Greater Manchester has been awarded a Safer Streets fund of £2.4m to tackle anti-social behaviour and make streets safer for residents across the city-region.
The Safer Streets Fund, launched by the Home Office, aims to tackle issues that blight communities by putting measures in place to prevent crime and anti-social behaviour and support victims.
Manchester, Wigan and Stockport have all been awarded funding, following successful bids supported by Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA).
In Manchester, the successful bid, led by GMCA and supported by Manchester City Council and Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM) will see £453,080 from the Safer Streets Fund invested in tackling anti-social behaviour and improving safety on the Fallowfield Loop.
In Stockport, the council, working with Greater Manchester Police (GMP), has been awarded £436,810 which will be used to help tackle anti-social behaviour in Stockport Town Centre and Brinnington.
This will include detached youth workers, delivering mentoring to young people involved in anti-social behaviour and criminality, investment in community, sport and other diversionary activities, and specialist support for vulnerable victims of anti-social behaviour.
Wigan Council, supported by GMP, has been awarded £745,518 to help tackle anti-social behaviour in Platt Bridge, Woodcock Drive, and Scholes.
Activity will include investment in CCTV, working with local businesses to help people into employment and expansion of the Safety of Woman at Night initiative by working with schools to deliver sessions on healthy relationships and public safety.
Community groups will also be invited to apply for pots of funding to deliver local projects.
Deputy Mayor for Policing, Crime, Criminal Justice and Fire Bev Hughes said:
“I’m pleased that Greater Manchester will receive more than £2.4 million from the Safer Streets Fund, which will be invested in tackling the issues that local people have told us are blighting their communities and making them feel unsafe.
“This is the fourth round of funding which has seen more than £4.2 million invested in Safer Streets initiatives across Greater Manchester since August 2020. This additional funding will allow us to build on this work in other parts of the city-region to deliver activity to reduce crime and anti-social behaviour and work with local people to strengthen neighbourhoods and keep them safe.”
