New funding for Domestic abuse and sexual violence support
The DA – SV Fund has become available following an announcement from the Ministry of Justice (MoJ).
The MoJ confirmed that Police & Crime Commissioners (PCCs) will receive £69.1m ‘core’ funding, £27m ringfenced funding to recruit and retain 700 Independent Sexual Violence Advisors and Independent Domestic Violence Advisors (ISVAs/IDVAs) and £15.7m ringfenced funding for domestic abuse (DA) and sexual violence (SV) support services. On 25 March 2022, it was confirmed that this funding will be delivered over a multi-year basis until the end of 2024-25.
If you would like to apply for funding, you must complete a needs assessment form. This application should cover:
- the allocation of funding for the DA/SV community-based services. The assessment should cover needs for 22/23 and any allocation of funding will be assessed for allocation on a multi-year basis.
- the allocation of funding for an additional 100 ISVAs and IDVAs posts to be recruited nationally in 22/23 (£3.75m). Where posts are recruited in 22/23, funding will be assessed for allocation for 23/24 and 24/25.
Applications need to be returned on the template provided no later than 12:00hrs 25 April 2022 to [email protected]
Any queries regarding this process please contact the Commissioning Team at [email protected]
Below are both the Needs Assessment Guidance and the Needs Assessment Template: