£15,000 of contributory funding be
provided to Trafford Council to contribute to the costs of 1
Full-time male worker and 1 Part-time male worker within a new 6
bed male refuge.
Trafford Council’s Domestic Abuse JSNA identified that there
was a gap in their provision for male victims of domestic abuse.
Trafford Council and Trafford Domestic Abuse Advisory Service
(TDAS) have developed a 5-year business case for a male
refuge.
The refuge will be located within Trafford but will accept
referrals from across Greater Manchester and TDAS will be the
service provider.
Currently, local authorities can house male victims of domestic
abuse within dispersed accommodation when the place is available.
Other than Rochdale (which has 2 dedicated spaces for male
victims), no other Greater Manchester borough has dedicated
accommodation for male victims of domestic abuse. Consequently,
Greater Manchester is not adequately nor effectively meeting its
legal duties under Part 4 of the Domestic Abuse Act (2021).
Trafford will fund the set-up costs for the provision and have
asked for cross borough support with funding the support element
which will include 1 FT Male worker and 1PT Male worker. Local
authorities across GM have been asked to contribute to this and 9
have confirmed contributory funding.
Therefore, GMCA has agreed to contribute an amount of
£15,000. This is one off funding for start-up costs and
initial service implementation in year one of the project.