Victims of rural crime in Nottinghamshire will receive more support after a £100,000 grant scheme was launched. Charities and organisations are now being urged to bid for a share of the funding and show how they would use it to help make the county’s rural communities safer.
The funding, which was launched on Thursday, January 26, is from Nottinghamshire Police and Crime Commissioner Caroline Henry’s Make Notts Safe Fund and is part of her commitment to “levelling up” the response to rural crime. It follows the recent announcement that Commissioner Henry has also provided £200,000 for a project to provide free security equipment for victims of rural crime across Bassetlaw, and Newark and Sherwood, including the creation of a new dedicated rural crime prevention officer role.
“We know that rural crime is a huge issue affecting some of our most vulnerable and isolated communities in Nottinghamshire – and one that so often goes overlooked,” said Commissioner Henry. “I am committed to ‘levelling up’ our response to rural crime in Nottinghamshire, with a view to improving public confidence in the police, victim satisfaction and our knowledge and understanding of the issues affecting rural communities.
