North Wales Police and Crime Commissioner Andy Dunbobbin’s Innovate to Grow scheme targets and invests in projects dealing with the root causes of crime across North Wales, especially ones that offer new and innovative ideas of preventing and tackling wrongdoing. The initiative complements the priorities within the Commissioner’s Police and Crime Plan, as well as his Community Oriented Police Service (COPS) approach to serve all communities across North Wales. Examples of initiatives that could be eligible for support under the scheme include those covering youth services, early intervention, and adverse childhood experiences; drug, alcohol and substance misuse services; and organisations working to combat domestic abuse, sexual violence, and violence against women and girls. Mr Dunbobbin has allocated £100,000 to the scheme to support projects for up to one year throughout the 2025-2026 financial year, with the main focus being on innovation. A maximum of £5,000 will be available for each project; however, should the project be delivered across two or more counties, a maximum of £10,000 will be offered.

The Youth Fund supports organisations whose main purpose is working with and for young people (aged 14-25) who face complex transitions to adulthood.

Since its inception the Volunteering Wales Strategic Grant (VWSG) awardees have produced research and resources that are moving volunteering practices forward for Wales through collaboration. To learn more about the achievements to date please visit The Knowledge Hub https://knowledgehub.cymru/. This fund will enable a small number (approx. 5-10) of strategic investments (with the potential to deliver volunteering benefits at scale) to develop, build on, new or enhanced approaches/initiatives for volunteering across Wales. Enabling support for ideas or projects at all points in their life-cycle from “proof of concept” to the upscaling and embedding proven models. Grant requests are welcome for projects up to 18 months, with the value of £50,000 to £100,000.