£555K support to victims of sexual violence and domestic abuse in Suffolk
The money has been announced by the Police and Crime Commissioner
Tim Passmore, Suffolk's Police and Crime Commissioner has announced grants of over £555k to support victims of sexual violence and domestic abuse across the county during this financial year up to March 2022.
Grants for domestic abuse services in the county amounting to £325,467 have been allocated to eight organisations and £230,000 will be shared between four organisations to support sexual violence services.
Tim Passmore said:
"Commissioning services to support the work of the Constabulary is an important element of my role as Police and Crime Commissioner.
"I am absolutely delighted to be able to support these organisations in their valuable work with victims of domestic abuse and sexual violence. We rely very heavily on the support of third-sector and voluntary organisations in our work and we are indebted to them for their commitment and enthusiasm.
"I truly believe that without the support of organisations such as these we would be a much poorer society."
Anglia Care Trust receives £33,367 for their Money Advice Service; Bury St Edmunds Women's Aid Centre receives £72,500 towards their outreach centre; Compassion receives £12,100 towards a facilitator for their domestic abuse service and programmes; Home-Start Mid and West Suffolk receives £10k to support families suffering domestic abuse; Leeway Domestic Violence and Abuse Service's Suffolk Project Safety Net receives £51,000 to victims with no access to benefits and where English is not their first language; Lighthouse Women's Aid Women's Centre receives £72,500 to fund key staff as well as contributing to premises and overheads; One Voice 4 Travellers, which supports Gypsy, Romany and Travellers experiencing domestic abuse, receives £3,900; Phoebe, which provides domestic violence support for BAME and migrant women with no access to benefits, receives £40k and the Waveney Domestic Violence and Abuse Forum receives £30,100 to support DA victims in Lowestoft and surrounding areas to cope and recover.
Fresh Start new beginnings receive £60k to provide a therapeutic treatment service for child victims of sexual abuse to address the short and longer-term symptoms of trauma; Restitute receives £20K towards their work with parents, families, carers and siblings (third party victims) who are living with trauma due to the sexual violence or childhood sexual abuse crime their family member has survived; Suffolk Rape Crisis' £75k grant will contribute to the costs of "Outreach@SRC" covering one-to-one practical and emotional support, online courses and groups and when allowed face-to face-groups with women and girls who have been subject to sexual violence. Survivors in Transition have been allocated £60k for specialist trauma support for adult survivors of childhood sexual abuse and male victims of sexual assault. The funding will support 50 individuals to receive 15 therapy sessions and for six group programmes; a further £15k will be used for support and advice sessions for 10 young people.