PCC gives funding to support victims of crime
The Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) for Thames Valley, Anthony Stansfeld, has announced the results of his first round of funding from the Victims of Crime and Restorative Justice Grant.
This first phase of grant funding was to develop the capacity and capability of voluntary sector providers to support victims of crime as well as to deliver victim-centred Restorative Justice (RJ).
The PCC also accepted bids that supported him in consulting with victims of crime and applications to develop a model of support services for victims of domestic violence which aligned to the existing domestic violence provision across the Thames Valley.
Over £600,000 of funding was awarded to a variety of organisations including support services for victims of domestic violence, rape and sexual assault, human exploitation and young victims of crime as well as restorative justice services.
Anthony Stansfeld, Police and Crime Commissioner said: “I am delighted with the quality of bids and breadth of services that this first round of grant funding has attracted.
“This has been an important first step in the process of identifying where there are gaps in services to support victims of crime.
“We will continue to work closely with voluntary sector organisations to understand how services need to develop further to better meet victims needs, and where they need to be more closely integrated so that the best outcomes for victims are achieved.”
A full list of organisations funded is below:
Applicant |
Project Title/Theme |
Funding Awarded (£ up to) |
Windsor and Maidenhead Counselling Service |
Counselling |
9,300 |
Sunrise Multicultural |
Domestic Violence/FGM |
11,029 |
Reading Voluntary Action |
Marketplace development |
20,000 |
Refugee Resource |
Counselling |
38,760 |
Thames Valley Partnership |
Restorative Justice |
46,953 |
Berkshire Woman’s Aid |
Independent Domestic Violence Advocate (IDVA) |
12,900 |
Flag DV |
Domestic Violence - Legal Advice |
9,400 |
Rape Crisis (Wycombe, Chiltern and South Bucks) |
Volunteer Organiser |
22,590 |
Reducing the Risk |
Independent Domestic Violence Advocate (IDVA) |
25,000 |
Victim Support |
Restorative Justice |
31,253 |
Victim Support |
Consultation |
3,137 |
Victim Support |
Market engagement |
982 |
Safe! |
Support for Young victims |
26,000 |
Safe! |
Consultation |
3,325 |
Mustard Tree |
Human Exploitation Service |
120,000 |
PACT |
Domestic Violence- children |
23,400 |
Trust House |
Independent Sexual Violence Advocate (ISVA) |
15,226 |
Rape Crisis (Oxford) |
Independent Sexual Violence Advocate (ISVA) |
30,450 |
MK Equality Council |
Hate Crime |
19,184 |
Circles South East |
Sexual Abuse – Restorative Justice |
41,000 |
Trust House |
Sexual Abuse – Young people |
24,110 |
Reducing the Risk |
Domestic Violence Champions |
28,000 |
Trust House |
Sexual Violence - children |
15,060 |
Berkshire Women’s Aid |
Develop Domestic Violence Model |
30,510 |
GRAND TOTAL |
|
607,569 |
ENDS
Media enquiries: candy.stallard@thamesvalley.pnn.police.uk
Notes for the Editor:
1. In [November] 2013, the Government announced that Police and Crime Commissioners will become responsible for commissioning emotional and practical support services for victims of crime in their local areas from October 2014.
2. There will be a second phase of transitional funding which will include funding for Restorative Justice activity and funding for Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprise (VCSE) which will closely reflect the 2014-15 priorities of the PCC
· Victims and Restorative Justice Grants competition, details to be announced later in the autumn: indicative allocation, £793,000
3. Phase three is to introduce the new arrangements of contract tendering for commissioned services, from April 2015
· Commissioned services include the regional ‘referral mechanism’ (replacing the existing national, MoJ funded service provided by Victim Support); local ‘non-specialist’ support; victim-centred/pre-sentence Restorative Justice services; and local specialist services: total allocation for 2015-16, £2,467,000