Issue details

The reasons for the decision are:

In October 2021, The Home Office announced funding to be made available to GMP via GMCA to undertake community based work to tackle Western Balkan led criminality in Bury, implementing Prepare, Prevent and Protect objectives to tackle serious and organised crime. For 2022/23, this totals up to £172,000.

This project is part of two wider Home Office programmes – Serious and Organised Crime Community Coordinators, which have operated in 6 other sites across England for the last three or four years, and the Western Balkans programme, which delivers both UK and origin country based interventions to reduce offending, build community resilience and safeguard individuals and communities at risk of being drawn into or affected by serious and organised crime.

The total spend is split between three key budget lines, with the community coordinator staff allocating project spend to the most appropriate activity locally to meet the stated project objectives.