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The Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner (OPCC) funds a wide range of services to support the delivery of the Police and Crime Plan.

To understand the OPCC’s approach to commissioning it is important to set the context in which we work. There are a number of factors that influence how PCCs commission services and the decisions taken. The latest PCC Commissioning Strategy Document provides more details on the considered factors and process.

OPCC commissioned services for 2026/27

2026/27 Police and Crime Grants

The OPCC provided Police and Crime Grants worth £449,000 for 2026/27:

Bath and North East Somerset – £42,000 Police and Crime Grant
  • Joint work across all areas: creation of a cross-authority framework and protocol for modern slavery, supporting improved identification and safeguarding.
  • A trauma-informed step-down pathway providing ongoing support after an IDVA intervention ends.
  • An intervention programme for young people at risk of grooming, drug use and criminal exploitation.
Bristol – £157,000 Police and Crime Grant
  • Joint work across all areas: creation of a cross-authority framework and protocol for modern slavery, supporting improved identification and safeguarding.
  • Lockleaze Youth Mentoring Project.
  • Targeted mentoring for 17 young people (aged 12 to 18) at risk of antisocial behaviour, criminality and exploitation.
  • Love Stapleton Road Creative Arts Programme.
  • Love Stapleton Road Girls’ and Young Women’s Youth and Sport Programme.
  • Engaging Girls and Young Women in Intelligence Outreach for Inclusive Park Design.
  • Development of a trauma-informed practice model for children with complex needs to improve engagement and reduce reoffending.
North Somerset – £51,000 Police and Crime Grant
  • Joint work across all areas: creation of a cross-authority framework and protocol for modern slavery, supporting improved identification and safeguarding.
  • Avon and Somerset Crime Analyst Hub.
  • MVAWG Intelligence Outreach Research.
  • Start to Finish: intensive, trauma-informed, person-centred support.
Somerset – £138,000 Police and Crime Grant
  • Joint work across all areas: creation of a cross-authority framework and protocol for modern slavery, supporting improved identification and safeguarding.
  • Women’s Navigator Project (Nelson Trust).
  • SARSAS trauma-informed specialist one-to-one support and survivor-led groups.
  • Positive Actions: outreach youth work reducing antisocial behaviour, drug use and improving community cohesion.
  • Frome Town Detached Youth Work.
South Gloucestershire – £89,402 Police and Crime Grant
  • Joint work across all areas: creation of a cross-authority framework and protocol for modern slavery, supporting improved identification and safeguarding.
  • Young People’s Drug and Alcohol Worker.
  • A cross-border, multi-agency hub generating shared intelligence products to target enforcement, prevention and safeguarding.
  • Tackling Hate Crime and Building Cohesion in Schools.
  • Tackling MVAWG Through Developing Healthy Relationships.

 

2026/27 Serious Violence Funding

Violence Reduction Partnerships (VRPs)

For more detail on the VRPs please visit the VRU page of the website Avon and Somerset Violence Reduction Unit | OPCC for Avon and Somerset (avonandsomerset-pcc.gov.uk)

  • Bath and North East Somerset: £134,445 Serious Violence Duty Funding. This is Home Office funding
  • Bristol: Grant agreement value:£411,889  Serious Violence Duty Funding. This is Home Office funding
  • North Somerset: £158,120 + £100,000 for Young Futures Prevention Panels Pilot, Serious Violence Duty Funding. This is Home Office funding
  • Somerset: £387,524 + £100,000 for Young Futures Prevention Panels Pilot, Serious Violence Duty Funding. This is Home Office funding
  • South Gloucestershire: Grant agreement value: £177,732, Serious Violence Duty Funding. This is Home Office funding
  • Centrally retained for Avon and Somerset VRP Hub Services budget: £367,576.30, Serious Violence Duty funding. Centrally retained by PCC for staffing, recruitment and training for ASVRP Hub and funding for A&S wide projects.

Total funding: £1,837,286.30 

2026/27 Victim Services
  • Lighthouse Integrated Victim and Witness Care (Avon and Somerset Police): A practical and emotional support service for witnesses including guidance through the criminal justice system offered by specially trained staff. £904,701.86 per annum contribution from OPCC with the rest of the funding being provided by the Constabulary.

Victim Services Commissioning Contracts 2025/26 – 2031/32 (services funded by MoJ Grants and OPCC funding) 

Other Victim Services Funding

  • The Bridge, United Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust: Sexual Assault Referral Centre (SARC). The Bridge (Sexual Assault Referral Centre) – OPCC for Avon and Somerset. Contract value: Commissioned by NHS England, OPCC co-commissioner contribution £276,299 p.a. (Note: this amount is uplifted in line with NHSE business rules on an annual basis)
  • SAAS Therapies Service (NHSE is the lead commissioner): PCC contribution £132,058.50
  • Exploitation Services (led by Local Authorities – OPCC annual contributions listed below):
    • Bath and North East Somerset Council £29,327
    • Bristol City Council £76,249
    • North Somerset Council £30,000
    • Somerset Council £73,317
    • South Gloucestershire Council £29,327

2026/27 DA/SV Uplift Funding

Funding from the Ministry of Justice to further support victims of domestic abuse and sexual violence.

  • 1625ip: Annual Grant Agreement Value £20,329.98 
  • Advocacy After Fatal Domestic Abuse (AAFDA): Annual Grant Agreement Value £16,852.48 
  • Man Kind: Annual Grant Agreement Value £8,559.99 
  • Nelson Trust: Annual Grant Agreement Value £20,329.98 
  • NextLink: Annual Grant Agreement Value £27,617.96
  • Opoka: Annual Grant Agreement Value £19,794.98 
  • Voluntary Action North Somerset (VANS) – Reclaim: Annual Grant Agreement Value £40,659.96 
  • Southmead Project: Annual Grant Agreement Value £30,956.47
  • Southside Family Project: Annual Grant Agreement Value £23,160.13
  • The Green House/ Somerset Phoenix Project: Annual Grant Agreement Value £68,640.87
  • VOICES: Annual Grant Agreement Value £21,399.98 
  • Woman Kind: Annual Grant Agreement Value £43,821.81
  • SARSAS: Annual Grant Agreement Value £86,134.92 
  • Young Victims Service: Annual Grant Agreement Value £48,149.96 
  • Victim Support: Annual Grant Agreement Value: £20,998.19

In 2025/26 Independent Domestic Violence Advisor (IDVA) Uplift:

  • Bristol – £297,511.09 for 7 IDVAs at Next Link
  • BANES – £114,602.97 for 3 IDVAs at Southside and Julian House
  • South Gloucestershire – £227,817.77 for 6 IDVAs at Next Link
  • North Somerset – £227,817.77 for 6 IDVAs at Next Link
  • Somerset – £117,964.18 for 2 IDVAs at You Trust

 

2026/27 Knife Crime Concentration Fund

The Knife Crime Concentration Fund (KCCF) was created to support the 27 police force areas most affected by knife crime. These areas account for 90 per cent of knife-related offences in England and Wales. 

The hot spots will see more police patrols and tougher enforcement, CCTV and early prevention work targeted towards those most at risk of being a victim or perpetrator of knife crime. 

The KCCF can also be used to improve public spaces, including better lighting and area redesigns to prevent weapons from being hidden. 

In Avon and Somerset, the Home Office funding has been allocated in the following way:  

  • Visible Patrol Activity: £261,400 
  • Problem Solving Activity: £422,600  
  • Central fund (coordination/analysis/IT etc): £133,000  

Other co-commissioned services

Avon and Somerset Integrated Non-Custodial Service (INCS)
  • Avon and Somerset Integrated Non-Custodial Service (INCS) (AWP – NHS England is the lead commissioner). Provides a whole care pathway approach with services working collaboratively to ensure that individuals receive a coordinated multi-agency approach to address their health care needs and their health-related offending behaviour, whilst supporting a tailored and localised fit for OPCC and criminal justice partners. Contract value: The PCC contributes £581,092.05 p.a.

 

 

Mental Health

Mental Health Triage (AWP – BNSSG CCG is the lead commissioner):

The service employs mental health professionals to work with the police control room. These professionals have access to the relevant health systems and offer advice and support to police officers and other emergency service staff.

The OPCC and the Local Health Commissioning groups in Avon and Somerset and Avon Fire and Rescue Service jointly fund the service. The PCC contributes: £135,193 per year with the remaining funding contributions coming from BNSSG, BSW ICB, Somerset ICB and Avon Fire and Rescue Service.

 

Appropriate Adults Service

The Appropriate Adults Service (TAAS): Contract 1st April 2023 – 31st March 2028. PCC and partner funded. Total for 26/27: £152,171.26

Drive Project – South Gloucestershire, Bristol and North Somerset

Drive project – Responding to Perpetrators of Domestic Abuse (Cranstoun), and IDVA Uplifts (Bristol, South Gloucestershire, and North Somerset IDVA services): 1st April 2026 – 31st March 2027 Home Office grant agreement.  

Total Home Office funding £520,501.80 + £123,000 partner funding + £4498.2 PCC funding. 

To view the breakdown from previous years please see: Annual Reports | OPCC for Avon and Somerset (avonandsomerset-pcc.gov.uk)

Background documents

Documents include national guidelines and framework:

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