A project to combat domestic violence, which faced closure within weeks, could be thrown a lifeline.

Bradford Vision, a partnership of the district's major organisations, is set to approve a £200,000 package to keep Staying Put in business for one more year.

But that amount depends on other organisations chipping in too. And councillors have urged the police, in particular, to provide money.

The scheme, which helps victims of domestic violence stay in their family home, is in the midst of a cash crisis after it failed to apply for a lottery grant.

The new £200,000 offer, which would have to be approved at a meeting of Bradford Vision's board on Wednesday and later by the Council's executive, matches money already secured.

Half of it depends on Staying Put having a "robust three-year business plan" and cash from partner organisations like the police and the health service.

Council leader Margaret Eaton, chairman of Bradford Vision, is now calling on others to pitch in.

"We have to do better at working together," she said. "Bradford Vision gives us that opportunity and we have to get our partners to look at their responsibilities - £50,000 is the Council's contribution year on year and if they all did that it would go a long way to securing Staying Put's future."

Councillor Ralph Berry (Lab, Wibsey), who recently tabled a motion at City Hall calling on the Council and its partners to intervene, agreed and singled out the police for criticism.

"The police have been experiencing a rise in resources and it would be unbelievable if they did not put a contribution in," he said. "It is not enough for people to take advantage of the service and not put their hands in their wallets. Are the police going to stand back and watch that project fail?"

Liberal Democrat leader Councillor Jeanette Sunderland, who has also called for long-term cash to be made available, agreed: "The police are major beneficiaries of Staying Put and they have to put their hands in their pockets.

"This money is a sticking plaster, welcome though it is, and will stop the service form closing but this is a core service which needs funding from the core budget."

However Mark Caraline, the authority's assistant chief executive and chairman of the domestic violence partnership, warned that nothing had been secured beyond March 2006.

He said health service partners have agreed "in principle" to the need for permanent funding but said the police had not yet responded.

"It is critical we get this long-term funding agreement so we can build for the future rather than going from annual financial crisis to annual financial crisis," he said.

A police spokesman said discussions are ongoing but the force is considering its financial commitments. It will look at the outcome of Wednesday's meeting.