Decisions

The Independent Custody Visiting Scheme is a statutory Scheme under the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act Part 3 Section 299 whose responsibility and oversight lies with the Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner, in consultation with the Chief Constable.

The  funding totalled £58,245.44 and will support the following activities across Gwent:

Blaenau Gwent – £10,990 for a series of youth engagement events and activities designed to engage with young people in targeted ASB Hotspot areas across Blaenau Gwent including Tredegar, Nantyglo, Brynmawr and Abertillery.

Caerphilly – £10,000 for targeted youth outreach work in the communities of Lansbury Park and Penyrheol.

Monmouthshire - £10,000 for targeted youth outreach and business crime awareness/business engagement with the aim of reducing ASB in Abergavenny town centre.

Newport - £17,000 for increased community safety warden patrols and a summer youth outreach programme in Newport city centre to include targeted youth engagement events and activities for young people. 

Torfaen - £10,255.44 for targeted youth outreach in Cwmbran Town centre and a series of events and activities at Cwmbran Centre for Young People.

The Commissioner has accepted the recommendations made by the Gwent Serious Violence Duty Working Group to award funding to a range of intervention projects across Gwent, aimed at reducing Serious Violence as follows:

Newport

Nighttime economy Ambassador service in the city centre on Friday and Saturday nights between 8pm and 4am  - £32,000

Caerphilly

Night Safety - Safeguarding training for Taxi Drivers - £4,000

Specialist Therapeutic Counselling for children who have been victims of sexual violence - £10,000

School-Based Sessions to Challenge Harmful Gender Narratives and Promote Healthy Relationships - £8,000

Street Doctors violence reduction programme - £10,000

Torfaen

Youth Inclusion Zone - £8,000

Sports and strength conditioning prevention/intervention programme - £14,000

Street Doctors - £10,000

Monmouthshire

Serious Violence Prevention in Schools - £32,000

Blaenau Gwent

TBC - £32,000

This decision log acts as an extension to Decision Log PCCG-2023-032 of March 2024, which documented funding one year’s delivery of a Positive Masculinity  project that was being run by Media Academy Cymru for a one year period ending on 30^th June 2025.       

The Independent Custody Visiting Scheme is a statutory Scheme under the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act Part 3 Section 299 whose responsibility and oversight lies with the Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner, in consultation with the Chief Constable.

The fund will be aligned to the Police, Crime and Justice Plan, key objectives of which are

• Prevent crime and anti social behaviour
• Make communities safer
• Protect the vulnerable

An annual fund of £100,000 will be distributed to organisations who deliver appropriate and relevant activities across Gwent in alignment with the PCC's Strategic Equality Plan. 

This fund is intended to be a rolling application process, continuing into future years.