North Yorkshire groups urged to bid for extra money to support domestic abuse and sexual violence survivors

North Yorkshire’s Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner is urging organisations who offer domestic abuse and sexual violence support services to apply for additional funding to help their work during the coronavirus crisis.

Julia Mulligan, North Yorkshire Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner, has been working with the Government for a number of weeks to bring forward a package of support during the pandemic and now The Ministry of Justice is investing £20m nationally.

Bids for funding will be assessed by the Commissioner’s team in North Yorkshire and due to the urgent need for the support for those victims and survivors, the Government is committed to distributing the money as soon as possible.

Organisations, who must be a charity, charitable incorporated organisation, social enterprise or community interest company can apply for the COVID-19 extraordinary funding and bids are open to all involved in providing support services, whether currently funded by the Commissioner or not.