Cannock Chase Council awarded £10,000 to spend on boosting community safety

Staffordshire Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner Ben Adams gives funds each year to Community Safety Partnerships to support their work tackling crime, disorder and antisocial behaviour.

There are eight Community Safety Partnerships covering Staffordshire’s boroughs and district. Partnership members include police, fire and health services, as well as councils.

On Thursday (March 5), Cannock Chase Council’s cabinet accepted and approved the spend of the Community Safety Funding allocated to the district by the Commissioner. Members were also asked to accept and approve bids from the council into the £100,000 pan-Staffordshire Community Safety Fund to be launched by the Commissioner.

A report to Thursday’s cabinet meeting said: “The £10,000 funding allocated to the council from the Staffordshire Commissioner, and any successful bids, will be spent on implementing community safety initiatives across the district and will assist the Community Safety Partnership in its statutory duty to reduce crime and disorder, substance misuse and re-offending. The allocation of this funding is agreed at the Chase Community Partnership, before the proposals are ratified by the Staffordshire Commissioner’s Office.

“Some flexibility will be required over the period of the funding in order to be able to respond to different pressures and emerging themes and trends as they arise. For this reason, it is requested that Cabinet delegates authority for the detail of the spend to be approved by the Head of Service in consultation with the Chase Community Partnership.”