19 July 2006

The successful recipients this year are:

• Campbelltown City Council - $98,500 (Campbelltown). The Cultural Conflict project aims to reduce hostilities between different cultural groups in the area and manage fear of crime through the use of information kits and implementation of a media campaign. 

• Holroyd City Council - $57,090 (Holroyd). The Holroyd Web Watch project will design and establish a community safety website to provide information on crime prevention and safety with a focus on reducing the fear of crime. The information will be available for individuals and organisations and will target specific groups and current issues.

• Horizon Theatre Company Limited - $129,150 (Bankstown and surrounding areas). The C Red - Creative and Performing Arts Skills for Conflict Resolution project involves partnering with police and other community organisations to provide early intervention arts-based activities for at-risk and marginalised youth, and equip them with alternative methods for crime prevention.

• Karitane - $137,732 (Lidcombe). Through the Adolescent Mothers in Custody - Linking to a New Future for Families project, the Juniperina Juvenile Justice Centre and Karitane partnership will support extended day visits for children, facilitate parenting education, and evaluate policy and protocols associated with mothers at the facility.

• Macarthur Diversity Services Inc. - $150,000 (Campbelltown, Camden and Wollondilly). The Focus on Youth Diversity project aims to reduce the incidence of culturally and linguistically diverse youth at risk becoming involved in criminal activity within the Macarthur area. Working collaboratively with various government and non-government agencies and families, the project aims to build positive community relationships, enhance self-esteem and develop skills.

• Macquarie Legal Centre Inc. - $150,000 (Holroyd). Rights and Responsibilities: Your Guide To Staying Out of Trouble is a cooperative project between high schools, police, the legal centre and NSW Legal Aid Commission to conduct a series of crime prevention workshops for high school students in the Holroyd Local Government Area.

• Parramatta City Council - $104,660 (Parramatta). The Suspended: A Youth Support Program will provide assistance for students in years 10 to 12 who are under suspension from Granville Boys and South Granville High Schools. It will provide workshops to support the students' literacy and numeracy needs and develop their social and behavioural skills.

• Rosie's Place Incorporated - $150,000 (Mt Druitt area).  The Just A Little Respect project is a primary prevention partnership between Rosie's Place and Streetwize Comics, and addresses relationship violence among young people aged 12 to 18 in the Mt Druitt area. The project will develop an educational prevention media resource complemented by a program for young people in local secondary schools. 

• Youth Off The Streets - $137,626 (Macquarie Fields). The Doing It Ourselves, A Youth Community Crime Prevention Initiative for Macquarie Fields project will build on the strengths of young people attending the Youth Off The Streets Macquarie Fields Outreach Program. Initiatives will include building bridges between youth and local police, peer leadership and mentoring, service learning, safety for young women and diversionary activities to provide positive alternatives to juvenile crime.

• Women's Activities and Self Help House - $286,850 (Mt Druitt).   The Staying Home Leaving Violence project is a pilot casework and community development model enabling women ending a violent relationship to remain in their own home.  Through supporting women who choose to stay in their home the project will assess safety needs, seek to improve social, health, economic and legal outcomes for wo men and their children and promote accountability for offenders of violence.

For more information on the NCCPP and how to apply for grants, visit: http://www.crimeprevention.gov.au