WEST MERCIA PCC: FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST – Funding for victim-survivors of sexual violence and abuse
RESPONSE TO REQUEST
Reference: WE11591
Date of response: 12th March 2025
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000 – INFORMATION REQUEST
Request:
1) The amount of funding to be provided to organisations supporting sexual violence and abuse victim-survivors in your force area, for the 25/26 financial year. Please break this down by organisation funded, providing information about the nature of the funding arrangement, and the services to be provided by the organisation supporting victim-survivors of sexual violence and abuse, using the attached spreadsheet template. If you lead a Violence Reduction Unit, please also include the funding awarded to organisations supporting sexual violence victim-survivors by the VRU.
2) The total amount of funding to be provided to organisations supporting victim-survivors of domestic abuse in your force area, for the 25/26 financial year.
Response:
1) Response provided on the attached spreadsheet, as requested.
2) Response included on the attached spreadsheet.
Yours Sincerely,
FOI Officer,
West Mercia OPCC
You have the right to request an internal review, this request should be sent in writing to:
The Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner, West Mercia Police, Hindlip Hall, Worcester, WR3 8SP Email: [email protected]. Alternatively, you can forward you can contact the Information Commissioner’s Office via their website www.ico.org.uk.
| Organisations funded to provide support to sexual violence victim/survivors 25/26 | ||||||||||||
| Name of organisation supporting sexual violence survivors Please use more than one row per organisation if the organisation benefits from more than one funding allocation | Is this organisation a specialist sexual violence support organisation? (i.e. does this organisation solely focus on supporting victim-survivors of sexual violence, or is sexual violence provision its primary purpose?) | Amount of funding to be provided by PCC/equivalent (for sexual violence support only) in the 25/26 financial year | Is funding provided by way of a grant or contract? | Length of contract/ grant | End date of contract/ grant | What does this funding pay for? (e.g. ISVA service/counselling/prevention work) Please provide as much information as possible, including number of FTE roles funded/sessions funded etc. | Does this funding provide support to adult survivors of SV? (18+) | Does this funding provide support to child survivors of SV? If yes, please specify ages supported | How many survivors do you expect to be supported with this funding per financial year? | Where does this funding come from? E.g. MoJ core victims grant/MoJ DA&SV ringfenced grant/devolved Rape and Sexual Abuse Support Fund/ other (please specify) | Any further information | |
| 1 | West Mercia Rape and Sexual Assualt Support Centre | Yes | £1,700,000.00 | Contract | 3+1+1 | 31.03.26 | ISVA Service | Yes | Yes | 1300 | Core victims grant, MoJ SV/DA funding | |
| 2 | West Mercia Rape and Sexual Assualt Support Centre | Yes | £192,501.00 | Grant | 12 months | 31.03.26 | Counselling provision | Yes | Yes | 220 | SV/DA fund | |
| 3 | AXIS Counselling | Yes | £134,561.00 | Grant | 12 months | 31.03.26 | Counselling provision | Yes | Yes | 217 | SV/DA fund | |
| 4 | NHS England CYP SARC | No | £168,370.00 | Contract | Ongoing | Ongoing | Contribution to West Midlands CYP SARC | No | Yes | Unknown | PCC Core Funding | |
| 5 | NHS England Adult SARC | No | £36,370.00 | Contract | Ongoing | Ongoing | Contribution to FSR Compliance | n/a | n/a | Uknown | PCC Core Funding | |
| 6 | Catch 22 – CSE Service | No | £350,000.00 | Contract | 3 years | 31.03.2028 | CSE support and prevention service | No | Yes | Direct support – 140 | PCC Core Funding | |
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| 8 | £0.00 | |||||||||||
| 9 | £0.00 | |||||||||||
| 10 | £0.00 | |||||||||||
| 11 | £0.00 | |||||||||||
| 12 | £0.00 | |||||||||||
| Total amount of funding allocated to supporting survivors of sexual violence in the 25/26 financial year (auto-calculated): | £2,581,802.00 | |||||||||||
| Organisations funded to provide support to Domestic violence victim/survivors 25/26 | ||||||||||||
| Name of organisation supporting domestic violence survivors Please use more than one row per organisation if the organisation benefits from more than one funding allocation | Is this organisation a specialist domestic violence support organisation? (i.e. does this organisation solely focus on supporting victim-survivors of domestic violence, or is domestic violence provision its primary purpose?) | Amount of funding to be provided by PCC/equivalent (for domestic violence support only) in the 25/26 financial year | Is funding provided by way of a grant or contract? | Length of contract/ grant | End date of contract/ grant | What does this funding pay for? (e.g. IDVA service/counselling/prevention work) Please provide as much information as possible, including number of FTE roles funded/sessions funded etc. | Does this funding provide support to adult survivors of DA? (18+) | Does this funding provide support to child survivors of DA? If yes, please specify ages supported | How many survivors do you expect to be supported with this funding per financial year? | Where does this funding come from? E.g. MoJ core victims grant/MoJ DA&SV ringfenced grant/HO perpetrator fund/ other (please specify) | Any further information | |
| 1 | West Mercia Womens Aid | Yes | £1,124,614.00 | Contract | 3+1 (currently 4th year with option to extend 1 year) | 31.03.26 | IDVA service | yes | yes | 1,800 | PCC Core Funding/MOJ Victims Core Grant | |
| 2 | SDAS | Yes | £50,947.00 | Grant | 12 months | 31.03.26 | Direct Access IDVA | yes | yes | 38 | PCC Core Funding | |
| 3 | SDAS | Yes | £44,576.00 | Grant | 12 months | 31.03.26 | Blended Outreach Service | yes | yes | 98 | PCC Core Funding | |
| 4 | West Mercia Police | No | £160,404.00 | Grant | 12 months | 31.03.26 | 4X Domestic abuse support officers | yes | yes | unknown | PCC Core Funding | |
| 5 | Cranstoun | Yes | £412,936.00 | Grant | 3 months to be extended to 12 (figure given for 12 months) | 31.03.26 | Men and Masculinities DA behavioural change programme (predominatly standard and medium risk) | yes | yes, age 16 and over | unknown | Home Office DA Perpetrator Funding | Victim/survivor support as part of provision |
| 6 | Cranstoun | Yes | £949,761.00 | Other | 12 months | 31.03.26 | DRIVE DA behavioural change programme (for high risk perpetrators) | yes | yes | unknown | PCC Core Funding | Victim survivor support as part of provision. Funding is both grant and contract depending on the regional area. |
| 7 | Victims Hub | No | £1,200,000 | Contract | 3+2+2 | 31.03.28 | Multi-crime Victim Support | Yes | Yes | unknown | PCC Core Funding | |
| 8 | WMWA | Yes | £87,435.00 | Grant | 12 months | 31.03.26 | CYP worker | no | yes, age 4-12 | 198 | PCC Core Funding | |
| Total amount of funding allocated to supporting survivors of Domestic violence in the 25/26 financial year (auto-calculated): | £4,030,673.00 | |||||||||||
