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<p>The Coalition Government has made the tackling of violence against women and girls
a high priority. Our approach is set out in our strategy, Call to End Violence Against
Women and Girls, published in November 2010, together with <br>supporting Action Plans.
<br><br>In 2010, this Government put stable funding in place for the first time, ring-fencing
nearly £40 million for specialist local domestic and sexual violence support services,
rape crisis centres, and national helplines. This <br>includes Home Office funding
of £90,000 per annum in Sussex towards the provision of Independent Domestic Violence
Advisers (IDVAs), Multi Agency Risk Assessment Conferences (MARACs) and an Independent
Sexual Violence Advisor (ISVA) in Brighton.<br><br>Through the Female Rape Support
Fund 2014-16, the Ministry of Justice are also providing funding of £60,000 per annum
to both The Survivors’ Network and Lifecentre in Sussex to support female victims
of rape or sexual violence. They <br>will also provide over £300,000 between 2014
– 16 to create a new rape support centre in Crawley, dedicated to supporting female
victims of rape and sexual violence.<br><br>We are also supporting effective local
approaches to tackling violence against women and girls by providing Police and Crime
Commissioners, local authorities and healthcare commissioners with the information
they need. We have delivered <br>a series of six regional events around the country
to support the effective local commissioning of violence against women and girls services,
including an event held in Brighton this October.<br><br>The Police and Crime Commissioner
(PCC) for Sussex has already provided £250,000 to East Sussex County Council, West
Sussex County Council and Brighton and Hove City Council to enhance domestic and sexual
violence services across <br>the county, invested in over 450 police body worn video
cameras to gather real time evidence, launched the Brighton and Hove Domestic Abuse
drop-in surgery – making services more accessible to those who need them, and driven
work with <br>police and partners to develop an information sharing protocol to protect
vulnerable girls from Female Genital Mutilation (FGM). In 2015 the PCC will be funding
domestic abuse phones, with a direct 24-hour line to the police both inside and outside
of their home with a GPS tracker.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p>
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