Support for Victims and Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse Fund 2027 - 2029

Key facts

About this grant

Summary from the official listing on Find a Grant (GOV.UK):

Summary

The Home Office is inviting applications to the Support for Victims and Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse Fund (SVSCSA Fund) for the period April 2027 to March 2029.

The Fund aims to strengthen the support landscape for victims and survivors of child sexual abuse by investing in services, capabilities and interventions that cannot easily be commissioned through local funding arrangements.

The competition seeks to ensure that victims and survivors can access high-quality support when they need it, regardless of where they live, whilst also addressing national gaps in provision, supporting innovation and strengthening the wider support system.

The Fund complements wider investment delivered through local commissioning arrangements, including support commissioned through Police and Crime Commissioners and other statutory services. It is intended to support activity where a national or cross-boundary approach offers clear additional value.

The primary purpose of the Fund is to improve support for victims and survivors. The majority of funding is expected to support specialist frontline provision or activity directly required to improve frontline access, quality, safety or capacity. Proportionate workforce, pathway, partnership, evidence and system-improvement activity may also be funded where it has a clear and demonstrable connection to better outcomes for victims and survivors.

Strategic Priorities

The Home Office is seeking applications that respond to national challenges and opportunities within the child sexual abuse victim and survivor support landscape.

While applications addressing a range of needs will be considered, the Home Office is particularly interested in proposals that contribute to one or more of the following strategic priorities:

1. Improving access to specialist support

Improve access to high-quality support, particularly for people facing barriers, unmet need or gaps in provision.

2. Addressing national gaps in provision

Develop or expand services that address a clear national gap not easily met through local commissioning.

3. Supporting evidence-based, trauma-informed recovery

Deliver evidence-based, trauma-informed and survivor-centred interventions that support recovery, wellbeing and resilience.

4. Responding to emerging and evolving forms of harm

Respond to current and emerging forms of child sexual abuse and their impacts, including technology-enabled harm.

5. Strengthening the wider support system

Strengthen the capability, capacity and sustainability of organisations, practitioners and networks through workforce development, partnerships, knowledge-sharing or improvement activity.

6. Improving evidence, insight and learning

Generate and share evidence on effective support, including through outcome monitoring and impact evaluation.

7. Embedding survivor voice

Give victims and survivors meaningful, ongoing and trauma-informed opportunities to shape services, delivery and decisions.

Eligibility

Eligibility

The Fund has a national purpose, but funded delivery does not need to operate across the whole of England and Wales. Applications may propose local, regional, cross-regional or national delivery where they demonstrate that the activity addresses an evidenced gap, supports a population whose needs are not consistently met through existing arrangements, or makes a clear contribution to the Fund’s overall national portfolio. Applicants must explain the additional value of Home Office funding and how their proposal complements rather than duplicates existing provision.

1. Eligibility Criteria

Funding is open to voluntary and community sector organisations working in England, and Wales that can support victims and survivors of child sexual abuse, and/or those caring for or supporting them. The applicant must be registered in England, Wales or Scotland and be one of the following:

• A Community Group that:

o is set up for charitable, benevolent, or philanthropic purposes

o has a governing body with at least 3 members

• A Charity registered with a UK charity number

• A Community Interest Company (CIC) – a type of limited company that exists to benefit the community, not private shareholders

• A Social Enterprise – a business with social aims, where profits are reinvested into the business or community, not paid to owners or shareholders

• A Faith-based Organisation

• Any other non-governmental, not-for-profit organisation with an appropriate governing structure.

Partnership and consortium applications are permitted. One eligible organisation must act as the accountable lead, hold the Grant Agreement and remain responsible for the governance, performance and financial management of all delivery partners.

Applicants may submit only one application, either as a sole applicant or as part of a consortium.

Applicants must:

• be able to deliver the funded activity for the full grant period;

• demonstrate relevant experience and capability in supporting victims and survivors of child sexual abuse;

• have a current (within last 2 years) safeguarding certification, governance, financial controls, information governance and risk-management arrangements;

• demonstrate value for money and the capacity to manage public funds;

• explain how the proposal addresses evidenced need and contributes to the Fund’s objectives and intended outcomes;

• explain the additional value of Home Office funding and how the proposal complements rather than duplicates existing p

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