£500,000 funding boost for Lancashire domestic abuse and sexual violence service

Lancashire domestic abuse and sexual violence services are set to benefit from a funding boost secured by Lancashire’s Police and Crime Commissioner Clive Grunshaw.
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Over £500,000 will be distributed to local services to support victims and survivors of domestic or sexual abuse.

The funding provided by the Ministry of Justice will help local services to meet the additional costs they have incurred while adapting their services in response to the pandemic, and to cope with any increases in demand as a result of it.

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PCC Clive Grunshaw said: “I am delighted to secure extra funding to support people affected by domestic or sexual abuse right here in Lancashire.

“It is so important that victims and survivor have access to specialist services where and when they need them and this funding will ensure that this is happening.

“We have fantastic local services and I am really pleased to be able to offer them this additional support.”

Fourteen organisations across the county will benefit from the additional funding which will be used cover costs for additional support such as work with independent domestic violence advisers, extra counselling hours or investing in online chat facilities and telephone support to provide additional help remotely.

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Debbie Fawcett, CEO at HARV and chairman of the Lancashire Domestic Abuse Forum, added: “This is really welcome news both for services and for anyone affected by abuse here in Lancashire. As a collective, services across the county work really hard to support abuse survivors and the extra funding will help us to further adapt our services in response to the pandemic so that we can continue to help people in the best way possible.”

The organisations who will benefit from the additional funding are Flowhesion, Fylde Coast Women’s Aid, HARV, Lancashire Victim Services, Paladin NSAS, Red Rose Recovery, Sahara in Preston, Safenet, The Birchall Trust, The Liberty Centre, The Wish Centre, The Emily Davison Centre, Trust House and Pendle Domestic Violence Initiative.