Violence against women and girls (VAWG) initiatives will receive £14 million in funding from the government.
Frontline services and communities across the country will have access to the targeted funding to transform how women and girls are protected from violence and abuse.
Local VAWG projects will be scaled up through a £10 million prevention accelerator fund led by national public funding agency UK Research and Innovation, which promises to support grassroots initiatives and partner with government, philanthropists and social impact investors to scale high-potential approaches into new communities.
First secretary of state Louise Haigh (pictured) said: “Violence against women and girls is a stain on our society and this government is committed to halving it within a decade.
“We are backing local projects to deliver real change, ensuring new ideas are properly funded and tested to tackle abuse at its root.
“This is how we put safety back in the hands of local communities, ensuring every woman and girl can live free from fear in their homes, in public spaces and online.”
Meanwhile a further £4 million has been awarded through the evaluation accelerator fund to build evidence on what stops violence and abuse happening in the first place, so that every community nationwide benefits from proven support systems faster.
This funding has been awarded for research and evaluation across a range of services, including schools intervening in teenage relationship harms, police forces strengthening responses to technology enabled harms, and communities preventing violence in public spaces.
