About the Fund
The Supporting Victims Programme 2026-29 by Northumbria Police and Crime Commissioner aims to provide specialist support services for victims of crime across Northumbria, covering Gateshead, Newcastle, North Tyneside, Northumberland, South Tyneside, and Sunderland.
The programme identifies eight funding priorities:
1) Domestic Abuse (supporting adults, adolescents including teenage relationship abuse, LGBTQ+ victims, rural victims, children aged 4+, black and minoritised women, and bereaved families)
2) Sexual Violence (adults and children 4+)
3) Stalking (adults)
4) Children and young people (aged 4+, non-DA/SV/Exploitation)
5) Hate Crime (adults)
6) Violent Crime (adults and immediate adult family members excluding DA, SV, and exploitation)
7) Exploitation and Modern Slavery (adults and children 4+)
8) Victims with other vulnerabilities including mental health (adults), older people (55+), criminal justice support (adults), and road crime victims and bereaved families.
Eligibility
Services must be delivered by registered charities, incorporated charities, not-for-profits, or social enterprises. Services must be free, confidential, non-discriminatory, and available regardless of crime reporting status.
Funding excludes party-political activities, commercial ventures, retrospective spending, and individual sponsorship. The programme excludes support for Domestic Abuse, Sexual Violence, Modern Slavery, and Exploitation within the Violent Crime funding priority, which only supports adult victims (18+) of violent crime and immediate adult family members in the Northumbria region.
Grant Details
Successful applicants will receive three-year grant agreements from 1st April 2026 to 31st March 2029.
