Funding Opportunities

We are issuing an Expression Of Interest (EOI) for the Bradford Drive Project for both IDVA provision and High harm/High risk perpetrator provision working with the Mayors Policing and Crime team, the Drive Partnership,  West Yorkshire Police and other key stakeholders.

Drive aims to:

• Reduce the number of repeat and new adult victim-survivors
• Reduce the harm caused to adult and children victim-survivors
• Reduce the number of serial perpetrators of DA
• Intervene earlier to protect families living with DA

The deadline for completing and submitting the EOI is 17:00 (5pm) Wednesday 5 November 2025.  There is an opportunity to ask clarification questions between Monday 20 October and Thursday 30 October 2025.  Any questions received after this date will not be responded to.  

Expression of Interest document

Supporting information 

Outlined service specification

Draft reporting requirements

Drive example Service Manager job description

Drive example Case Manger job description

Drive example Panel Coordinator job description

Funding is available for organisations in England and Wales that aim to reduce children’s involvement in violence and can support rigorous impact evaluation.

Projects should fit within one of these seven sectors: youth justice, children’s services, youth sector, policing, neighbourhoods, health, or education.

If your project helps young people aged 10-18 who are at risk of or affected by violence and is ready for scaling and evaluation, this is your chance for funding.

Your involvement will help YEF build evidence on preventing children's involvement in violence!

For more information and to apply visit the Youth Endowment Fund website.

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. To check if the fund is open for applications and to learn more, visit our Mayor's Safer Communities Fund page.