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ASB Awareness Week 2025

ASB Awareness Week 2025 is confirmed for30 June – 6 July 2025.The week is organised by Resolve and focusses on Anti-Social Behaviour. As usual, the overarching theme and hashtag for the week will be #MakingCommunitiesSafer.  This year, instead of having daily themes, Resolve will be focussing on four asks of Government. These are: 1. Guaranteed … Continued

Social Justice and Community Impact – Seminar Series 2025

The Wales Safer Communities Network is launching a seminar series focused on social justice and community impact. This series of five online events brings together practitioners and partners from across Wales to explore the intersections of health, justice, inclusion and community safety. Each session will offer insight, spark conversation and share learning that supports evidence-based, … Continued

Piloting Devolved Decision Making for Child Victims of Modern Slavery

The Home Office has launched a new funding opportunity under the Devolved Decision-Making Pilot for Child Victims of Modern Slavery, with the aim of expanding the pilot to additional sites across the UK. The Devolved Decision-Making Pilot Grant Competition is now live and open to applications. The deadline for submitting bids is 14 May 2025. … Continued

Membership Benefits – Member Portal

The Wales Safer Communities Network has recently introduced software to help us manage our contact information securely. This also includes the addition of a new member portal which can be accessed via our website. The bilingual member portal is accessible to all Network contacts, partners and members who work in community safety. It allows you … Continued

Equality and Inclusion Funding – Feedback Opportunity to Shape Grants

A new grant programme is being established to support delivery of Welsh Government’s National Equality Objectives 2024-28. This new programme will help align funding with policy priorities, and improve accessibility and transparency of funding, and ensure a wide range of organisations can use their experience and creativity to support of delivery of Welsh Government objectives. … Continued

Menopause and Criminal Justice: A Need for Greater Understanding

G4S Community provides a range of services across Wales, delivering psychosocial interventions that support people involved with or at risk of becoming involved with the Criminal Justice System. The Mental Health Treatment Requirement (MHTR) is one such service. Initially delivered as a pilot in Western Bay, underpinned by Home Office funding via Project ADDER, the … Continued

WLGA Annual Conference 2025

The Welsh Local Government Association’s (WLGA) 2025 Annual Conference will be held in person at Venue Cymru (Llandudno) on 18 and 19 June. The conference will explore and discuss how local government should continue to evolve and adapt to meet residents’ needs for the future. The line up of speakers includes leading politicians from local … Continued

Partner Vacancy: Head of Wales Neurodivergence Service

Neurodivergence Wales – Helping to improve the lives of neurodivergent people and their families in Wales. There is a vacancy for the Head of the Wales Neurodivergence (ND) Service to lead and manage the work of the National ND Team, funded by the Welsh Government, based within the WLGA but working closely with the NHS, … Continued

Save the date – 2025 Wales Safer Communities Awards

This year will mark the third Safer Communities Awards in Wales. The awards celebrate the work of projects, partnerships and people actively making communities safer across Wales. This year the awards ceremony will be heading to the university town of Aberystwyth on Thursday 27 November. After the inaugural ceremony in Swansea in 2023 the awards … Continued

South Wales OPCC Vacancies

The Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner for South Wales currently has 3 vacancies for directors in the team: All the roles are based at South Wales Police headquarters in Bridgend with travel across the South Wales region. Further information about the roles can be found in job descriptions. Click the links above to … Continued