PCC Rupert Matthews is providing further funding to community organisations for a training programme aimed at protecting young girls from sexual violence.
In line with his firm ‘prevention is better than cure’ approach, the Commissioner is funding specialised training designed to raise awareness around sexual violence in young people.
The aim is to train people in community groups and grass root organisations to teach young people about acceptable behaviours.
The Commissioner is inviting community organisations to apply for funding to cover the costs associated with specialised sexual violence prevention training packages. These packages have been developed by partners to prevent and raise awareness of Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG).
Successful organisations will receive educational packages targeting 10-19 year olds, with all necessary resources included.
Training will be provided to two staff members from each successful organisation who will then be responsible for delivering training sessions to young people.
Dedicated time with a community engagement worker to help support integration of these educational packages into each organisation is included.
Successful applicants will be awarded a one-off grant payment of £1,870 to cover the costs of training and implementing the packages into their organisations.
The PCC is working in collaboration with the Violence Reduction Network (VRN) and other criminal justice and public sector agencies to tackle VAWG and has recently developed a new joint VAWG Strategy for 2024-2026. The partnership has prioritised working with young people to prevent and raise awareness of sexual violence and is focusing work on young people between the ages of 10 and 19.
The funding is open to community-based groups, grassroots organisations, charities and sports and youth clubs and will reimburse organisations for the time spent on training and delivering the programme.
Applications for the funding open Thursday 2 January 2025
and close Monday 27 January 2025 at 12pm.
During this time, you can contact the VAWG Programme Lead, sharan.dhillon@leics.police.uk with any questions.
This also applies if you require the following documents in any other format.
For more information and how to apply, please download the following documents: