Sexual and Domestic Violence Funding Opportunities

Male Rape Support Services Fund (£1.4m)

  • £1.4m available nationally to increase the availability and capacity of sexual violence support services to meet the specific needs of men and boys and respond to demand arising as a result of the pandemic.
  • This funding is for this financial year until 31 March 2022.
  • This fund is open to PCCs and RSF recipients.
  • The Fund is open to Ministry of Justice (MoJ) directly commissioned services, and PCC commissioned and non-commissioned specialist services locally (by “non-commissioned” this refers to organisations not currently receiving grant funding from either MoJ or PCCs, but who can evidence that they meet the criteria of the Fund).
  • Applications for funding can only be accepted from organisations who currently already provide gender-specific support to men and boys, including specialist male-only services, and those who support both men and women, to further enhance their support offer. Further details on eligibility criteria can be found in the attached guidance.
  • As well as considering bids from individual providers, we will also consider partnership/collaborative bids, including those that seek to cover more than one geographical area.

Attachments:

Ministry of Justice Funding for Male Rape Support Services Guidance and Eligibility Criteria

Male Rape Support Service Fund 2021/22 Expression of Interest

Further guidance:

Ministry of Justice Funding for Critical Support and Male Rape Support Services Police and Crime Commissioner Funding Allocation Guidance

  • Direct bids should be submitted by RSF grant recipients only on the proforma to [email protected] by 12pm on Friday 25 June.

Organisations not currently in receipt of a grant from the MoJ Rape and Sexual Abuse Support Fund will need to submit applications on the proforma via their local Police and Crime Commissioner.

DEADLINE: Midday on Friday 18 June 2021

Please submit applications to: [email protected]

Critical support fund (£2.8m)

  • £1.5million is available nationally for community-based sexual violence and domestic abuse support to meet exceptional or additional need that cannot be met through existing allocations.
  • This funding will be for this financial year until 31 March 2022 and cannot be used for ISVA and IDVA posts.
  • This funding is open to PCCs only.
  • £1.3million is available exclusively for the recruitment of ISVA and IDVA posts, this funding is committed for two years until 31 March 2023.
  • This funding will be subject to the same conditions set out in the Ministry of Justice for Domestic Abuse and Sexual Violence Support Services. 
  • The OPCC will need to undertake appropriate due diligence and fraud risk assessments in relation to organisations funded.
  • Organisations do not need to be currently funded by Ministry of Justice or the PCC.
  • Funding must be spent within the funding period.

Attachments:

Critical Support Fund application

Terms and Conditions

Further guidance:

Ministry of Justice Funding for Critical Support and Male Rape Support Services Police and Crime Commissioner Funding Allocation Guidance

DEADLINE: Midday on Friday 18 June 2021

Please submit applications to: [email protected]

Perpetrator Programmes funding 2021-22

The Home Office are looking for bids from PCCs who wish to introduce innovative approaches to tackle domestic abuse by working with perpetrators in their area. Whilst the funding is open to bids for all types of perpetrator interventions, they are particularly seeking to fund three categories of intervention:

  • Programmes that address known issues in relation to DA offending;
  • Programmes that focus on children and adolescents; and
  • Programmes aimed at stalking perpetrators.

Please read all the information carefully before submitting an Expression of Interest.

Attachments:

Perpetrator Programme funding expression of interest

Perpetrator Funding Information

 

DEADLINE: Midday on Monday 21 June 2021

Please submit applications to: [email protected]