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1. Title: COMMUNITY INITIATIVES FUND2. Awarding Authority: West Midlands Police and Crime Commissioner , GB. Web: (David Jamieson, West Midlands Police and Crime Commissioner)3. Contract type: Service contract4. Description: New £200,000 Community Initiatives Fund launched by Awarding Authority to community and voluntary organisations to help overcome social effects of Coronavirus isolationFollowing a surge in voluntary and community activity to help vulnerable people during the COVID 19 crisis, the West Midlands Police and Crime Commissioner, David Jamieson, has made £200,000 available over the next six months, to support active citizenship within local communities.The new Community Initiatives Fund which comes into effect on Monday 4th May 2020, will be funded from money which has been allocated from items seized from criminals under the Proceeds of Crime Act. Each year, the West Midlands Police and Crime Commissioner invites local community groups to bid for a grant from the existing Active Citizens Fund which is money which must go into community projects and cannot be spent on recruiting Police officers. The Community Initiatives Fund temporarily replaces the Active Citizens Fund. Community organisations can bid for funding up to £5,000.5. CPV Code(s): 98000000, 98130000, 98300000, 85320000, 85300000, 752000006. NUTS code(s): UKG, UKG3, UKG317. Main site or location of works, main place of delivery or main place of performance: West Midlands (England), West Midlands, Birmingham.8. Reference attributed by awarding authority: Not provided.9. Estimated value of requirement: New £200,000 Community Initiatives Fund launched10. As no deadline date has been specified please contact the awarding authority for further information.11. Address to which they must be sent: For further information/documentation regarding the above contract notice please visit: 12. Other information: For more information, Please visit the website : # funding opportunity# COVID-19