If you are a victim of crime or have been in the past and require support, please visit this webpage which includes a list of all the service’s I fund. You can filter these services or use the interactive tool here to find the right support for your needs.
Grants and Awards 2026/27
I receive funding from the Ministry of Justice to commission support services specifically for victims of crime. I can also make grants to contribute to securing crime and disorder reduction in the area, as outlined in the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2012.
Here you will find a list of grants made for the coming financial year:
PCC Funded Organisations 2026-27
For a list of grants made in previous years see below.
My Violence Reduction Unit also makes grants. More information can be found here.
Monitoring and Performance
All grants have been awarded with the agreement that output and outcome monitoring information will be provided. This can include regular grant surgeries to discuss performance and practical delivery to ensure the work delivered through the grant meets expectations. A summary impact of my grant programmes will be reported in my Annual Report.
The standard terms and conditions for each of my grants can be accessed below (please note this example is tailored to victims’ services).
Victims’ Services
Supporting Victims Programme
I receive funding from the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) to provide support for victims of crime and their families, which I have used to commission specialist victim support services and my core victims’ service (Northumbria Victim and Witness Service (NVWS)) through my Supporting Victims Programme.
The funding I receive from the MoJ is split into funding to support victims of all types of crimes (Core Fund) and funding to support domestic abuse and sexual violence victims (DA/SV Ringfenced Fund). In 2026-27 I will receive £1,662,018 from the Core Fund and £1,659,771 from the DA/SV Ringfenced Fund. I also contribute funding from my own budget to ensure there are sufficient support services available for victims of crime across Northumbria.
To support stability within the VCSE sector, we have made a commitment to fund services for a 3-year period (2026-2029), dependent on sustained government funding.
The Supporting Victims Programme aims to strengthen the overall offer of support to victims of crime in Northumbria, build capacity and maximise potential of the specialist services available to support victims to cope and recover. My vision is to ensure that victims of crime feel confident to seek help and when they do, they are provided with a choice of high-quality support tailored to meet their individual needs.
My key funding themes and priorities for the Supporting Victims Programme are based upon assessment of victim need and demand. This includes Northumbria-wide and local strategic assessments identifying levels of crime, new and emerging crimes, issues facing our area where victim needs may arise, and local research and consultation with victim groups, community safety partnerships and service providers.
The key themes within the Supporting Victims Programme are:
- Victims of domestic abuse
- Victims of sexual violence and abuse
- Victims of stalking
- Children and young people
- Victims of hate crime
- Victims of violent crime
- Victims of exploitation and modern slavery
- Victims with other vulnerabilities (including mental health, older people, criminal justice support and road crime)
To view a full list of the services commissioned through the Supporting Victims Programme and for information on the support they provide, please follow this link Victims Services Directory – full list – Northumbria PCC.
Northumbria Victim and Witness Service
In 2026-27, £1,087,873 been awarded to Northumbria Police to deliver the core victim service – Northumbria Victim and Witness Service (NVWS). NVWS supports victims of crime and their families to cope and recover from the impact of crime.
The support provided to all victims, both who report to the police and those who do not falls generally into four broad categories:
- Initial emotional and practical support including signposting
- More detailed/longer term emotional and practical support including restorative justice and support throughout a court process
- Support and referral to specialist services that can help a victim cope and recover
NVWS also offers Independent Sexual Violence Advisor (ISVA) and Independent Stalking and Harassment Advisor (ISHA) support.
You can find out more about Northumbria Victim and Witness Service by visiting their website https://nvws.northumbria.police.uk/
CADA Fund
Children affected by domestic abuse (CADA) fund was a grant from government that ran from 2022-26 that allowed me to commission an additional range of support for children and young people affected by domestic abuse, including 1:1 counselling and group work, to play therapy and therapeutic support.
Unfortunately, the fund ended in March 2026 and additional support for children affected by domestic abuse has been commissioned through my Supporting Victims Programme.
Commissioner’s Community Fund
This fund has been designed to empower local people and give communities affected by hate crime and anti-social behaviour (ASB) a helping hand to cope and recover from the civil disorder last year. It seeks to support projects and initiatives that are determined to educate people and stamp our racism and hateful behaviours for good.
Micro grants of £1k and larger grants of £5k have been made available to fund a range of projects.
You can view successful applicants here.