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<p>The Government's Violence against Women and Girls Strategy (VAWG) published in
March 2016 committed increased funding of £80 million for VAWG services and announced
that from April 2017 we would move from a model of direct national funding to a model
of supporting community-based services through a new VAWG Service Transformation Fund.
This was confirmed in writing to local areas in July 2016. <br> <br> We have also
set out a clear blueprint for local action though our new National Statement of Expectations
(NSE) and Commissioning Toolkit, which is available to local commissioning bodies
and groups. Our move to support through the VAWG Service Transformation Fund will
encourage better collaboration and new, joined-up approaches between local commissioners,
and with specialist VAWG service providers. This will help promote better collaboration
and joint leadership, encourage new approaches incorporating early intervention, and
establish and embed the best ways to help victims, survivors and their families. <br>
<br> We have consulted widely with the voluntary and community sector and statutory
stakeholders in the development of the strategy, the NSE and the Transformation Fund
and we will continue to work with the women’s sector and local areas to monitor the
level of Independent Domestic Violence Advisers and Multi Agency Risk Assessment Conference
provision.</p>
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