Focused on curbing harm on West Mercia’s roads, Police and Crime Commissioner John Campion has launched the second round of his Safer Roads Fund to the tune of £250,000. As no allocations were made in the first round, the PCC is encouraging more communities and local partners to apply for the funding.
Accelerating the PCC’s commitment to make roads safer in West Mercia, communities and partners across the three counties can apply for funding to launch measures in their area to address local road safety concerns.
For the second round of the PCC’s Road Safety Fund, the £250,000 will be split into two lots.
Lot 1 Outline & Criteria
This section of the Safer Roads Grant Fund is to use £100,000 to directly address local need within West Mercia. Applications considered under this lot of the grant round will be seeking approximately less than £10,000 and look to address area-specific concerns.
- Addressing area-specific Road Safety issues within West Mercia.
- Less than £10,000.
- Project timescale for projects to be completed will sit within March 2024 to March 2025 (all funds must be spent by 31 March 2025).
Where applications are received for the installation of road signs, speed indicator devices, vehicle activated signs and street furniture these must be supplemented with evidence of authorisation from the local authority. Applications should also include an ordinance survey or similar map detailing the location of any agreed fixtures endorsed by the relevant Highways Authority.
Lot 2 Outline & Criteria
Lot 2 seeks to use £150,000 to address deeper road safety issues and potentially cover a wider geographical area of prevention or intervention to reduce the overall harm on West Mercia’s Roads.
- Impacting as much of the West Mercia region as possible.
- Project timescale will be from 1 April 2024 until 31 March 2025 (all funding must be spent within this timescale).
- Innovative approach to Road Safety education.
The fund cannot be used for initiatives or equipment that are already funded by the taxpayer.
Apply for funding
You will find all supporting documents and instructions on how to apply below.
The application form can be downloaded and can be completed electronically. The completed applications forms will need to be sent via email to the OPCC Commissioning Team at [email protected].
All applications must be received by Friday 2 February 2024. There will be a two-week review period before the funding is allocated.
FAQ
Please look through the Frequently Asked Questions below to see if your query can be answered.
Lot 1 applications should be under £10k. There is no upper limit on Lot 2 applications for this Grant Round within the £150k pot. Bidders should consider that the fund aims to cover West Mercia initiatives incorporating the objectives listed in the guidance document. Lot 2 applications will be scored on how many people they will impact against the amount being requested.
Yes, any local initiatives like this will fall in Lot 1. Please note that where applications are received for the installation of road signs, speed indicator devices, vehicle activated signs and street furniture these must be supplemented with evidence of authorisation from the local authority. Applications should also include an ordinance survey or similar map detailing the location of any agreed fixtures endorsed by the relevant Highways Authority.
Unfortunately, no. This fund cannot assist with this area. We would still encourage separate applications.
Unfortunately, this is not something we are able to do, given the timeframe to evaluate all of the responses and award successful grant applications for the new financial year.
This could be reviewed within the context of a full grant application. However, it is unlikely that uplifting of privately owned land will be successful.
Yes, Town Councils are encouraged to apply for this Grant Round.
Yes, road engineering / marking works fall under this restriction for the Road Safety Grant Round.
The application form can be completed by an independent individual or a nominated person from the County Council or Borough/Town Council.
Yes, you can provide supporting documentation (Word, Excel or Powerpoint) with your application. It simply needs to be added as an attachment to the e-mail containing the application form.
Yes, along with independent organisations both the FRS and Police Force are able to apply for funding under this scheme.
The OPCC will not fund initiatives that are the responsibility of the local authority. All applications for such initiatives would need to be made to them in the first instance.
Between lot 1 and lot 2 of this grant round, lot 2 factors in the number of people / areas of West Mercia noted in the grant application as part of the consideration. The wider the reach or the more people within West Mercia impacted by the initiative the greater the consideration will be against this section.
This simply refers to the workshops, engagement events, online sessions or otherwise areas of work that forms the initiative.
As the nature of this grant round is one off funding with no guarantee of further monies from this pot to support these applications, sustainability refers to the consideration of longer-term support for maintaining the initiative being applied for. For example, future funding opportunities being identified within the application.
If you have any further questions regarding the application process which have not been answered above, please email [email protected].
