The Deputy Mayor for Policing and Crime
approves funding for the second stage delivery of the Positive
Masculinities Programme. This programme recognises that there are
efforts across Greater Manchester to change male behaviour, it also
believes these are largely based on men and boys being seen only as
the problem. Positive Masculinities want to find different, more
effective solutions, to significantly lower the amount of violence
against women and girls. They aim to do this by drawing on the
positive aspects of masculinity so that men and boys are a key part
of the solution, at least as much as women and girls The funding
required to deliver the second stage of delivery is £50,000.
The funding to support this second stage of delivery is a
demonstration of best practice in terms of cross directorate
co-operation. The funding package is made up from the following
elements:
£25,000 - PSR Multiple Disadvantage CC 2540 project code
369
£20,000 - VRU contribution to be transferred from CC 3025 to
CC 3044
£5,000 - GBV Budget CC 3044 – The men and boys
strand