Decision Maker: Director for Police, Crime, Criminal Justice and Fire, GM Deputy Mayor, Treasurer GMCA
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Is Key decision?: No
Is subject to call in?: No
Since its establishment in 2019, the GM VRU
have devolved a large proportion of the Home Office Serious
Violence Funding to the 10 GM CSPs, to utilise their existing
partnerships and community knowledge to address SV within their
local areas.
In the 2021/22, the CSP funded activities resulted in interventions
being delivered to over 33,000 Young People across GM. The GM VRU
intends to continue funding the positive work being delivered by
the CSPs by providing funding for a further year.
In May 2022, the GM VRU wrote to the 10GM CSPs to announce that
£150,000 would funding be made available (£200,000 for
MCC) from the Serious Violence funding, under the condition that a
spending plan be completed and submitted, with the endorsement of
their respective Directors of Children Services and Public Health,
for the approval of the GM VRU.
It was an expectation of the GM VRU that outcomes and activities
commissioned by the CSPs should be monitored locally and reported
back to the GM VRU. Furthermore, the CSPs were asked to ensure that
the programmes and services commissioned for 2022/2023 are in line
with the following areas of need which continue to feature within
the VRU Strategic Needs Assessment:
Child and adolescent mental health and wellbeing.
Children and young people in Alternative Provision, at risk of
exclusion or not accessing education, particularly where violence
has been identified as a cause for concern.
Adverse childhood experiences and trauma-responsive activity.
Adolescent early help services, including drugs and alcohol
services.
Youth engagement and provision, including community sports.
Support for parents who are concerned about their child becoming a
victim or perpetrator of violent crime.
Transition for children and young people between primary schools,
secondary schools and further education
As well as the above areas, the GM VRU also expected districts to
apply following:
• Be data led by making full use of the GMCA VRU Violence
Dashboard and Strategic Needs Assessment.
• Ensure that a minimum of 20% of funding is spent on
‘high impact’ interventions as defined by the Youth
Endowment Fund Toolkit.
• Employ the principles of community-led approaches where
opportunity presents, including co-designing and planning. Where
community-led programmes exist within your area, we would encourage
you to consider investing in successful initiatives which are being
delivered by grass root organisations.
• Maintain positive and aspirational language in young person
campaigns and avoid deterrent-based approaches (such as
‘scared straight’)
• Monitoring reports must be submitted to the VRU by
Mid-October 2022 and April 2023 using the proforma requested by the
VRU.
• Staff training to support delivery is allowed.
• Whilst funding of posts for violence reduction managers or
front-line delivery workers is appropriate, administrative or
analytical work should be absorbed within existing
structures.
In addition to the CSP spending plan, the CSPs were required to
provide a Summer Violence Prevention Action Plan following an
announcement of a further £25,000 to be devolved to each
area, to target prevention plans at areas, and young people of
highest need, who are at risk of being involved in violence related
incidents during the summer holiday period.
The Deputy Mayor agrees to award each Greater
Manchester Community Safety Partnership (CSP) the below funding as
part of the Devolved 2022/23 GM Violence Reduction Unit Serious
Violence Funding;
CSP Devolved Funding £1,550,000
The GM VRU has agreed to continue to devolve £150,000
(£200,000 to the City of Manchester) to the 10 CSP areas
across GM. The funding will be granted on the condition that the
individual CSP plans are aligned to the wider strategic priorities
of their authority and partners and are co-signed by Directors of
Children’s Services and Population Health
Summer Suppression Offer £250,000
In addition to the CSP funding, the VRU will devolve a further
£25,000 to each district to build on the successful Summer
Suppression pilot which took place in Salford in 2021. The funding
will be devolved to support the CSPs in utilising the Serious
Violence Dashboard, to target the areas, and young people of
highest need through investment in local Safe 4 Summer activities
(which will include an evaluation).
Total funding amount to be devolved to CSPs: £1,800,000
Publication date: 05/09/2022
Date of decision: 09/08/2022