Ards & North Down Borough Council: PCSP Grants
Overview
Each year the PCSP Committee agree an Action Plan which includes the creation of a Small Grants Programme with a focus on diversion and prevention. Its purpose is to fund local initiatives aimed at addressing local issues under Strategic Priority 2.
Strategic Priority 2: To improve community safety by prioritising and addressing local community safety issues, tackling crime and anti-social behaviour.
What are they looking for
Applications are invited from individuals/communities that can help address some of the following local issues through creative and innovate solutions and focusing on community engagement.
- ASB - Projects must demonstrate that they can help reduce ASB in areas where groups gather and engage in a range of negative behaviour eg diversionary activities, information sessions, awareness raising, consequences of negative behaviour and the impact on the victims.
- Drugs and Alcohol Abuse - To deliver initiatives which will raise awareness of the impact of drug and alcohol misuse within our communities. Identify local and emerging issues eg vaping and the long term damage it may have.
- Hate Crime - Raise awareness of the types of hate crime and hate incidents and the impact on the victim and the perpetrator. Encourage victims to report hate crime. Identify projects/ activities that will integrate communities regardless of race, age, religion.
- Cyber Crime – To deliver initiatives to raise awareness of cybercrime to all ages including sextortion and scams, eg what is cybercrime, the impact it could have and how to recognise the signs of fraud and exploitation.
- Road safety - Safety awareness project to include road and pedestrian safety and the dangers associated with reckless driving and speed.
- Youth Engagement – Initiatives and diversionary activities to engage youth on the dangers associated with any of the above
Details of PSNI recorded incidents in the Borough can be accessed by going online to the national Police crime mapping web site below.
https://www.police.uk/pu/your-area/.
Enter the PSNI as the police service you are interested in and ask for data on the Newtownards area which will show you the overall crime mapping for PSNI C district.
Please note projects should be completed by Friday 28th February 2026 with claims and supporting information submitted to Council within 10 days of project closure. This is to allow the PCSP to meet the end of year financial deadline.
Funding Available:
Applicants may apply for any amount between £1000 and £5000.