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 reasons for the decision are:
The MoJ confirmed allocations to PCCs based on the needs assessment
submitted. Following the change in process and PCCs being given
responsibility for allocating the funding we have allocated funding
based on the priorities we identified for GM.
Successful bids align to these priorities and will enable us to
build capability and capacity across the sector and begin to
address gaps in service provision and develop partnership
approaches to some of the challenges within the system.
GM’s priorities for SV are development of witness centres;
supporting capability, capacity and interoperability between
services; increasing diversity of support offers; increasing
therapeutic support capacity and ; supporting capacity for complex
cases.
GM’s priorities for DA are supporting diversity and inclusion
and extending accessibility of services through this; stalking and
harassment; coordination support and the interconnectivity between
domestic abuse and sexual violence support services; supporting a
problem solving approach to risk management and; tackling volume
demand within the system, including complex repeats.
3-year funding commitments will enable organisations to recruit and
retain staff and deliver more sustainable services over the
spending review period.
In March 2022 the Ministry of Justice
confirmed that nationally £147m of funding will be committed
to over a multi-year period, until the end of 2024/25 for victim
services. The multi-year commitment applies to the funding the MoJ
provide PCCs to commission local victim support services –
namely, £69.1m ‘core’ funding; £27m
ringfenced funding for 700 ISVA/IDVA posts; £15.7m ringfenced
funding for domestic abuse and sexual violence support services and
a further £3.75m for the recruitment of 300 additional
IDVA/ISVA posts by 2024/25.
As part of this additional funding PCCS had been required to submit
an updated needs assessment in relation to domestic abuse and
sexual violence support services. PCCs were required to undertake
an expression of interest exercise and submit all bids to the MoJ
for decision. However following submission of these there was a
change in process and the MoJ confirmed allocation to PCCs based on
the needs assessment.
Greater Manchester has been awarded an additional £731,273.47
p.a. for 2022/23, 2023/24 and 2024/25. The way this funding is
allocated is a PCC decision, although all activity and the service
provider must meet the necessary MoJ criteria, as set out in their
original Police and Crime Commissioner Funding Allocation Guidance.
Funding is ringfenced for DA and SV services. Organisations were
asked to complete an expression of interest for this funding. These
were assessed against the GM priorities and decisions made to fund
based on these and how funding would be best used at a GM level to
support our ambitions. The priorities were provided to
organisations as part of the bidding process.
Funding will be allocated as follows:
Organisation and funding 2022/23 2023/24 2024/25 Total 3-year
commitment
Survivors Manchester – SV comms and engagement post (separate
decision notice for detail) £7000 £32,000 £34,000
£67,000
CAHN £30,000 £32,000 £34,000 £96,000
Olive Pathway £30,000 £32,000 £34,000
£96,000
Development of witness suites - Survivors Lead Provider on behalf
of other including but not exclusive to CAHN (Caribbean &
African Health Network) GM Rape Crisis, MASH (Manchester Action on
Street Health), Fortalice £60,000 £62,000 £64,000
£186,000
Additional funding into the multi-crime gateway service (Victim
support currently but the provider in future will be successful
bidder through the recommissioning process) –additional DA/SV
IVAS and CYP Programme Manager £75,000 £175,000
£175,000 £425,000
Victim multi-crime service communications / website
redevelopment
£125,273.47 £0 £0 £125,273.47
GM Rape Crisis and The Pankhurst Trust (MWA) – developing
therapeutic support offer £100,000, £102,000,
£104,000 £306,000
MASIP / Stalking and harassment – lead provider The Pankhurst
Trust (MWA) £70,000 £72,000 £74,000
£216,000
Independent Choices / Safety for Sisters – case work
NRPF
£78,000 £80,000 £82,000 £240,000
Fort Alice (ISVA) £40,000 £42,000 £44,000
£126,000
Pankhurst Trust (MWA) Sexual Violence Harm Reduction Post
£31,000 £33,000 £35,000 £99,000
Stockport without Abuse (Male victims’ worker)
£25,000 £34,000 £36,000 £95,000
Advocacy after Fatal Domestic Abuse (AAFDA)
£25,000 £27,000 £29,000 £81,000
WaiYin £35,000 £37,000 £39,000
£111,000
Total
£731,273.47
£760,000
£784,000
All funding to organisations will be covered by a grant agreement.
Monitoring takes place on a bi-annual basis through MoJ monitoring
returns. We will also provide general oversight of funding and
impact of this through the Sexual Violence Harm Reduction Group and
the Victims Reassurance and Resilience Forum.
Publication date: 05/09/2022
Date of decision: 10/08/2022