Author and Job Role: Lucy Thomas, Commissioning & Policy Lead for Victim Services
Protective Marking: OFFICIAL
Executive Summary:
The Police & Crime Commissioner for Surrey is responsible for commissioning services that support victims of crime, improve community safety, tackle child exploitation, and prevent reoffending. For the financial year 2024/25 the Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner used a proportion of locally derived funding to support the delivery of local services. The below details recommendations for funding local victims’ services.
Applications for the Grant:
Surrey and Borders Partnership
- To award Surrey and Borders Partnership £45,686,59 to extend their therapeutic interventions
East Surrey Domestic Abuse Service (ESDAS)
- To award East Surrey Domestic Abuse Service £22,029 for dedicated intimate Stalking Advocate posts for the county
Surrey Police, Victim and Witness Care Unit (VWCU)
- To award Surrey Police’s Victim & Witness Care Unit £52,610.85 to increase their capacity due to increase demand
- To award Surrey Police’s Victims & Witness Care Unit £20,250 to fund a Children and Young Persons’ Caseworker
- To award Surrey Police’s Victim & Witness Care Unit £14,370 for fund a non-intimate stalking caseworker
- To award Surrey Police’s Victim & Witness Care Unit £14,500 for the ongoing management of their case management system ECINS
Recommendation:
The Commissioner supports the use of the PCC Fund to support victims services and awards the following;
- £45,686.59 to Surrey & Borders Partnership Trust to extend their therapeutic interventions
- £22,029 to ESDAS for dedicated intimate stalking Advocate posts
- £52,610.85 to VWCU for increase their capacity to meet demand
- £20,250 to VWCU to fund a child and young person’s caseworker
- £14,370 to VWCU for fund a non-intimate stalking caseworker
- £14,500 to VWCU for the case management system ECINS
Police and Crime Commissioner Approval
I approve the recommendation(s):
Signature: Police and Crime Commissioner Lisa Townsend (wet signed copy held at Commissioner’s office)
Date: 01 July
All decisions must be added to the decision register.
Areas of consideration:
Consultation
None to note
Financial implications
Sustainability of services beyond funding agreement period
Legal
No Legal implications
Risks
No Risks
Equality and diversity
No implications
Risks to human rights
No Risks