Four Preston groups share £22,000 of reclaimed criminal cash

£22,752 prison’s money to struggle crime has been awarded to tasks throughout Preston.

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Andrew Snowden, Lancashire’s Police and Crime Commissioner, has awarded one other £77k to tasks taking the struggle to criminals in Lancashire, with greater than £22,000 allotted to Preston.

The venture utilises money seized from offenders to spice up schemes that make the county safer.

Preston tasks embody Metropolis Church Preston, CNOS Youth Initiative, Tanterton Village Centre and Sure Curtain Theatre Firm.

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Commissioner Andrew Snowden’s Safer Lancashire Neighbourhoods Fund has supported greater than 60 tasks since launch in March 2022.

He mentioned: “I’m completely satisfied to place more cash into all elements of the Safer Lancashire Neighbourhoods Fund. These tasks share the objective of following my Combating Crime Plan and protecting folks secure.

“By giving cash to teams who know their communities effectively, we are able to make an actual distinction throughout the county. It’s even higher realizing we’re utilizing cash taken from criminals. By making areas stronger, coping with the important thing points usually behind offending, and supporting the work officers do to deal with criminals and get them off our streets.

“I’ll hold working carefully with the Chief Constable to ensure we’re doing what the general public needs – punishing those that make life laborious for others and protecting Lancashire secure.”

Metropolis Church Preston has been give £8,000 for perimeter fencing.

It will safe a part of the positioning to stop illicit actions, supporting the precedence of getting powerful on anti-social behaviour.

Whereas Group Community and Outreach Providers CIC has been awarded £10,000 to place in the direction of the CNOS Youth Initiative.

Group Community and Outreach Providers CIC’s CNOS Youth Initiative gives non-formal academic periods for younger folks, aiming to handle points and help the neighborhood in opposition to anti-social behaviour and arranged crime.

Sure Curtain Theatre Firm is placing £2,600 in the direction of the Girl In Pink – Home Abuse Undertaking.

Sure Curtain Theatre Firm’s Girl In Pink – Home Abuse Undertaking goals to boost consciousness about home abuse by means of dwell theatre performances and academic workshops, aligning with the precedence of tackling home abuse and sexual violence.

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Tanterton Village Centre has been given £2,152.42 for a CCTV improve.

Tanterton Village Centre’s CCTV Improve venture entails putting in cameras to reinforce surveillance and deal with disturbances in particular areas, aligning with priorities of getting powerful on anti-social behaviour and cracking down on housebreaking and theft.

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