Purpose

A strategic priority of the Home Office is to end all forms of violence against women and girls (VAWG) as set out in both the Tackling Violence Against Women and Girls Strategy and the Tackling Domestic Abuse Plan and to support vulnerable victims of interpersonal violence, including children affected by domestic abuse.

A strategic aim of the Deputy Mayor within the Greater Manchester Gender Based Violence Strategy is to respond effectively to Perpetrators. This is critical to reducing the risk posed by the perpetrator to reduce Domestic Abuse and protect victims.

The grant has been awarded following a successful bid to the Home Office centred around the GM Perpetrator Framework, the Home Office concluding the framework is well-defined with an outcomes and impacts consistent with the objectives of the funding.”

Decision

GMCA have been granted a further 6 months Home Office funding, to support the continuation of perpetrator-focused domestic abuse interventions, with the aim of reducing re-offending and protecting victims and survivors of domestic abuse.

Funding will be provided to PCCs as the lead partner, but the expectation is that PCCs will deliver interventions in collaboration with partner organisations. In GM it is agreed that this will be the 10 local authorities, Greater Manchester Police and The Hampton Trust.

The Deputy Mayor, in partnership with the Home Office has agreed that funding be split into two parts as outlined below: -

Part 1: Funding to deliver adult focussed domestic abuse interventions.

The Home Office have agreed that the 10 GM Local Authorities would be the partner organisation to deliver adult focused domestic abuse perpetrator interventions.

The Deputy Mayor agrees to award each GM Local Authority the funding outlined below in 2026/2027 to commission their own interventions.

Manchester £72,500
Bolton £47,500
Stockport £47,500
Wigan £47,500
Bury £47,500
Salford £47,500
Rochdale £47,500
Trafford £47,500
Tameside £47,500
Oldham £47,500

Part 2: Project CARA

Project CARA is an early ‘awareness raising diversionary’ intervention targeting domestic abuse offenders who have received a Diversionary Caution. Offenders attend two workshops which are designed to help them understand what domestic abuse is, the impact it has, and its consequences. It also signposts offenders to other specialist services.

This will be done in partnership with the Hampton Trust and GMP.

The Hampton Trust will have a grant agreement with GMCA, as the specialist organisation they will continue to support the role out of CARA through GMP, ensuring that the service is to a correct standard and that the delivery of the programme is continually monitored. The Hampton Trust also holds the licence to deliver CARA.

GMP have commissioned a specialist organisation to deliver CARA and will be provided funding through the Home Office Grant.

The Deputy Mayor agrees to award GMP £88,750 and the Hampton Trust £12,500 The funding will be used from the Home Office Fund.