Decision details

The setting up of a lived experience panel is one of the key commitments within the GM GBV Strategy. We will only be truly successful in our endeavour and delivery of this by having those with lived experience at the very heart of everything we do.
An Expression of Interest (EOI) process was undertaken to appoint an
organisation to deliver this work. There was one application from
partnership of organisations – SAWN and Olive Pathway. An evaluation and scoring process for the EOI was undertaken. The partnership of Olive Pathways and SAWN submission scored well in respect of the overall required criteria, but less well in respect of community reach within the wider sector.
Options were explored and it was recommended that due to the pre-work that had previously taken place with SafeLives, it was proposed at the GBV Board that Safe Lives would be engaged to support Olive Pathway and SAWN to fill the identified gap, which would also develop both organisations. The GBV Board endorsed this proposal. A separate decision notice is in place for this funding.
Olive Pathway and SAWN will work with SafeLives on the delivery of and implementation of the Lived Experience Panel. They will work jointly on recruitment, proposals as to how the panel will work and developing a work programme etc. GMCA will provide oversight of this.

The Deputy Mayor for Policing and Crime approves £100k of funding over 2 years for delivery and implementation of the GBV Lived Experience Panel.
This funding will go to Olive Pathway and Support and Action for Women Network (SAWN).
The total funding over 2 years is £100,000. This amount of funding has been prior approved – this decision seeks to confirm the organisations appointed to deliver it.