£500 FUNDING AVAILABLE FOR YOUTH PROJECTS

CRIMEBEAT is the youth fund of the High Sheriffs of Wales and England. 

In North Wales we have two High Sheriffs: 

• The High Sheriff of Clwyd, covering the counties of Conwy, Denbighshire, Flintshire and Wrexham.

• The High Sheriff of Gwynedd, covering the counties of Gwynedd and Anglesey

The High Sheriff encourages groups of young people aged five to twenty-five to set up a project in their community that will help to prevent crime, reduce crime or improve safety in your community.

The group should:

• Identify any problems in their community that can be related to crime or community safety.

• Choose one of the problems identified.

• Find a practical, achievable solution to that problem.

• If there is a cost involved in carrying out the project fill out the application form for funding from Crimebeat.

To qualify for funding of up to a maximum amount of £500 per project the following criteria must be met:

• If members of the group are aged under eighteen, the group must have the support of an adult. For example a youth worker, teacher or community group leader.

• The project must have a significant element of crime prevention, crime reduction or community safety.

• The members of the group must be actively involved in carrying out the project.

• The project should aim to promote young people as valued members of the community and try to include as many sections of the community as possible.

A selection panel will consider the application, and if the criteria are met, Crimebeat will award the funding to the group so that they can put their ideas into action. 

Each year the High Sheriff will select the projects considered to be the most successful and those projects will be invited to the Annual Crimebeat Awards where the High Sheriff will announce the overall winner.

Your application must address one or more of Crimebeat’s objectives:

• To cut local crime and keep young people out of trouble

• To support victims of crime

• To stimulate an interest in voluntary work

• To help strengthen local communities

• To improve school attendance and behaviour

• To improve the quality of life

Please go to our website for further information: www.crimebeatnorthwales.co.uk

To apply for funding for your project please email for an application form to: info@crimebeatnorthwales.co.uk