Revenue expenditure
Revenue costs are not eligible for Crime Prevention Funding. Specific examples of uses for revenue funding are shown below, grouped into themes.
Positive activities and events
- costs towards putting on events for the target group such as -
- fun days
- coaching sessions
- fetes
- carnivals
- fairs
- festivals
- costs towards putting on performances, plays, concerts that either involve or benefit the target group
- running costs for a group that puts on positive activities. Groups are expected to become self-supporting. The CPF will not fund year after year. This includes -
- venue hire
- office or printing costs
- transport
- staff costs
- helping to fund access to positive activities where a person’s circumstances make it hard for them to afford. Such as -
- low income
- physical disability
- rural isolation
Therapeutic activities
- funding professionals to support people with specific needs -
- mental health issues
- physical disabilities
- dementia
- putting on sessions that deliver therapeutic activities -
- running 'music for the mind' events
- mindfulness
- support groups
- counselling
- funding of training for a group, so members have those skills -
- safeguarding
- first aid
- mental health awareness
- becoming a mentor
- creating social opportunities that help to prevent isolation and loneliness. Examples are a lunch club or day centre
Sport and physical activities
- coaching sessions
- taster days
- fun days
- prizes and certificates at such events
- training for leaders to improve skills -
- coaching
- mentoring
- safeguarding
- purchase of items that don’t qualify as Capital with lifespan less than 5 years -
- balls
- sports kit
- transport to a specific venue to carry out an activity -
- sailing lake
- climbing wall
- artificial ski slope
Community organisations
- activities that support and encourage volunteering
- salaries for paid workers within community organisations -
- youth workers
- support staff
- counsellors
- administrators
- running costs for a community group that supports the target group of people. It is expected the group becomes self-supporting and CPF will not fund year after year -
- venue hire
- office or printing costs
- staff costs
- social media presence
- website operation