Police and Crime Commissioner, Michael Lane, working in partnership with Hampshire Constabulary, the local top tier authorities and local Domestic Abuse service providers, has secured £244,492 Home Office funding to work with the perpetrators of domestic abuse.

The Commissioner said: “Domestic Abuse causes high harm and is too often happening in our area. It is rightly a priority for me in support of our communities to work alongside key partners and agencies to seek to support those who are victims and prevent future incidents through education, including of potential perpetrators and those who are at risk of re-offending.  That is why this additional grant of £244,492 from the Home Office is so valuable and an opportunity to extend the support available in our area.”

The Home Office released an opportunity for Police and Crime Commissioners to apply for funding to increase the number of perpetrator-focussed programmes in local areas. This additional grant was successfully won, only through partnership with the full amount applied for of £244,492 for the 2020/21 financial year being awarded.

The Home Office funding will be split across three pilot programmes:

• Upskill professionals to identify those who use unhealthy behaviours and abuse in their relationships and to have confidence in delivering a Domestic Abuse (D A) toolkit or referring on to specialist services.  To be delivered by Portsmouth City Council in Portsmouth and Hampton Trust in Hampshire, Southampton and Isle of Wight
• Repeat Families identification and intervention pilot (Southampton/Eastleigh) – focusing on families with the greatest complexity and risk of harm and who repeatedly go round the system, often with increasing levels of risk and frequency. To be delivered by The Hampton Trust.
•  Perpetrator Risk Prediction Tool – to better identify those perpetrators presenting the highest risk of offending in terms of seriousness and frequency. To be delivered by Hampshire Constabulary.

The Commissioner added: “This funding complements the additional support announced earlier this year for organisations that support the victims of domestic and sexual abuse.

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