THE SURVIVORS TRUST

In 2018/19 NHS England made an additional £4million per annum available nationally to support the implementation of the Strategic Direction for Sexual Assault and Abuse Services Lifelong care for victims and survivors: 2018 - 2023. Of this a ....more

In 2018/19 NHS England made an additional £4million per annum available nationally to support the implementation of the Strategic Direction for Sexual Assault and Abuse Services Lifelong care for victims and survivors: 2018 - 2023. Of this a recurrent annual sum was made available to London. NHS England (London) is initiating a Sexual Violence grants programme to manage the disbursement of these funds. It is offering funding specifically for the voluntary sector up until 31st March 2025. The intention of this grant is to meet the core priorities as set out in the SAAS Strategy through a variety of services offered in the voluntary sector and its resulting health, wellbeing and potential criminal justice outcomes for victims and survivors of abuse and assault, as well as broader workforce training and awareness raising in other services and sectors. Based on previous experience we anticipate awarding four to five grant recipients with the maximum grant available per organisation or partnership capped at £450,000 p/a with other successful bidders awarded thereafter based on the evaluation methodology. Each grant proposal will need to set out in their application how they intend to respond to three of the cross-cutting core priorities plus one other, what the geographical coverage will be and what outcomes will be achieved. The core priorities are as follows: National priority 1: Strengthening the approach to prevention National priority 2: Promoting safeguarding and the safety, protection and welfare of victims and survivors National priority 3: Involving victims and survivors in the development and improvement of service National priority 4: Introducing consistent quality standards National priority 5: Driving collaboration and reducing fragmentation National priority 6: Ensuring an appropriately trained workforce Outcomes These resources are to be used as a contribution to support the overall delivery of NHS Englands strategic direction for sexual assault and abuse services, and in this context influence the wider health systems response to sexual violence. The funding is not being used to deliver NHS Englands specific commissioning responsibilities such as those related to Sexual Assault Referral Centres (SARCs). The bidders will be required to identify outcomes in their application that meet the SAAS Core Priorities. We expect the general high-level outcomes to be achieved in London for the sexual violence sector: - More victims of sexual violence to report incidents of abuse - Reductions in repeat victimisation - Victims supported to cope and recover - Improved health and wellbeing - Improved access and experience of mainstream health services - Increasing links between the Havens (Londons Sexual Assault Referral Centre) and wider community services - Increased access to the criminal justice services - Reduction in the rates of attrition in cases as they progress through the criminal justice process - Improved victim satisfaction in criminal justice & health & well-being services - Survivors have increased access to other required services. - The long-term impact of sexual violence is reduced. The Voluntary Sector are well placed to meet the needs of victims and survivors of sexual assault and abuse, experience from the past 3 year grant has seen many more services users being able to access care and supported in their recovery demonstrating good value for money.

The Interpersonal Abuse Unit (IAU) is currently funding organisations which provide vital support for victims of VAWG crimes and their families. This grant will extend these services until we have completed a competition to ensure VFM and secure ....more

The Interpersonal Abuse Unit (IAU) is currently funding organisations which provide vital support for victims of VAWG crimes and their families. This grant will extend these services until we have completed a competition to ensure VFM and secure multi year funding to run alongside the 3 yr SR.We are seeking approval to ensure that key services for the successful implementation of the Home Office VAWG and DA Strategies (henceforth referred to as the Strategies) is not dropped whilst an associated competition is run. The key service covered by this business case is the specialised by and for services to support victims of VAWG and in particular victims with greater vulnerabilities. We propose this to be delivered by directly funding of 9 organisations for 8 months with a 2 month break clause by which point a competition would have been run; with the break clause allowing us to move more quickly should we be able to expedite the competition.

The SVSCSA Fund awards grant funding to voluntary sector organisations in England and Wales working nationally. The purpose of the funding is to provide support to children and adults who are victims and survivors of child sexual abuse. Alongside ....more

The SVSCSA Fund awards grant funding to voluntary sector organisations in England and Wales working nationally. The purpose of the funding is to provide support to children and adults who are victims and survivors of child sexual abuse. Alongside statutory services (health, social services, police), the voluntary sector plays a vital role in supporting victims and survivors of sexual abuse, primarily through the provision of emotional, practical, and therapeutic support.

To increase the capacity of national providers of specialist support services to female and male victims of rape and sexual abuse to continue meeting the needs of victims as pandemic restrictions ease and in recognition that the number of calls to ....more

To increase the capacity of national providers of specialist support services to female and male victims of rape and sexual abuse to continue meeting the needs of victims as pandemic restrictions ease and in recognition that the number of calls to helplines continues to rise.

To provide funding to Independent Sexual Violence Advisors (ISVAs) and Independent Domestic Violence Advisors (IDVAs).

This funding is seeking to provide support to organisations providing vitally important, specialist services to survivors of rape and sexual violence, thereby supporting Government objectives detailed in the Ending Violence against Women and Girls, ....more

This funding is seeking to provide support to organisations providing vitally important, specialist services to survivors of rape and sexual violence, thereby supporting Government objectives detailed in the Ending Violence against Women and Girls, Strategy 2016 2020 (published March 2016).The successful organisation/s will use this funding to provide Government with information that will increase our knowledge of the sexual violence sector and enable us to develop evidence-based policy accordingly. The funding will also be used to encourage engagement with other influential partners in the sexual violence sector, including police and crime commissioners, and to develop the ability of smaller sexual violence organisations to offer support.

The purpose of the funding is to provide support to a vitally important sector doing excellent work with children and adults who are victims and survivors of child sexual abuse. Funding will be awarded to non-statutory sector organisations working ....more

The purpose of the funding is to provide support to a vitally important sector doing excellent work with children and adults who are victims and survivors of child sexual abuse. Funding will be awarded to non-statutory sector organisations working nationally to provide services that help victims and survivors cope with and, as far as possible, recover from the impact of child sexual abuse. By supporting these services this funding will contribute to improved health and wellbeing outcomes for victims and survivors, improved criminal justice outcomes (by supporting victims through the criminal justice process) and cost savings for other public services (e.g mental health, drug and alcohol services) by addressing the trauma caused by childhood sexual abuse.

To meet increased costs of national providers of specialist support service providers to female and male victims of rape and sexual abuse caused by social distancing measures being introduced to limit the spread of COVID-19