North Wales Police and Community Trust

North Wales Police and Community Trust champions safer, cohesive communities through police-partnered initiatives reducing crime, antisocial behaviour, and fear of crime, embodying values of partnership, prevention, inclusion, and grassroots empowerment. Established to foster collaborative solutions between police, residents, and organizations, it drives funding by prioritizing community-led crime prevention aligned with police plans, believing sustainable impact arises from local engagement, youth education on criminality consequences, victim support, and neighbourhood cohesion that empowers residents to build resilience against safety threats.

It funds youth diversionary activities including evening and holiday clubs, after-school sports teams, and grassroots creative arts or music groups preventing offending among children and young people at risk of exclusion, criminality, or autism spectrum challenges; educational workshops in schools raising crime awareness for ages 5-19; safeguarding interventions tackling antisocial behaviour; social clubs like Men’s Sheds and Knit and Natter groups combating social isolation for vulnerable older people and isolated individuals; community environmental improvements such as streetscape and garden projects deterring crime in disadvantaged neighbourhoods; inclusive activities bridging age groups for peer support and cohesion; and neighbourhood policing expansions enhancing community safety through outreach, mentoring, and early intervention for families in crisis, care leavers, and ethnic minority youth facing barriers.

Exclusions encompass profit-making bodies, statutory obligations, core costs, capital projects, and unrestricted funding, focusing solely on project-specific, police-aligned interventions in North Wales communities plagued by crime or safety fears, including rural and urban disadvantaged areas. Distinctive for its public-voted community grantmaking, mandatory police partnerships, and preference for innovative, measurable preventative solutions from grassroots voluntary groups with proven track records in youth work, elderly care, and community development, it uniquely empowers local voices in tackling root causes like youth unemployment risks and family carer isolation through evidence-based, trauma-informed collaboration.