2013 winners of PB funding in Seaham receive their awards from Durham County Council deputy leader Alan Napier
Community groups and organisations will be able to apply to a £26,000 fund which has been secured to benefit Seaham. A £10,000 grant has come from Durham Constabulary, a further £10,000 from an Our Place grant and a neighbourhood budget of £6,000, jointly provided by Seaham councillors. The police and other agencies involved in the scheme took part in a formal launch at Seaham police station.
Local Cllr Eddie Bell said: “We are really pleased that this fund, the result of partnership work between the local community, Durham Constabulary and Durham County Council, is being launched in Seaham. It will provide a great opportunity for a large number of people to get involved in decision-making and for groups to raise their profile in the community and attract new members.”
Inspector Darren Walton, head of neighbourhood policing for Seaham said: “The process will give local people a direct say in how resources are allocated. The end result will be a number of new projects which should be a real benefit to the community.”
Residents will will vote on projects which will help provide activities for young people, provide support for vulnerable people or support “target hardening” of properties to make them more crime-resistant.
Principal Area Action Partnership co-ordinator Shealagh (CORR) Pearce said: “This is the community setting their own priorities and what is important to them instead of funding being allocated by statutory bodies. It is opened up to the community to vote on what is important to them and they allocate the resources.”
The Police investment this year builds on earlier PB work in Seaham funded through Durham City Council, where
- Further information from the East Durham Area Action Partnership
- Read the full story from Northern Echo
- Seaham Star’s report on the 2013 process
