Funding opportunities
All funding opportunities will be published here.
All funding opportunities will be published here.
In 2025-26, the Violence Reduction Partnership (VRP) piloted having a dedicated delivery partner for their Virtual Decisions intervention, who had access to a number of headsets and delivered sessions from June 2025 until March 2026. The pilot year evidenced that this dedicated approach is successful in reaching young people across West Yorkshire with the intervention being delivered in more varied settings, beyond schools. The VRP intend to replicate this approach for 2026-27.
The VRP are holding a grant round and asking those interested in this opportunity to consider submitting an Expression of Interest (EOI).
We strongly recommend you read the specification and supporting information documents before submitting the EOI.
Please send clarification questions to pccommissioning@westyorks-ca.gov.uk and title to email ‘Virtual Decisions – Delivery Partner questions’. Clarification questions can be submitted between 29th June and 17th July 2026. Any questions received after this date will not be responded to.
Please also contact pccommissioning@westyorks-ca.gov.uk if you require any of the documents related to this opportunity in a digitally accessible format.
Deadline: 12 noon, 31st July 2026.
Please note, submissions after this date will not be accepted.
The West Yorkshire Violence Reduction Partnership (VRP) are seeking to commission delivery partners to provide a new targeted Social Skills programme in West Yorkshire.
Social skills programmes (Social and Emotional Learning - Targeted as described by the Youth Endowment Fund) aim to develop positive behaviours, including children and young people’s ability to exercise self-control, to understand and respond appropriately to their emotions, and to understand things from other people’s perspectives. A key tenet of social skills programmes is the use of interactive activities, including role play, behavioural rehearsal, mindfulness and storytelling.
We are holding a grant round and asking those interested in this opportunity to consider submitting an Expression of Interest (EOI). If you are interested in applying, please email us to request a full application pack.
We strongly recommend you read the supporting information documents before submitting the EOI.
Deadline: 12 noon Friday 3rd July 2026.
Please note submissions after this will not be accepted.
The Home Office is seeking to award to eligible organisations to support victims and others affected by violence against women and girls (VAWG) via the VAWG Helplines Scheme. The VAWG Helplines Fund will support a suite of eleven national helplines providing free, confidential advice and support on VAWG related harms.
Deadline: 2:00pm Friday 31st July 2026
The Home Office is seeking to award to eligible organisations to support victims and others affected by violence against women and girls (VAWG) via the VAWG Advocacy Support Fund. The VAWG Victim Advocacy Support Fund will support delivery of seven advocacy services across England and Wales that provide accessible, specialist one-to-one support for victims of VAWG who are least likely to be able to access support locally.
Deadline: 1:00pm Friday 31st July 2026
Finding out what works to prevent violence against young women and girls (VAWG) is a key part of delivering on YEF’s mission to prevent children and young people becoming involved in violence. It is also central to the cross-government strategy “Freedom from Violence and Abuse” that was published in December 2025.
This funding round forms part of a wider YEF programme of funding, evaluation and research over the next three years on what works to prevent and respond to VAWG.
Deadline: 9:00am Monday 27th July 2026
The West Yorkshire Violence Reduction Partnership (VRP) are seeking to commission a consultation partner for the Serious Violence Duty.
The consultation partner will be an experienced agency/body with previous experience of conducting similar work, such as supporting with the implementation of new policy, reviewing delivery plans and wide consultation with partners. The partner must also be able to demonstrate working knowledge of the Serious Violence Duty.
Deadline: 12 noon Friday 10th July 2026
Submissions will not be accepted after this time.
Bids and clarification questions will not be accepted outside of the YorTender Portal.
The Women’s Diversion Fund grant competition by the MoJ and HMPPS is now live. This is an investment of around £26m between January 2027 and March 2029, in the form of grants for voluntary and community sector organisations. The purpose is to divert women (aged 18+) away from further contact with the Criminal Justice System (CJS), with a particular emphasis on reducing the number of women in prison.
Applicants must be a voluntary sector organisation(s) or consortium and shall be a registered charity, an exempt charity (as per the charities Act 2011, Schedule 3) or a social enterprise.
Deadline: Friday 24 July 2026
Awards will be made in late September 2026.
The Mayor will run the Mayor's Safer Communities Fund several times a year. This fund offers grants to voluntary and community groups, charities, and partners for innovative community safety projects.
A number of potential commissioning and funding opportunities are planned for 2026-27 to support the Mayor in relation to Policing and Crime, the Violence Reduction Partnership and the Womens Safety Unit.
The information is an overview of potential upcoming opportunities, and more information will be provided as planning and commissioning work progresses.
Commissioning education related work focused on the safety of women and girls.
