Award of Domestic Abuse Support Service to Cranstoun by Wokingham Borough Council

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Wokingham Borough Council awarded a contract to Cranstoun for the provision of a community-based domestic abuse support service.

The service encompasses three key areas: prevention, awareness raising, and workforce development (including training for GPs and health professionals, healthy relationship education in schools, and publishing services); crisis support and safety planning (including advice for victims and survivors, safety planning for young people and children, support through the criminal justice process, and referrals to the Reading Sanctuary Scheme); and breaking the cycle of abuse (including ongoing support, a perpetrator programme, direct work with children and young people, and resettlement support).

The contract also includes proactive signposting to local organisations, supporting local organisations to effectively support domestic abuse victims, survivors, and their families, adapting to local need, and working with the domestic abuse strategy group to manage local priorities and resources.

The contract value is £1,551,553, with an anticipated start date in July 2021 and a term of 5 years with a potential extension of up to 2 years subject to good performance.