Today (10 April 2025) the Security Industry Authority (SIA) announced the award of its 2024 to 2025 grant for good causes.
The SIA’s grant for good causes is funded from proceeds of crime confiscated from individuals convicted of criminal offences within the private security industry. Grants are used to benefit the private security industry and improve public protection.
The beneficiaries of this year’s grants have distinct roles but share a common goal: preventing violence against women and girls. This includes working with victims and survivors of sexual violence, child sexual abuse, and domestic abuse.
Paul Cartlidge, Chair of the grants panel, and Investigations and Enforcement Head of Operational Support at the SIA, said:
We believe that crime should not pay, so it’s fitting that illegally acquired money should be taken from criminals and used for the benefit of society and especially for the protection of the public. The organisations we have awarded to this year are actively preventing violence against women and girls, and their applications resonated with the panel and stood out from many other worthy applicants.
The grants for 2024 to 2025 have been awarded to:
- Centre for Action on Rape and Abuse in Essex (CARA): £10,000
- The Haven Refuge Wolverhampton: £2,661.50
- Rising Sun: £3,283.50
The SIA is proud to support organisations in their vital work in creating safer, more supportive communities.
Organisations are eligible to apply if they are a registered charity or a not-for-profit organisation and are able to clearly demonstrate the positive impact of the grant to public protection.
More information about the fund is on the SIA grant for good causes pages on GOV.UK.
Background
About the Proceeds of Crime Act
The Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (POCA) enables the SIA to investigate the financial activity of people who have committed a criminal offence and confiscate the proceeds of crime through a court-issued confiscation order. The SIA has been a designated body under POCA since 2015.
The SIA receives a portion of the money it recovers through confiscation orders under the Asset Recovery Incentivisation Scheme (ARIS). This money can only be used to fund its financial investigation capability or distributed to good causes.
Confiscating ill-gotten cash helps to deter others from committing crime, makes sure that people do not financially benefit from criminal acts, and makes it harder for convicted criminals to come back into the private security industry.
About the SIA grant for good causes fund
Since 2019, the SIA has awarded £273,086.09 through the grants for good causes fund. Information about funding awarded in previous years is on GOV.UK.
For information about when the fund is next open for applications, sign up to the SIA mailing list.
About the SIA
The SIA is the organisation responsible for regulating the private security industry in the UK, reporting to the home secretary under the terms of the Private Security Industry Act 2001. The SIA’s main duties are the compulsory licensing of individuals undertaking designated activities and managing the voluntary Approved Contractor Scheme (ACS).
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