Guidance

Safer Streets Fund round 3 application process

Funding is available for interventions to improve the safety of public spaces for all, with a particular focus on areas of potential concern to women and girls.

• From: Home Office
• Published: 3 June 2021

Documents

Protect public spaces: guidance for bidders

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Protecting public spaces

The third round of the Safer Streets Fund enables Police and Crime Commissioners and local authorities in England and Wales, and the British Transport Police, to bid for investment into innovative as well as traditional interventions to improve the safety of public places.

The main aims of the fund are to:

• reduce violence against women and girls (VAWG) and increase women and girls’ feelings of safety in public spaces
• build the evidence base for what works on reducing VAWG crimes and increasing feelings of safety in the public domain
• improve both the national and local data picture regarding VAWG crimes in public spaces, which could include increased reporting for some crime types
• make public spaces safer for all

The guidance for bidders covers:

• area eligibility
• consultation requirements
• eligible activity
• evaluation
• funding timeline
• application process
• indicative evidence and case studies

Bidding period

This funding round is now closed and we have published details of the next funding round.

Published 3 June 2021