Police and Crime Commissioner Nicolle Ndiweni-Roberts has launched a new fund to support her plans to build a safer, stronger and more inclusive Derbyshire.
The Commissioner is inviting non-profit organisations, charities and voluntary partners in Derbyshire – the people who know their communities best – to apply for grants to help deliver against the priorities of her Police and Crime Plan.
The Safer and Stronger Communities Fund will provide grants of up to £5k for effective, community-focused organisations that are passionate about helping the county and its people to flourish.
Nicolle said: “The aim of my Safer and Stronger Communities Fund is to provide a platform for organisations and groups who already work with and truly understand their communities to continue making an impact on the issues that really matter to local people. These organisations are already an asset to Derbyshire, and I believe that by harnessing their knowledge, expertise and experience we will make our richly diverse communities stronger and safer.”
The Commissioner wishes to support projects that help individuals to live safely and without fear of crime in their homes and those which empower the community to tackle problems in their neighbourhood areas.
She is also interested in projects that are organised by, and involve community/neighbourhood groups, can demonstrate that they can make a difference to local communities and take a new and sustainable approach to long-term issues and foster good relations between partner agencies and communities.
The above grant is currently closed.
Information about the next round will be available shortly.
Successful Grant Recipients
Name – Baby People
Duration of Grant – 10 months
Funded – £4930
Location – Spondon, Sinfin, Chaddesden
District – Derby North/East
Intellectual Property Rights Applicable within the Grant Terms and Conditions: 8.2
- To deliver creative sessions with young people that will range from music, art to gardening and poster making.
- To deliver sessions focused on serious violence, crime against women, and drug and substance misuse.
- To raise awareness of anti-social behaviour and encourage young people to engage less in offending activities.
Name – Canaan Trust
Duration of Grant – 12 months
Funded – £5000
Location – Long Eaton
District – Erewash
Intellectual Property Rights Applicable within the Grant Terms and Conditions: 8.2
- To safeguard victims through provision of secured accommodation
- To support female victims in accessing specialist help and protection.
- To provide 9 bedrooms and intensive 1:1 support for females experiencing homelessness who may have experienced Serious Violence, including Violence Against Women and Girls
Name – Children First Derby
Duration of Grant – 12 months
Funded – £5000
Location – Derby City
District – Derby North
Intellectual Property Rights Applicable within the Grant Terms and Conditions: 8.2
- To deliver 1:1 mentoring over 12 weeks provided by a trained mentor acting as a positive role model.
- To deliver Jiu-Jitsu sessions led by professional instructors at Allegiance Jiu-Jitsu Academy over 12 weeks.
- To achieve clear outcomes including learning self-defence skills, increased self-esteem, and confidence, reduced social isolation and improved engagement in education.
Name – Community Development Chesterfield
Duration of Grant – 12 months
Funded – £5000
Location – Chesterfield
District – Chesterfield
Intellectual Property Rights Applicable within the Grant Terms and Conditions: 8.2
- To offer a warm, safe, and healthy environment to reduce antisocial behaviour, food poverty and improve mental wellbeing.
- To provide young people with precise tailored support in each community and reduced antisocial behaviour.
- To help the young people build safe, positive relationships with our local Police and Community support officers who we get attend our sessions regularly.
Name – Community One
Duration of Grant – 12 months
Funded – £5000
Location – Derby City
District – Derby North
Intellectual Property Rights Applicable within the Grant Terms and Conditions: 8.2
- To addresses violence against women and girls in Black and Asian communities by raising awareness and building resilience among young women aged 12-21.
- To deliver 8 peer led culturally sensitive workshops, culminating in a large-scale community awareness event.
- To empower participants with knowledge and practical tools to navigate challenges, recognise signs of violence, and access support.
- To develop a Community Ambassador network for sustained advocacy to create a community-wide shift in attitude towards violence against women and girls.
Name – Compassionate Voices
Duration of Grant – 12 months
Funded – £3860
Location – Chesterfield
District – Chesterfield
Intellectual Property Rights Applicable within the Grant Terms and Conditions: 8.2
- To provide 8 X 2hr sessions for women and girls focusing on areas such as safety online, stalking, domestic violence, violence towards women and addiction.
- To find representatives/guest speakers from other third sector organisations and local authorities to share their expertise on each issue.
- To encourage women and girls to notice any concerns in other people’s behaviour and have the confidence to report incidents to police.
Name – Derbyshire LGBT+
Duration of Grant – 12 months
Funded – £5000
Location – City and County
District – City and County
Intellectual Property Rights Applicable within the Grant Terms and Conditions: 8.2
- To deliver hate crime awareness training to staff and students in education settings across the county.
- For D+ staff to deliver hate crime awareness training to staff and students in education settings across the county
- To provide third party reporting facilities for our communities to report hate incidents/crimes and receive support from appropriate agencies.
Name- Down to Earth Derby
Duration of Grant – 4 months
Funded – £5000
Location – Derby City
District – Derby North
Intellectual Property Rights Applicable within the Grant Terms and Conditions: 8.2
- To addresses vulnerability to criminal exploitation, substance misuse, and
antisocial behaviour, while fostering relationships with other community organisations.
- To support 5 vulnerable young people at risk of disconnection from education and community, with or at risk of association/engagement with criminal activities.
- To support young people outside of traditional education, through repurposing discarded materials, and help them gain practical skills and environmental awareness.
Name – Draycott Millennium Green Trust
Duration of Grant – 12 months
Funded – £5000
Location – Draycott
District – Erewash
Intellectual Property Rights Applicable within the Grant Terms and Conditions: 8.2
- To install a fitness rig and standalone exercise equipment in the land off Hopwell Road, to create an inclusive, engaging space that encourages positive activity and helps tackle anti-social behaviour.
- To deter negative behaviours often stemming from boredom or lack of opportunities by providing a healthy outlet for energy.
- To provide free access to outdoor fitness equipment, and encouraging community groups, such as schools, youth organisations, and sports teams to use the equipment.
Name – Everyone Active
Duration of Grant – 12 months
Funded – £5000
Location – Derby City
District – Derby North
Intellectual Property Rights Applicable within the Grant Terms and Conditions: 8.2
- To create a safe space for young people aged 11+ to be active, and build a safer, stronger community and reduce local anti-social behaviour.
- To deliver weekly physical activity sessions to help young people to socialise, make healthy connections with peers and local authorities.
- To deliver educational workshops based on CV writing skills, opportunities for youth voice activities, training, and career opportunities internally at MSV and externally with other local organisations.
Name – Friends of Derby Arboretum
Duration of Grant – 12 months
Funded – £4200
Location – Derby City
District – Derby North
Intellectual Property Rights Applicable within the Grant Terms and Conditions: 8.2
- To address the harm caused by the effects of drugs and alcohol related anti-social behaviour on Arboretum Park and surrounding areas.
- To deliver outreach and drop-in services twice a month for those suffering from alcohol and drug dependency.
- To provide support to those with dependency issues in the community, improving access to services and providing directed support in a targeted manner.
- To deliver a community drop-in service monthly to increase presence on the park and offer a space for people to be able to share concerns about the area.
Name – Fusion Scape
Duration of Grant – 12 months
Funded – £4910
Location – Sinfin, Normanton
District – Derby East, Derby West
Intellectual Property Rights Applicable within the Grant Terms and Conditions: 8.2
- To provide young people with anti-social behaviours, and vulnerabilities like county lines exploitation with opportunities to engage in regular physical activity.
- To divert participants from negative behaviours and promote healthier lifestyles.
- To adopt a problem-solving approach to crime prevention, contributing to the broader goals of the Police and Crime Plan.
Name – Headway Derby
Duration of Grant – 12 months
Funded – £4390
Location – City and County
District – City and County
Intellectual Property Rights Applicable within the Grant Terms and Conditions: 8.2
- To deliver 12 monthly group sessions that last 2 hours each. The sessions will be for service users to learn skills such as anger management and controlling impulsive behaviours. Each session will focus on a different theme.
- To deliver 1:1 outreach sessions in local communities. Working with service users to engage in activities such as volunteering to create routine and meaning into their lives.
- To deliver 1:1 outreach sessions specifically around advocacy for service users to access aids that will support their brain injury, and allow them to manage their behaviours more effectively.
Name – Honeycomb Charitable Services – Glow
Duration of Grant – 12 months
Funded – £5000
Location – City and County
District – City and County
Intellectual Property Rights Applicable within the Grant Terms and Conditions: 8.2
- To purchase, distribute, and help set-up personal safety equipment and home security items to high-risk victims of domestic abuse.
- To improve security of properties to reduce accessibility to perpetrators and create sustainable and reusable security measures.
- To increase victim wellbeing and confidence to keep themselves and families safe, by decreasing break-ins and reducing incidents of anti-social behaviour.
Name – Infinite Wellbeing CIC
Duration of Grant – 12 months
Funded – £5000
Location – Heanor
District – Amber Valley
Intellectual Property Rights Applicable within the Grant Terms and Conditions: 8.2
- To deliver Face to face engagement with young people one night per week to divert them from getting involved in anti-social behaviour.
- To engage young people in a safe space and encouraging you people to build friendships and develop practical skills.
- To signpost young people into community activities and positive opportunities such as volunteering and leadership training.
- To deliver youth crime and community safety workshops and educational work within the sessions. This will include hard-hitting education on key topics such as violence, knife crime, drugs and alcohol, and bullying.
Name – Inspire Fitness Academy
Duration of Grant – 3 months
Funded – £4820
Location – Normanton
District – Derby West
Intellectual Property Rights Applicable within the Grant Terms and Conditions: 8.2
- To provide a safe space where individuals can thrive without fear of crime, and empower residents to tackle issues in their neighbourhoods, fostering a sense of community and ownership.
- To deliver female boxing sessions every week to develop confidence into the female participants and look to improve their self-esteem.
- To tackle anti-social behaviour and reducing youth gangs on the streets by encouraging them to learn discipline, team building skills, and awareness of cohesion.
Name – Inspiring Inkersall Community Group
Duration of Grant – 12 months
Funded – £5000
Location – Staveley
District – North East
Intellectual Property Rights Applicable within the Grant Terms and Conditions: 8.2
- To deliver classes to improve young people’s physical and mental wellbeing.
- To increase the safety of young people and to decrease the incidents of anti-social behaviours across Inkersall and Middlecroft.
- To deliver boxing, martial arts, and empowerment classes for boys and girls, with visiting speakers such as the local Police SNT.
Name – Kelsey Family CIC
Duration of Grant – 12 months
Funded – £5000
Location – City and County
District – City and County
Intellectual Property Rights Applicable within the Grant Terms and Conditions: 8.2
- To create immersive VR experiences that allow individuals to experience the consequences of substance misuse and the recovery process.
- To use AR to provide real-time educational content on substance misuse and harm reduction when users scan specific locations, such as schools or public spaces.
- To host hands-on workshops focused on harm reduction, substance misuse education, and strategies for identifying and addressing drug supply in local areas.
- To set up interactive booths in community centres and local markets to engage the public with VR/AR experiences and distribute educational resources.
Name – Me, My Mind, & I
Duration of Grant – 12 months
Funded – £4000
Location –
District – Erewash
Intellectual Property Rights Applicable within the Grant Terms and Conditions: 8.2
- To deliver weekly individual therapy sessions and workshops for school students identified as struggling with disruptive behaviour, violent outbursts, and substance misuse.
- To provide structured, accessible support the program aims to enhance emotional well-being, reduce disruptive behaviours, and foster a supportive school environment, using preventative approach rather than reactive to help prevent future criminal involvement.
- To deliver teacher training workshops to help them support students and manage disruptions and improve classroom management and reduce teacher stress.
Name – Millers Partnership CIC
Duration of Grant – 6 weeks
Funded – £5000
Location – Langley Mill
District – Amber Valley
Intellectual Property Rights Applicable within the Grant Terms and Conditions: 8.2
- To deliver sports and educational activities to young people for 6 weeks to engage children in physical activity, develop teamwork, and promote a healthy lifestyle.
- To provide a positive and supervised environment, and offer alternatives to negative behaviours, reduce idle time, and foster teamwork, discipline, and community engagement.
- To host speakers from charities or with lived experience from the groups outlined in the police plans strategic priorities.
Name – Move More Glossop
Duration of Grant – 12 months
Funded – £4980
Location – Glossop
District – High peak
Intellectual Property Rights Applicable within the Grant Terms and Conditions: 8.2
- To provide a save space and activities for young people living in Gamesley, to prevent petty crime and anti-social behaviour.
- To provide a boxing club twice a week to offer young people the opportunity to learn the discipline and social aspects of boxing, channelling excess energy into exercise, rather than anti-social behaviour.
- To improve young people’s attitude towards the community, PCSOs, and police officers.
Name – North Wingfield Boxing Club
Duration of Grant – 12 months
Funded – £5000
Location – North Wingfield
District – North East
Intellectual Property Rights Applicable within the Grant Terms and Conditions: 8.2
- To deliver boxing lessons to young people and encouraging them to take part in physical activity, rather than committing anti-social behaviour.
- To purchase new punching bags, floor mats, running machine, rowing machine and protective equipment for the boxing club.
Name – Rebuild East Midlands
Duration of Grant – 6 months
Funded – £5000
Location – City and County
District – City and County
Intellectual Property Rights Applicable within the Grant Terms and Conditions: 8.2
- To increase the hours if support given to those rebuilding their lives after being victims to modern slavery.
- To provide consistent one-on-one advocacy, group support, and community initiatives.
- To provide one additional day of advocacy support per week to help victims no longer be at risk of exploitation, have stable and secure accommodation, and be engaged in employment, training, or volunteering.
Name – Redeeming Our Communities.
Duration of Grant – 6 months
Funded – £5000
Location – Derby City
District – Derby North
Intellectual Property Rights Applicable within the Grant Terms and Conditions: 8.2
- To enhance safety and community cohesion in Abbey Ward, through the creation of a Living Services Ai supported system as a central hub for crime prevention resources, local updates, and reporting tools.
- To create three strategically placed community notice boards that will provide vital safety information and event announcements.
- To deliver pop-up events will focus on key issues such as burglary prevention, anti-social behaviour, and the safety of women and girls.
Name – Relate Chesterfield and North Derbyshire
Duration of Grant – 12 months
Funded – £4890
Location – Chesterfield
District – Chesterfield, North of Derbyshire
Intellectual Property Rights Applicable within the Grant Terms and Conditions: 8.2
- To deliver a counselling service to deliver against domestic abuse in Derbyshire and inform women about healthy relationships, financial planning, and life coaching.
- To use a flexible toolkit for schools, teachers, and support staff to prevent domestic abuse amongst all genders.
- To provide a coaching workshop for female victims of domestic abuse which includes building a network to provide ongoing support, to help women move forward positively with their lives.
- To help young people to understand relationship influences, pressures, coercive control, and sexual harassment; and to learn how to leave relationships, speak out and get help.
Name – Rhubarb Farm
Duration of Grant – 40 weeks
Funded – £4975
Location – Bolsover
District – North East, Chesterfield
Intellectual Property Rights Applicable within the Grant Terms and Conditions: 8.2
- To deliver 32 free-of-charge ‘Growing Hope’ therapeutic horticulture sessions accessible to victims of crime in Derbyshire.
- To work holistically to improve beneficiaries’ physical, mental, social, and emotional health.
- To support people living with learning and developmental disability; those experiencing mental and physical ill health; people not in employment, education, or training; those in recovery from drug and alcohol use; people with an offending history; and older isolated people.
Name – Salcare
Duration of Grant – 12 months
Funded – £5000
Location – Heanor
District – Amber Valley, Erewash
Intellectual Property Rights Applicable within the Grant Terms and Conditions: 8.2
- To provide a ‘move on ‘service to groups of women victims and survivors of domestic abuse.
- To provide low level mental health and peer support through a variety of weekly positive interventions over 8 weeks, focused on wellbeing.
- To help survivors and victims will make positive changes, empowering them to consider their future (volunteering, work, or education) and make progress towards positive change.
Name – Spectrum Housing CIC
Duration of Grant – 3 months
Funded – £3000
Location – Heanor, Somercotes
District – Amber Valley
Intellectual Property Rights Applicable within the Grant Terms and Conditions: 8.2
- To purchase and install 15 external CCTV cameras to properties in Heanor, on streets highly affected by crime.
- To detect and reduce ASB in the areas covered by CCTV in Heanor Town centre making both our own residents and other members of the community feel safer.
- To pass any criminal activity captured by CCTV cameras onto to police.
Name – Supporting Communities
Duration of Grant – 12 months
Funded – £5000
Location – Derby City
District – Derby North
Intellectual Property Rights Applicable within the Grant Terms and Conditions: 8.2
- To deliver virtual reality workshops in local schools using the “Virtual Decisions” software to tackle anti-social behaviour and knife crime.
- To work collaboratively with local schools, PCSOs, and Youth Officers, to leverage established relationships to promote positive community engagement and create safer environments for young people.
Name – The Elm Foundation
Duration of Grant – 12 months
Funded – £4992.35
Location – Bolsover
District – Amber Valley, North East
Intellectual Property Rights Applicable within the Grant Terms and Conditions: 8.2
- To purchase and supply personal and home safety equipment to victims of domestic abuse.
- To improve safety of victims and decrease the risk of them experiencing domestic abuse.
Name – The Ironville & Codnor Park Community Association
Duration of Grant – 6 months
Funded – £4866.33
Location – Codnor, Ironville
District – Amber Valley
Intellectual Property Rights Applicable within the Grant Terms and Conditions: 8.2
- To provide diversionary activities for young people in Ironville, who are at risk from falling into antisocial behaviour, under trained supervision.
- To create a tranquil area and sensory garden for young people to enjoy.
- To provide a safe environment and allow opportunities for young people to develop life skills, build relationships, and participate in physical activity.
Name – The Jericho Society
Duration – 12 months
Funded – £5000
Location – Derby City
District – Derby North
Intellectual Property Rights Applicable within the Grant Terms and Conditions: 8.2
- To support individuals in the primary drug treatment programme and aftercare phase.
- To encourage individuals to reintegrate into society, build independence, and maintain long-term sobriety.
- To prevent the risk of relapse, homelessness, and reoffending of those receiving drug addiction support.
Name – The Zink Project CIO
Duration of Grant – 12 months
Funded – £5000
Location – Buxton
District – High Peak
Intellectual Property Rights Applicable within the Grant Terms and Conditions: 8.2
- To deliver activities and volunteers to individuals as part of their recovery from drug and alcohol addiction.
- To deliver a range of activities including arts and crafts, baking, piano club, walking, knitting, video gaming, board games, and cinema club.
- To provide support through work coaches and advice workers to help individuals progress into employment.
Name – Vox Feminarum
Duration of Grant – 12 months
Funded – £5000
Location – Derby City
District – Derby North, South Derbyshire
Intellectual Property Rights Applicable within the Grant Terms and Conditions: 8.2
- To release a campaign to raise awareness of online risk to children including harmful digital content.
- To offer 6 in-person community outreach sessions to create safe spaces for children.
- To offer 10 monthly online sessions for parents, carers, and educators.
- To offer 2 school training sessions to equip educators with tools for safer online practises.
Name – Youth Matters New Mills CIC
Duration of Grant – 12 months
Funded – £5000
Location – New Mills
District – High Peak
Intellectual Property Rights Applicable within the Grant Terms and Conditions: 8.2
- To provide a youth club to encourage young people to get involved in activities outside of anti-social behaviour.
- To employ a DBS cleared support staff for the young people to provide advice, information, and support.
- To provide activities including boxing, dancing, and hair and beauty to provide guidance and a safe space for young people.