Almost 50 community groups across the Northumbria Police Force area are set to benefit from new funding after an X Factor style voting event.
People from the community awarded around £50,000 to projects across the region, after watching each group pitch their idea and then voting for their favourite.

The successful projects included:

· Off the streets Club, a group offering youth club provision in Newcastle
· Gateshead Deaf Forum, a project to help keep the deaf community safer.
· An anti-knife crime group in South Tyneside
· A Drugs education and prevention scheme in Northumberland.

The event, held at the civic centre in Gateshead, was part of a Home Office scheme to get local people and community groups directly involved in deciding how public money is spent.

Cllr Mick Henry, Chair of Northumbria Police Authority (NPA) said:

“This event is about Northumbria Police Authority giving communities a real say in how money is spent locally. The people we have seen here today are the real experts on what’s going on in their own area, because they live and work there.

“They can use this local knowledge and experience to develop ideas for funding that can lead to real benefits for the whole community. The schemes that were given funding today will focus on building trust and reducing the fear of crime.”

A Winning Combination
Northumbria Police Authority – Participatory Budgeting

Winners from the recent Northumbria Police Authority Participatory Budgeting event held on the 26th March 2009 at Gateshead Civic Centre were:

1. Age Concern North Tyneside - Sound as a Pound (North Tyneside)
2. All Saints Community Centre - Motorcycle maintenance (South Tyneside)
3. Bleach Green Residents Association - Street Kids 2  (Gateshead)
4. Boys Brigade 15th South Shields Company - (South Tyneside)
5. Burnside Business and Enterprise College School - Trust Us (North Tyneside)
6. Choysez - Community Challengers (Northumberland)
7. East Hartford & District Community Association in partnership with Cramlington Youth Service The Hartford Crew (Northumberland)
8. Friends of Jarrow Children’s Centre - Safer communities (South Tyneside)
9. Gateshead Deaf Forum - Keeping the Deaf Community Safer
10. Gateshead Muslim Society - Multicultural Safety Event (Gateshead)
11. Hastings Initiative - Hastings Initiative (Northumberland)
12. Hebburn Detached Project - No to Knives (South Tyneside)
13. Hirst Welfare Centre - Friday night league (Northumberland)
14. Kids Kabin- Getting Diggy with It (Newcastle)
15. Sunderland Dance Community Interest Group -Kool Kids, (Sunderland North & Easington Lane)
16. Lawnmowers Independent Theatre Company - Hate Crime (Gateshead)
17. Newcastle United Foundation - Kickz (Newcastle)
18. North Tyneside Disability Forum - Join the SAS – Safe and Sound Project (North Tyneside)
19. Northumberland Stars - (Northumberland)
20. Off the Streets Club - Youth club provision (Newcastle)
21. People and Drugs - In the Mix (Northumberland)
22. Raby Street Play and Youth Centre (Newcastle)
23. Show Racism the Red Card - Walker is united (North Tyneside)
24. Show Racism the Red Card - Sunderland together against racism (Sunderland)
25. Sports for Young Academy - Positive Activities Friday Night (Newcastle)
26. Springwell Community Centre - (Gateshead)
27. Stepney Bank Stables - Horses Know No Colour (Newcastle)
28. Sunderland Dance Community Interest Company - Easington Lane (Sunderland)
29. Sunderland Association Football Club Foundation – Kickz (Sunderland)
30. The Mustard Tree Trust - After schools club and drop in (Northumberland)
31. Trinity Youth Association - Be Safe: Street talk (Northumberland)
32. Walker Central Football Club - Summer night community football league (Newcastle)
    

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