17 January 2012
The Mornington community is being empowered to improve its own safety and security through a share in $1 million in grants announced today.
Community Safety Fund grants of up to $10,000 have been awarded to more than 150 community organisations across Victoria, including in Mornington.
Mornington MP David Morris said grants had been awarded to community centres in Mornington to improve security and reduce the risk of theft, vandalism and anti-social behaviour.
Local recipients include:
Bentons Square Community Centre Inc and
Mornington Community Contact Inc.
Mr Morris acknowledged the importance of our community centres in the Mornington area and the work that is done by the local volunteers. “It is good to see the Government providing funding to provide safer environments for our local people working in community facilities.”
Funding is also being provided for crime prevention education and awareness projects, including arson reduction initiatives in bushfire-prone areas, and theft prevention programs in summer holiday spots.
The grant program was highly competitive, with more than 350 applications received, reflecting the real engagement local people have in working to help make their communities safer.
Minister for Crime Prevention Andrew McIntosh said Community Safety Grants were about finding community solutions for community problems.
“Through these grants, the Coalition Government is empowering communities to decide what’s best for them, and giving them funding to make those solutions a reality,” Mr McIntosh said.
The Community Safety Fund grants are part of the Coalition Government’s four-year $39 million Community Crime Prevention Program, committed to supporting community action on crime prevention to help make communities across Victoria safer. There will be further grant funding rounds over the next three years.
As part of the Coalition Government’s Your Community, Your Say Crime Prevention program, a series of regional reference group meetings has been conducted across the state, canvassing the views of local communities and ascertaining which measures are most appropriate for different areas.
That process will continue this year, as the Coalition Government remains determined to let communities identify crime prevention strategies that will work for them.
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