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The violence reduction fund allows us to award funding to community based projects which play an important role in the fight to reduce crime.

Community groups from Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham and Sheffield have all been successful in the first round of the South Yorkshire Violence Reduction Fund, with some covering the whole of South Yorkshire.

Successful Recipients List

Interactive VRU Funding Infographic


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Dr Alan Billings with group from Big Brother Burngreave

Big Brother Burngreave

Big Brother Burngreave in Sheffield have received funding from the South Yorkshire Violence Reduction Unit to provide a mentoring scheme aimed at supporting young people aged between 12 to 20-years old.

Fresh Woodhouse group photograph

Fresh Woodhouse Youth Club

FRESH Woodhouse have received £6,510 from the South Yorkshire Violence Reduction Unit to deliver provision with children young people and families within the local community.

Angela Greenwood on visit to Maan Somali

Maan Somali Mental Health Association

Maan Somali Mental Health Sheffield have received £18,596 funding from the South Yorkshire Violence Reduction Unit.

Doncaster Council Logo

Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council

The grant enabled the organisation to purchase additional re-deployable CCTV cameras to meet ever increasing demands to tackle anti-social behaviour in communities.

Fight For Good group for media release

Fight For Good

Sport Society Success Network have been awarded £39,181 for their ‘Fight for Good’ project to work with young people in Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham and Sheffield using boxing as a way to learn new skills.

Greenacre School grant group photo

Greenacre School

Greenacre School has received £20,000 funding from the South Yorkshire Violence Reduction Unit to fund a full-time a higher-level teaching assistant to work with pupils who are at risk of displaying violence.

Grimesthorpe Family Centre

Funding was provided for the purchase of a new boiler so that the youth club and boxing club could continue meeting in a warm environment.