Cleveland received notification of 3 years Violence Reduction Unit funding by the Home Office
in April 2022. In Cleveland, the unit is called CURV – Cleveland Unit for the Reduction of
Violence.
The Funding has enabled the PCC to establish a team to develop a long-term joined-up,
preventative approach to tackling serious violence, with the Commissioner’s office taking a
leading role in bringing together organisations and agencies.
As detailed in Decision Reference: 2022-0018, in August 2022, the OPCC announced that
applications were welcomed in support of interventions to prevent and reduce Serious Violence.
Applications were open to charities, community groups and public sector organisations.
On 17th October 2022, a decision-making group comprising of the PCC, Probation North- East,
Voluntary Sector representative, and the Serious Violence Project Lead considered all funding
applications.
Amongst those projects approved by this Panel was the Chris Cave Foundation which was
initially funded to 31 March 2023. However, the Panel agreed that dependant on evidenced
delivery, and case studies – which have subsequently been received – the Chris Cave
Foundation would be funded for a further 12 months.
This was further approved and ratified by the Executive Assurance Group at the meeting held
on 5th May 2023, including partners from, Cleveland Police, Probation, NHS, and the Local
Authorities.
This decision is therefore to extend the funding arrangements for a further 12 months from the
1st July 2023 – 30th June 2024 to the value of up to £25,000. As part of this funding allocation
the Chris Cave foundation will:
- Deliver Point7 to a new cohort of students. A powerful and interactive programme, Point7 shows the consequences and the ripple effect of knife/gun crime.
- Delivery of the Point7 programme in areas informed by CURV hotspot data.
- Prioritise the programme to schools located within the catchment areas or wards identified with notification to CURV in advance of delivery.
- There will be measured positive impact of the delivery of the interventions for young people their families and the community.
- Ensure delivery of a full theory of change for the Point7 programme.
- Attend CURV multi agency workshops.
Decision 23/24 – 0006: CURV Serious Violence Intervention Fund (application, 186kB)