Author and Job Role: Sarah Haywood, Community Safety, Serious Violence and Partnership Lead
Protective Marking: OFFICIAL
Executive Summary:
In April 2023 the Police and Crime Commissioner for Surrey was issued a grant to support the named specified authorities under the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022 to deliver the Serious Violence Duty. The Duty requires specified authorities for a local government area to work together and plan to prevent and reduce serious violence, including identifying the kinds of serious violence that occur in the area, the causes of that violence (so far as it is possible to do so), and to prepare and implement a strategy for preventing, and reducing serious violence in the area. The Duty also requires the specified authorities to consult educational, prison and youth custody authorities4 for the area in the preparation of their strategy.
The funding awarded for 2025/26 totalled £546,830.47 and was split between labour costs: £211,864.69 and non-labour costs: £334,965.78. The initial delivery plan for 2025/26 was presented and agreed by the Surrey Serious Violence Reduction Partnership, a subsequent Serious Violence which has representatives from the specified and relevant authorities. This decision note formally recognises that agreement and the funding split.
Applications for the Grant
Serious Violence Labour Grant –
The labour grant has been awarded specifically to support partners in developing their response to the Duty. The following funding has been requested to support the delivery of VAWG needs assessment and training for partnership members.
| Serious Violence Involving Children Needs Assessment – Luminus Interviews | £10,000 |
Serious Violence non-Labour Grant
The non labour grant has been awarded to support partnership deliver targeted interventions to prevent and reduce violence. The partnership have agreed to fund the following activity that they have considers meets the outcome of the Surrey Serious Violence Reduction Strategy.
| Mentoring for Young People at Merstham Park | £2,800.00 |
| Project Horizon | £5,000.00 |
| Targeted Knife Crime Communications Campaign | £40,000.00 |
| Music to My Ears – Victims of Serious Violence Pilot Project | £41,200.00 |
| Naxolone Supplies | £2,990.00 |
| Knife Bins – Upgrade | £6,000.00 |
| Knife Replacement Project (increase in funding) | £5,000.00 |
Recommendation
The PCC supports the recommended allocation of the Serious Violence Duty non labour fund in Surrey and awards the following;
- £10,000 to Luminus to deliver the qualitative interviews for the Serious Violence Involving Children Needs Assessment
- £2,800 to Reigate and Banstead for Ment4 interventions in Merstham Park
- £5,000 to Surrey Police for Project Horizon (sport intervention)
- £40,000 to Surrey Police to progress a knife crime communication campaign based on increasing intelligence
- £41,200 to Catch22 to pilot a Music to My Ears service that focuses on young victims of violent crime
- £2,990 to Surrey Police to support their teams deliver Naxolone in the community
- £6,000 to Surrey Police to work with local partners to improve Surrey’s knife bins
- £5,000 to Surrey Police for the Knife Replacement Project.
Police and Crime Commissioner Approval
I approve the recommendation(s):
Signature: PCC Lisa Townsend (wet signed copy held in Office)
Date: 20th January 2026
All decisions must be added to the decision register.
Areas of consideration
Consultation
The recommendations in this report have been agreed by the Serious Violence Reduction Partnership, Community Safety Partnerships and the local Serious Violence Operational Group which consists of all the specified and relevant authorities as named in the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022
Financial implications
Funded using allocation from the Serious Violence Duty Fund
Legal
The Local Policing Body have followed the legal and financial requirements as set out in the Serious Violence Duty Grant from the Home Office.
Risks
The Serious Violence Duty Operational Group has a risk register which keeps track of the risks and challenges associated with delivering the duty and the projects connected to the funding.
Equality and diversity
Each deliverable has considered the equality and diversity implications. An equality impact assessment will be completed for the Serious Violence Reduction partnership by the end of the financial year.
Risks to human rights
No risks