Decision details

The GMCA have commissioned 4 films from Mother Mountain about different aspects of CCB (based on 15 survivor interviews) and between these films interviewed survivors and experts in this field to give a comprehensive and ‘live’ reporting of what CCB, looks like, how it manifests and its impact on those who experience it. The purpose of this was to train professionals that come into contact with Victim/Survivors of CCB to recognise, understand and therefore support victims and be able to better prosecute perpetrators.624 industry professionals received the VR training including Lawyers, GPs and Police Officers and Social Workers. Method of delivery- MMP crew have delivered hands on directly


Flourish was co designed by victim/ survivors. We wanted to know what would help them “heal” (as far as possible) and build resilience. The final VR experience contained, animations, self-help tips, life coach and a psychologist, meditations and music. The experience was aimed at women who are obtaining support from third sector agencies. The model of delivery was “Train the Trainer”

Flourish has had impact, and feedback has been exceptionally good, however the delivery method has not been as successful as its counterpart Insight: Although the “Train the trainer” method has been successful with agencies such as GMP, the women’s groups struggled to deliver using the model we proposed in our funding- which was self-delivery. However, qualitative feedback has been outstanding and groups keen to participate.

• Staff shortages due to funding cuts – i.e. not enough staff to release to deliver this programme.
• Technology – the Train the trainer model is simply too complex to run by women centre staff.
• Size of recovery groups: groups on average tend to be small and there are more “one to ones”
• Launch- the launch (although mentioning ‘Flourish’) mainly focussed on the press area of interest which was “Insight”. Flourish did not get any press coverage.

Budget provision has been made for this funding to come from the Police and Criminal Justice element of the GBV Budget cost centre 3044.

The Deputy Mayor for Policing and Crime approves funding for a second stage of financial support to underpin the delivery of the Mother Mountain production, ‘FLOURSH’.

Mother Mountain are seeking £30,000 to support final rollout of the program, this phase will learn the lessons from the obstacles encountered in phase one of the project – these funds are available within the GBV budget and subject to approval of this decision notice these funds will be allocated to support this project.