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Successful applications for SWAP funding

The Safety, Working together, Action and Prevention Fund

The Cheshire Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) provides funding to support local organisations, charities and community groups across the county. The aim is to help communities come together, to reduce crime, prevent anti-social behaviour and help people feel safer.

This is done through the SWAP (Safety, Working together, Action and Prevention) Fund and the SWAP Summer Support Fund.

What is the SWAP Fund?

The SWAP Fund enables community groups, charities, social enterprises and not-for-profit groups to deliver projects that benefit communities based on a set of criteria. Organisations could apply for a maximum of £5,000.

What is the SWAP Summer Support Fund?

The SWAP Summer Support Fund enables community groups, charities, social enterprises and not-for-profit groups to deliver summer holiday specific community-led activities to help families. Organisations could apply for a maximum of £2,000.

Map

The map below shows the location of each project, and provides a summary of what the money was used for.

Key

  • Red coloured markers – 2026 SWAP Summer Support Fund
  • Green coloured markers – 2025-26 SWAP Fund
  • Yellow coloured markers – 2025 SWAP Summer Support Fund
  • Blue coloured markers – 2024-25 SWAP Fund

Projects that cover the whole of Cheshire

Some projects provide support to the whole of the county. These are summarised in the table below:

2026
River Sea and Sense Ltd To deliver youth water safety education sessions across Cheshire. Cheshire wide
Children’s Adventure Farm Trust The funding will enable us to deliver countryside day visits for disadvantaged children across the county. Cheshire wide
Willows 301 Wellbeing and support programme for families affected by domestic abuse. Runcorn and Widnes
Autism Practical Support The funding will enable us to deliver an inclusive summer programme for young people on the autism spectrum. Cheshire wide
Primal Mentality CIC The funding will enable us to deliver an outdoor wellbeing and skills programme to people at risk of offending or isolation. Runcorn and Widnes
2025-26
Organisation Project summary Location
Live! Volunteer it Yourself Live! and Volunteer It Yourself (VIY) will partner to create an accessible, neurodiverse-friendly podcast and digital arts room, alongside repairs to the community garden. Young NEET volunteers will gain trade skills and City & Guilds qualifications while improving facilities that promote neurodiversity, inclusion, and opportunities for disadvantaged communities. Cheshire wide
Citizens’ Advice Halton We will expand our domestic abuse advice and advocacy service from 14 to 21 hours per week until May 2026. This will enable Citizens Advice Halton to support more victims with urgent debt, housing, welfare, and legal advice, while training new volunteer advisers to increase capacity and sustain long-term community impact. Halton
Choose Your Story The Begin Again Project will support vulnerable and underrepresented women in Crewe through two modules. The first delivers workshops on wellbeing, trauma recovery, and healthy relationships led by specialist practitioners. The second provides 45 emergency “Begin Again” bags with essential supplies for women fleeing abuse, offering both emotional empowerment and immediate practical support. Cheshire East
Primal Mentality The Reel Healing Project will provide therapeutic, nature-based fishing sessions for young people aged 12–18 in Halton who are at risk of offending, reoffending, or exploitation. Delivered with Halton Youth Justice Services, the six–eight week programme combines angling tuition, mindfulness, and wellbeing support to build confidence, resilience, and positive life skills through outdoor engagement. Halton
Cheshire West Voluntary Action (CWVA) Cheshire West Voluntary Action (CWVA) will deliver co-production workshops with adults who have criminal convictions to explore barriers to volunteering and promote inclusion. Insights will inform practical guides for participants and best-practice toolkits for organisations. Follow-up training sessions will help VCFSE groups support volunteers with convictions, challenging stigma and improving employability pathways. Cheshire West and Chester
2024-25
Cheshire Autism Practical Support (ChAPS) The project will deliver a summer holiday club for autistic children. The club offers inclusive, sensory friendly activities such as arts, sports, cooking, cinema trips and outdoor adventures tailored to individual needs. The club will provide a safe and nurturing environment that support emotional regulation and social development, and empower young people with autism to build confidence, connections and life skills over the summer. Cheshire wide
Mentell To provide community engagement work where ex-offenders who have used Mentell in Parole services, promote the benefits of the service to those prisoners who are on parole and early release. Cheshire East
Cheshire West and Chester
Warrington
Embrace: Child Victims of Crime To provide trauma-informed support for children and their families who have experienced serious crime. Cheshire wide
Neighbourhood Watch To help enable the Cheshire Neighbourhood Watch community to thrive and work closely with Cheshire Constabulary. Cheshire wide
SSAFA – The Armed Forces Charity To produce a resource pack for family members of veterans in Cheshire prisons, providing information on help and support to help them to navigate the experience they are going through. Cheshire East
Warrington
2Engage CIC Delivery of a theatre-based, early intervention programmes that will assist children and their parents in recognising the risks associated with online activity like social media, gaming and the use of smart devices. Cheshire East
Halton
Warrington
Vesta – Specialist family support CIC To develop a series of resources aimed at increasing awareness of sexual abuse amongst the Polish community in Cheshire in order to support victims and help them to cope and recover.  Cheshire wide
Central Cheshire Buddy Scheme Active Buddies will support disabled children, involving them in community based activities for 12 weeks. The  children will be supported to be more active in the community, be physically active, away from technology and improve socialisation. Cheshire East
Warrington

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