Please complete by Midnight Thursday 12 March 2026
It is strongly recommended you read all the supporting information before registering your interest.
Introduction
The Mayor of West Yorkshire will be launching her Co-Produced Serious Violence Strategy later this year. (Spring 2026). Key priorities for that strategy have already been identified after consultation with communities across West Yorkshire.
Your project should utilise innovative and creative methods which aim to tackle serious violence in local communities.
Details & Overview
The total amount of funding allocated in each district (Wakefield) is £100,000, which any provider being permitted to submit a maximum bid of £10,000 (inclusive of VAT) or a partnership bid of £30,000 (inclusive of VAT) with a maximum of three partners in total. A breakdown of proposed budget is required as part of your submission, with up to 12 months delivery from 1 June 2026 to 31 May 2027 only.
We are seeking registration of interest from community groups, charities and partners in relation to deliver the requirements as outlined.
The funding is intended to cover delivery of the chosen Serious Violence intervention within the timescales noted above.
Funding Outline
It is intended that the funding will support projects which reduce serious violence in all its forms through education, prevention, awareness and increased community safety. Projects which focus on tackling: Knife Crime, Violence Against Women and Girls and Gang and Criminal Exploitation are especially encouraged. However, projects which cover any aspect of Serious Violence will be considered.
Our Serious Violence definition:
'Violence and serious violence include specific crime types where there is the use of physical force or power, threatened or actual, against oneself, another person, or against a group or community. The specific crime types for West Yorkshire include homicide, knife crime, violence against the person, personal robbery, gun crime, violence against women and girls, organised crime (including county lines), sexual exploitation and domestic abuse. '
Meeting the criteria
All Registration's of Interest received by the required deadline (Midnight Thursday 12 March 2026) will be reviewed.
Panel representatives will include the local Community and Voluntary Community and Social Enterprise (VCSE) sector, district Community Safety partners, West Yorkshire Police and colleagues from Policing and Crime and the Violence Reduction Partnership.
Please note you will be required to complete a full Expression of Interest form in due course and we will contact you separately with the details. All supported projects must be delivered must support a Child First and trauma informed approach.