{"id":53250,"date":"2015-02-02T15:52:00","date_gmt":"2015-02-02T15:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=13acf28a4b60f5a78584022fad58855e"},"modified":"2015-02-02T15:52:00","modified_gmt":"2015-02-02T15:52:00","slug":"news-story-child-sexual-abuse-inquiry-bidding-opens-for-victims-fund","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=53250","title":{"rendered":"News story: Child sexual abuse Inquiry: Bidding opens for victims fund"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"govspeak\">\n<p>Organisations reporting an increase in demand on their services prompted by the child sexual abuse Inquiry can now bid for shares of a \u00a32 million fund.<\/p>\n<p>All non-statutory organisations which have seen a surge in demand from child sexual abuse survivors for their services, as a direct result of the announcement of the Inquiry, can apply for a share of the fund from today (2 February). <\/p>\n<p>Bids will be assessed against a range of criteria and allocated to ensure urgent needs are met.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"increased-demand\">Increased demand<\/h3>\n<p>A further fund of \u00a32.85 million is available to non-statutory organisations that provide support to all victims of sexual abuse, and are currently experiencing increased demand. This will be administered in parallel with the Child Sexual Abuse Inquiry Fund.<\/p>\n<p>Organisations are able to make bids for either or both of the available funds providing they meet the qualifying criteria.<\/p>\n<p>Funds are being administered by the Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner for Norfolk, supported by the Home Office. <\/p>\n<p>Home Secretary Theresa May said:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Child sexual abuse is a despicable crime which this government is absolutely determined to eradicate. Once largely hidden, this is an issue we cannot, and must not, ignore.<\/p>\n<p>We have established a child sexual abuse Inquiry to get to the truth of what has happened in the past, and ensure it can never be repeated.<\/p>\n<p>Service providers are under considerable pressure. This funding will ensure that victims of child sexual abuse receive the support they need, when they need it.<\/p>\n<p class=\"last-child\">We know more victims are coming forward and reporting the abuse they have suffered as public confidence increases that these allegations will be taken seriously, treated sensitively and pursued vigorously.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Bids must be submitted by e-mail to OPCCNGrants@norfolk.pnn.police.uk, and the bidding template and assessment criteria are available <a rel=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/www.norfolk-pcc.gov.uk\">online<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Bidding will close on 2 March. The investment will run to the end of the 2015\/16 financial year.<\/p>\n<h4 id=\"rise-in-offences\">Rise in offences<\/h4>\n<p>There has been a 40 per cent increase in child sexual offences recorded by police in the last two years.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Almost \u00a35m available for organisations who have seen surge in work due to Inquiry.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53250"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=53250"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53250\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":53258,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53250\/revisions\/53258"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=53250"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=53250"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=53250"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}