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
The Greater Manchester Combined Authority want
to provide investment in partner organisation/s to assist us in the
appointment of panel members and facilitation of the Gender-Based
Violence (GBV) Panel of Lived Experience which will support the
work of the GBV Board and the delivery of the GBV Strategy.
The GBV Strategy outlined our commitment to establishing a panel of
people with lived experience of GBV as one mechanism of ensuring
that victims and survivors’ voices are heard and validated
and ensuring that those with lived experience are at the heart of
what we do.
To support the stated central tenet of the GM
Gender-Based Violence Strategy, namely that we are clear that we
will only be truly successful in our endeavour by having those with
lived experience at the very heart of everything we do.
We will provide £100k funding over 2 years via grant to a
partner organisation/s to run, develop and facilitate the
Gender-Based Violence (GBV) Panel of Lived Experience. This will
support the work of the GBV Board and the delivery of the GBV
Strategy.
Following discussions with key stakeholders within GM we want to
undertake a tailored process to appointing a panel. This will be a
bespoke, collaborative approach with an independent coordinating
and facilitating organisation an organisation that will take
cognisance of the GM landscape in relation to specialist services
around gender-based violence.
We will look to an independent, impartial organisation to undertake
the management, facilitation and recruitment to the panel. It will
be made clear that the panel’s membership will need to
reflect the wide-ranging nature of gender-based violence and the
diversity of Greater Manchester’s communities. The
organisation appointed will also be responsible for managing
expenses payments for members of the Panel who are giving up their
time to contribute. This will cover the costs associated with
involvement in the panel, for example travel costs.
The organisation will need to articulate and identify how they will
work with the VCSE sector in Greater Manchester to deliver aspects
of the GBV Lived Experience Panel. This may cover areas such as
welfare/emotional support and clinical supervision for Panel
members, identification of panel members and the relevant expertise
in supporting people with lived experience of gender-based
violence.
The independent facilitating organisation will bring this together
and provide all secretariat functions so will be an expert in
partnership working and community engagement.
The funding will be allocated via an expression of interest process
which will be sent out to relevant partners and stakeholders.
£30k will be allocated for the coordination and running of
the panel and £20k for the support element.
Once an organisation has been appointed a further decision notice
will be submitted to seek final approval.
Consideration of going out to market has been undertaken and due to
the specialist requirements for this panel it has been agreed that
a tailored approach can be progressed.
Publication date: 24/11/2022
Date of decision: 04/11/2022