Funding

In the strategic vision to end violence against women and girls, the government has made the following commitments.

Funding

• £28m (in total) of stable Home Office funding for specialist services over the next four years 
• over £20m funding (from the £28m) available to local areas to support independent domestic violence advisers (IDVA) posts, independent sexual violence advisers (ISVA) posts and the role of multi agency risk assessment conference (MARAC) coordinators
• continue central funding for the quality assurance of MARACs and for training places for IDVAs and MARAC co-ordinators to ensure there is a consistent delivery of service nationally
• maintain levels of funding support for specified national functions including making over  £900,000 available per year over the next four years to support national helplines
• ensure that information for the provision of services for women and girls in rural, as well as urban areas, is available to commissioners to provide a locally-relevant response which meets the needs of women and girls in both these communities
• develop, using proceeds from the victims surcharge, a sustainable funding model for rape support centres and the development of new centres where they are most needed
• £1.2m funding over next three years to support sexual violence services to under 18's
• female genital mutilation (FGM) Fund launched in October – this is a £50,000 fund for frontline organisations who work to prevent FGM; organisations have been able to bid for grants of £2,000 to £5,000 to further support their commendable work in strengthening the voice of women to speak about FGM and work to eradicate the practice