00:00A new scheme from Kent's elected Police and Crime Commissioner
00:04to lift the police tape on funding for charities and community groups.
00:09The Police Property Act fund has existed for some time,
00:13with money coming from the auction of goods that have been stolen or unclaimed,
00:18which then goes back into helping people here in Kent.
00:22But the rejigged model could now see up to 50 to 75 projects receiving funding,
00:29with a greater scope than ever before.
00:32And there will be things that you might see that are quite visible,
00:35you know, such as community clear-ups,
00:37or it could be for victim support groups who have started running gardening projects
00:42with their clients at use.
00:45And people are quite positive about it because we're increasing the amount
00:49that is available from the fund.
00:51Hopefully we'll be able to dish out it to more organisations,
00:54but ultimately it could be for equipment such as burger alarms,
00:58or key chains and things like that to prevent crime from happening in the first place.
01:03Or it could be ways in which it builds bridges between the police and the public.
01:08Applications have just opened,
01:10but the Commissioner hopes this money will play a crucial role
01:14in preventing crime in the community.
01:17Oli Lieder in Maidstone.
01:20as you said about it is a large capacity in the community.
01:21As you can see,
01:22I've seen a number of people that are unable to use this purpose,
01:23because of that there's a lot of people that are living with,
01:25because of the people that are living with us,
01:26you know,
01:27and then this will be really interesting.
01:28You know if you're talking about me
01:29that's something new,
01:30all the time like this is a great point of the time is this.
01:31I hope to ask you about that.
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