Decision details

Station South has agreed to be a designated ‘Safe Space’ for users on the Fallowfield Loop as part of the Home Office Safer Street Fund programme.

As part of this role, the decision has been taken to use the existing links that Station South and its officers have with local community groups and schools. This role will be to promote both the role that Station South has within the SSF programme, as well as being a point of contact for community groups, stakeholders and schools close to the FLOOP and to drive and develop any necessary training, information packs and lead activities on the FLOOP to promote the work being done through the programme with the aim of improving both perceptions of safety and usership of the FLOOP.

This funding is to be provided through the Home Office Safer Streets Fund 22/23 which has a total budget of £453,080.

The Deputy Mayor, through the use of the Home Office Safer Streets Fund, will fund the purchase of a 0.2 FTE Community Officer, currently employed by Station South, to support the delivery of the Home Office Safer Streets Fund.

The value of this is £9,750 (£250 per day x 39 weeks)

The Home Office Safer Streets Fund 22/23 has a total budget of £453,080 and a grant agreement is already in place between the GMCA and the Home Office Grant to Station South.