Over £200,000 taken from criminals to fund crime prevention projects across Thames Valley.
Matthew Barber (Police and Crime Commissioner for Thames Valley) and Jason Hogg (Chief Constable, Thames Valley Police) award £203,195 to community and voluntary organisations in the first round of this year’s Community Fund
With 210 applications submitted for over £1.4m of funding, 38 organisations have successfully been awarded funding of between £250 – £10,000 to support the PCC’s Police and Crime Plan key priorities.
The first round of this year’s Community Fund was focused on awarding grant funding applications to projects which support work to tackle anti-social behaviour and vehicle crime across Thames Valley.
Following today’s announcement, Matthew said: “Amongst the wide range of applications we have focused on tackling anti-social behaviour and vehicle crime. We know these are serious concerns in our communities and by allocating over £85,000 to these 17 projects we will be working to make communities safer.
“Our communities will benefit from this round through projects which align with a number of key policing priorities including additional CCTV systems, knife crime prevention and support for victims of crime.
“I’m delighted we can take money away from criminals and make sure it supports crime reduction where it really matters, in your local community.”
Jason Hogg, Chief Constable for Thames Valley Police, said: “Alongside the Police and Crime Commissioner, I am pleased to be able to award over £200,000 of funding to 38 voluntary and community groups in the first round of this year’s Community Fund.
“This funding will ensure community and voluntary organisations can continue to run projects that play an important role in preventing crime and protecting our communities.
“I look forward to meeting the successful applicants at our presentation event in Milton Keynes on Friday 2 May.”
Successful recipients have been invited to attend a presentation event, hosted by the Police & Crime Commissioner and Chief Constable, in Milton Keynes on Friday 2nd May 2025.
For a full list of organisations who have been awarded funding, please view the Community Fund Decision Paper.
