Funding allocation for domestic violence and/or abuse victims: FOI release

Information requested

A breakdown of total funding allocations from the Scottish Government to domestic violence and / or abuse victim support services that specialise in support for BME/BAME victims, from 2018 – present, please breakdown by year and by organisation if possible.

Response

The answer to your question is laid out below. We have interpreted your question to mean all funding the Scottish Government have provided to organisations that is specifically for supporting BME (Black and Minority Ethnic/ BAME (Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic) victims of domestic violence/abuse.

We have considered funding provided by the Scottish Government to organisations/projects which could provide a service or support, but are not specifically targeted, to BME/BAME victims of domestic violence/abuse out of scope of this request. The Scottish Government is providing £21m in 23/24 to continue to support frontline organisations that work to tackle gender-based violence or deliver Equally Safe, meeting the Programme for Government and Manifesto commitments.

Some of the information you have requested is available online and where this is the case we have linked to the relevant websites/webpages. Under section 25(1) of FOISA, we do not have to give you information which is already accessible to you. If, however, you do not have internet access to obtain this information from the websites listed, then please contact me again and I will send you a paper copy.

Please see the link to the breakdown of our Delivering Equally Safe (DES) fund: Delivering Equally Safe Fund: projects funded - gov.scot (www.gov.scot). Through DES we are providing the following organisations funding for projects which are aimed at BME/BAME victims of domestic violence and abuse; Amina the Muslim Women’s Resource Centre, British Red Cross Society, Dundee International Women’s Centre, Feniks Counselling, Personal Development and Support Services Ltd, GEMAP Scotland Ltd, Hemat Gryffe Women’s Aid Limited, JustRight Scotland SCIO, Kenyan Women in Scotland Association, Saheliya, Shakti Women’s Aid, Multi-Cultural Family Base, Glasgow and Clyde Rape Crisis, University of Glasgow Court.

Please see the link to the breakdown of our Equally Safe (Violence Against Women and Girls) (ES(VAWG)) fund: Equally Safe (Violence Against Women and Girls) Fund 2017-2021 - gov.scot (www.gov.scot). Through the ES(VAWG) we provided the following organisations funding for projects which were aimed at BME/BAME victims of domestic violence and abuse; Amina the Muslim Women’s Resource Centre, British Red Cross Society, Castlemilk Law and Money Advice Centre, Community InfoSource, Hemat Gryffe Women’s Aid Limited (Children and Young Person’s support services), Hemat Gryffe Women’s Aid Limited (Women’s Support Project), Kenyan Women in Scotland Association, Shakti Women’s Aid (Children’s Service), Shakti Women’s Aid (BME Outreach Casework and Capacity Building Project), Together for Better Life, Waverley Care, Saheliya (Champions for Change), Saheliya (Equal Safety), Rape Crisis Glasgow and Clyde, The Ruby Project.

Please see the link to the breakdown of the Children, Young People and Families Early Intervention Fund and Adult Learning and Empowering Communities Fund: CYPFEIF and ALEC Funds - Corra. The 2017/18 breakdown can be found here: CYPFEIF-ALEC-Core-Fund-2017-18-2-3.pdf (nen.press). The 2018/19 is not available online and as such have put the relevant figures below. Through the CYPFEIF and ALEC fund we provided the following organisations funding for projects which were aimed at BME/BAME victims of domestic violence and abuse; Amina Muslim Resource Centre and Saheliya.

CYPFEIF & ALEC funding for 2018/19 breakdown:

Amina Muslim Women Resource Centre	£70,000
Saheliya	£14,000

In 2021, we provided Saheliya, with £48,688 to deal with additional pressures that occurred due to the Covid-19 pandemic. News release here: Tackling gender-based violence - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

In 2021, we provided a grant of approximately £60,000 to Shakti Women’s Aid for their outreach service.

The Scottish Government have also provided funding for Scottish Women’s Aid Domestic Abuse and Forced Marriage Helpline since 2017. Please see breakdown below:

Financial Year	Total Amount
2017-18	£360,000
2018-19	£360,000
2019-20	£343,507.04
2020-21	£352,040.67
2021-22	£389,310.14
2022-23	£407,834.77

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