Commissioned Projects 2019-20

Victim Services Old Contract (2014)
01 April - 30 September

Victim Support

Providing emotional and practical support to victims of crime in Dorset
Contract ceased 30 September 2019

 £ 181,000

Supporting Victims, Witnesses & Reducing Reoffending

Victim Services New Contract 2019 onward

Victim Support

Providing emotional and practical support to victims of crime in Dorset

Contract commenced 01 October 2019

 £ 190,866

Supporting Victims, Witnesses & Reducing Reoffending

Domestic Abuse Support for Standard Risk Victims

Victim Support

Practical and emotional support to victims of domestic abuse categorised as "standard risk".

 £ 76,698

Supporting Victims, Witnesses & Reducing Reoffending

The Maple Project

Dorset Police

Provides a service to victims of domestic abuse categorised as "high risk".
To ensure that women, men and children who are affected by domestic abuse receive a high level of support and protection and perpetrators are held accountable for their actions and behaviour

 £ 175,000

Protecting People at Risk of Harm

The Shores (Dorset SARC)

G4S Forensic Medical Services

To provide immediate support to victims of sexual abuse and assault, and the provision of Forensic Medical Examiners for victims of sexual assault.

 £ 85,000

Protecting People at Risk of Harm

Drug (& Alcohol) Intervention Programme

Public Health Dorset

Provision of appropriate support to people within the criminal justice system with substance misuse issues

 £ 100,318

Protecting People at Risk of Harm

Safe Schools & Communities Team (SSCT)

Dorset Police

SSCT provide targeted interventions to young people, both in and outside of the school setting, and the wider community, helping to reduce and prevent crime and ASB

 £ 78,149

Protecting People at Risk of Harm

Dorset Combined Youth Offending Service (YOS)

Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council

Supporting the YOS to provide interventions that reduce and prevent offending/reoffending by children & young people within the criminal justice system

 £ 75,301

Protecting People at Risk of Harm

Consultation Groups

Dorset Police

Enabling Dorset Police to consult with appropriate and experienced organisations representing harder to reach communities

 £ 20,000

Working with Communities

Restorative Dorset

Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council

Providing a pan-Dorset Restorative Justice (RJ) and restorative mediation capability for victims of crime and anti-social behaviour

 £ 97,328

Supporting Victims, Witnesses & Reducing Reoffending

Independent Sexual Violence Advisors (ISVAs)

G4S Forensic Medical Services
(Subcontracted to STARS - Dorset Rape Crisis)

Provision of ISVAs to provide targeted support to victims of sexual violence, including providing advice regarding the criminal justice process

 £ 90,000

Protecting People at Risk of Harm

STARS - Dorset Rape Crisis

 £ 35,298

Protecting People at Risk of Harm

Child and Young Person Independent Sexual Violence Advisors (ISVA)

STARS - Dorset Rape Crisis

Provision of a dedicated ISVA to support children and young people

£ 28,165

Protecting People at Risk of Harm

Crest Analysis Tool

Crest Analytics

Enabling the analysis of local data from different datasets, in order to increase effectiveness across multi-agency  criminal justice organisations

£ 28,500

Transforming for the Future

Boscombe Community Safety Accreditation Scheme (CSAS)

Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council

Enabling accreditation of non-police employed staff in order to enhance the delivery of community safety interventions within Boscombe

£ 10,000

Working with Communities

Victims' Bureau

Dorset Police

Enabling direct contact by Dorset Police with victims of crime, including providing updates on progress of relevant cases through the criminal justice system

£ 127,762

Supporting Victims, Witnesses & Reducing Reoffending

Circles Southwest

Circles UK

To provide Circles of Support to known perpetrators of sexual offences, to reduce offending behaviours and therefore prevent further sexual abuse. Circles are delivered to adults convicted of serious sexual offences who have been assessed as high or very high risk of re-offending and/or serious harm.

£ 28,998

Supporting Victims, Witnesses & Reducing Reoffending

Street Sex Case Manager

Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council

Helping to reduce the impact on the local community and to help individual sex workers wishing to live offence free lives

£ 9,000

Protecting People at Risk of Harm

Learning Disabilities Advisors

Bournemouth People First

Providing targeted support to victims of crime with learning difficulties, including providing advice and support through the criminal justice process

£ 17,000

Working with Communities

Weymouth CSAS

Weymouth & Portland Borough Council

Accrediting council staff to use certain police and council powers reduce anti-social behaviour, street drinking, rough sleeping & begging in Weymouth, primarily in the Melcombe Regis area of the town

£ 20,000

Working with Communities

Targeted Enforcement and Community Safety Analyst

Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council

Funding for one partnership analyst to enable an evidence based approach to enforcement activities and support the strategic and tactical management of ASB, crime and disorder in Bournemouth.

£ 28,000

Working with Communities

Counselling of Victims of CSA

STARS - Dorset Rape Crisis

Face to face emotional support for women, men and transgender survivors of sexual assault or rape.

£ 36,740

Supporting Victims, Witnesses & Reducing Reoffending

Electronic Tagging

Attenti
&
Buddi

Pilot of Current Attenti Tags and Buddi Tags to compare functionality and capability.

£ 18,000

Supporting Victims, Witnesses & Reducing Reoffending

Expansion of Integrated Offender Management Team

Dorset Police

Expansion of IOM Team to facilitate tagging pilot

£ 7,200

Supporting Victims, Witnesses & Reducing Reoffending

Force Wellbeing Fund

Dorset Police

Pot of £250k for the Force to deliver additional Wellbeing services to officers and staff.

£ 192,169

Transforming for the Future

Pop-up Youth Clubs

Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council

To provide Pop-up Youth Clubs in Poole for youth engagement activities following anti-social issues in the town centre and bus station

£ 14,650

Working with Communities

Child Exploitation Transformational Lead (CETL)

Dorset Council

Funding towards the CETL role to co-ordinate partners in the delivery of services to identify and support children being exploited for criminal purposes

£ 50,000

Protecting People at Risk of Harm

Custody Environment Project

Bournemouth University

Funding towards a University Student to carry out an assessment of the Police Custody environment, evaluate the findings and make suggestions on how to reduce violent behaviours in Police Custody, and improve detainee experience

£ 1,250

Protecting People at Risk of Harm

Complainant Liaison Officer (CLO) Pilot

OPCC

Pilot of a CLO in the courts to support complainant understanding of criminal justice systems and processes in the court setting

£ 35,000

Supporting Victims, Witnesses & Reducing Reoffending

Wellbeing Garden

OPCC

To support officer and staff wellbeing, a wellbeing garden was set up to offer a safe and tranquil space to take breaks.

£ 3,358

Transforming for the Future

Outdoor Gym

OPCC

Purchase and set up of outdoor gym equipment at Winfrith Police HQ to support officer and staff health and wellbeing.

£ 10,000

Transforming for the Future

Homeless Veterans Project

B'mth Above and Beyond Trust

Project to help homeless veterans get off the streets through dedicated support, including practical training which could be used to gain employment

£ 6,950

Protecting People at Risk of Harm

Modern Slavery Helpline

Unseen UK

One-off contribution towards the National Modern Slavery Helpline

£ 4,000

Protecting People at Risk of Harm

Poole Watches Vests

Dorset Police Prevention Dept

Hi-Vis Vests for members of Poole Neighbourhood Watch Association to wear whilst carrying out door-to-door updates on local crime

£ 245

Working with Communities

Metal Detectors

Dorset Police

Purchase of Hand Held Metal Detectors for officers to carry out cursory searches at Voluntary Attendance Interviews in Police Stations

£ 1,170

Transforming for the Future

Hate Crime Conference

Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council

Funding towards the "No Place for Hate" Hate Crime Conference in October 2019

£ 5,000

Protecting People at Risk of Harm

Regional Re-offending Co-ordinator Role

Avon & Somerset Police

Funding for a Southwest Regional role to be responsible for co-ordinating the activity of the Re-offending Partnership; authoring reports, strategy documents and action plans, whilst ensuring actions are completed

£ 11,500

Local Innovation Fund

Side by Side Mentoring Scheme

Action for Children

Diversionary courses for children and young people committing low level offences

£ 12,512

 Protecting People at Risk of Harm

AIM Mentoring Scheme

AIM Community

A flexible approach for a range of interventions for young people aged 8-18 referred by the Youth Offending Team

£ 20,030

Protecting People at Risk of Harm

DA Studentship

Bournemouth University

Domestic Abuse Research Project through B'mth Uni Student Placement. The student is to carry out in-depth research and analysis of the victim experience, pathways and services available. Once complete providing constructive feedback to the OPCC, potentially influencing commissioning activities

£ 8,612

Supporting Victims, Witnesses & Reducing Reoffending

Circles "Through the Gate" Behaviour Changing Course Pilot

Circles Southwest

As the Verne Prison on Portland re-opened as a Sex Offenders prison, this pilot is to deliver "Through the Gate" Behaviour changing courses to offenders prior to release and post release to reduce offending behaviours and re-offending rates.

£ 47,727

Supporting Victims, Witnesses & Reducing Reoffending

Poole CSAS

Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council

Accrediting council staff to use certain police and council powers reduce anti-social behaviour, street drinking, rough sleeping & begging in Poole town centre, The Dolphin Centre, and the Bus Station.

£ 25,000

Working with Communities

Total

 £      2,013,496