable solutions. 

 Community House - £48,351 towards the delivery of the Maindee Youth ‘School’s Out’ Project, which provides youth work sessions during school holidays that includes educational trips and centre based activities for young people.

Cyfannol Women’s Aid - £36,629.62 towards a therapeutic, safe and accessible fixed play area and therapeutic intervention for all children and young people who reside at the refuge. 

The following projects funded in 2019/20 have, in principle, been awarded year two funding subject to satisfactory reporting:

Bryn Farm & Coed Cae Interact - £40,151

Urban Circle - £50,000

Cwmbran Centre for Young People - £40,314.72

The Gap Wales - £16,438