Decisions

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Age Cymru Gwent - To continue to fund 30 hours of support by the Older People's Caseworker. Amount: £18343. Aneurin Bevan University Health Board (ABUHB) - To continue to fund the Well-Being Practitioner jointly with ABUHB. Amount £30,785.
Umbrella Cymru - to provide support to those victims who require it in relation to their gender or sexual identity. Amount £5,000

The provision of victims services to children and young people is being improved and as such a new tender process is being progressed. There has been a delay in progressing the tender release and as such Umbrella Gwent will provide the interim service until 2022/23.

The funding will be provided to Newport City Council who currently leads on coordinating the delivery of the IDVA service until long term commissioning and funding arrangements have been agreed

The funding will be provided to Newport Live who currently leads on coordinating the delivery of the Positive Futures Programme, for sports based diversionary activity for children and young people at risk of becoming involved in the criminal justice system in Gwent.

In 2020/2021 new arrangements for supporting community safety and youth offending in Gwent were put in place, which were implemented from 1st July 2020. A budget of £650,000 has been set for community safety and youth offending in Gwent. Of this £216,000 is retained for non-Local Authority partners, whilst the remaining £434,000 will be allocated to Local Authorities to contribute towards their community safety and youth offending provisions.

The following amounts have been granted:

£385,400 to New Pathways to contribute to the delivery of Sexual Violence Services in 2022/2023. New Pathways is an organisation which provides rape crisis and sexual abuse support services, including management of the Gwent Sexual Assault Referral Centre (SARC). Specialist provision is also available for children who are victims of sexual abuse

£69,500 to Cyfannol Women’s Aid to contribute to the delivery of their Horizon Support Services. Cyfannol Women’s Aid provide domestic abuse and sexual violence services across Gwent.