Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprise Sector Grants

Value of grant

1 grant available of £8,000 per year

(The funding period is 2 years, and the application needs to outline how the funding will be spent over the total funding period)

About the grant

A night-time support service for Kingston town centre to keep people safe while strengthening footfall. The council is seeking a voluntary run support team to work alongside the police town centre team, door staff, and emergency services to assist members of the public and provide a reassuring presence that our town centre is safe to visit in the night-time.

In addition, the grant should make available information, advice and guidance to children and young people (CYP) visiting the town centre; staying, feeling safe and reporting and responding to crime, in partnership with relevant agencies to provide a reassuring presence.

To meet these priorities, the grant should make sure:

• that the primary and priority function is to support the safety and security of people at night through proactive high visibility patrols and engagement on Friday and Saturday nights from 10pm to 4am and on Friday’s between 4pm and 10pm
• to provide advice, information and advocacy
• to communicate with key stakeholders to ensure appropriate information sharing to mitigate any associated risk (police, cctv control room etc.)

Download the full guidance (PDF, 136KB). If you need an accessible version of this PDF, contact strategy@kingston.gov.uk.

This grant has now been awarded.

Contacting the council for further information

The project team will continue to update this guide with frequently asked questions. If you have any questions, or would like any of this information in another format, contact:strategy@kingston.gov.ukor call our contact centre on 020 8547 5000.