Police and Crime Commissioner provides funding for crime prevention schemes in Somerset
Almost half a million pounds is being made available to councils in Avon and Somerset.
Nearly half a million pounds is being handed to councils across Avon and Somerset to help stop crime before it starts.
Somerset Council's getting a share of the cash from the Police and Crime Commissioner for local prevention projects.
The money will fund youth mentoring, support for domestic abuse survivors, and help for people leaving prison to stop them reoffending.
PCC Clare Moody said:
"Preventing crime means more than responding when something has already gone wrong. It means investing in the people, services and opportunities that help stop harm from happening in the first place."
"This funding will support projects across Avon and Somerset that are helping young people build positive futures, supporting victims and survivors, tackling antisocial behaviour and providing early help to people at risk of becoming involved in crime."
"The projects receiving funding reflect the different needs of communities, but they share a common aim: intervening early, supporting those most at risk and preventing harm before it occurs."
Examples of projects receiving funding include:
• A sports and mentoring programme for girls and young women at exploitation risk in Bristol.
• A project in Somerset that provides trauma-informed support for women affected by addiction, homelessness and exploitation to reduce repeat shoplifting.
• Intensive trauma-informed support for people with complex needs at key transition points, including release from custody, in North Somerset.
• A specialist young people's drug and alcohol worker in South Gloucestershire providing targeted support linked to substance misuse, offending and antisocial behaviour.
• Ongoing support for domestic abuse survivors and an intervention programme for young people at risk of criminal exploitation in Bath and North East Somerset.
• Shared work across all five local authorities to improve the identification and safeguarding of victims of modern slavery.