Title and Reference – PCC/D/036
Subject: Pilot – Support for Eastern European female victims of DA
Report of: Police and Crime Commissioner
Date: 11/12/2024

Summary: 

During the Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner’s quarter one monitoring review process, a lack of support in Bedfordshire was identified for domestic abuse victims from an Eastern European background, particularly those from Albanian and Romanian communities as they are newly developed communities in the UK.

As a result, the Commissioning Team completed a needs assessment to improve service provision across Bedfordshire, in terms of ethnicity, religion, and cultural identity and held a mini competition to identify a suitable provider.

PCC supports the decision to award £15,000 to PBIC Ltd.

 

Recommendation
To note decision

Bedfordshire Police and Crime Commissioner

I hereby approve the recommendations above.