Report attached.

Cabinet:

Approved the Violence Against Women and Girls Strategy 2025 -2029. 

Agreed both requests from the People Overview & Scrutiny Sub-committee as follows:

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1.     Recognise that Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) training is essential for all members and agreed to include it in new member induction training 

2.      Agreed to include WAVE training as part of the Licensing Chair’s training 

Report Title: Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) Strategy

Presented by:  Cllr Barry Mugglestone, Lead Member - Environment

Summary:

The Havering Community Safety partnership plan 2022-2025 was approved by Full Council on 6 October 2022.

Addressing Violence Against Women and Girls was identified as a key priority within the plan 

1.     The Havering Violence against Women & Girls Strategy 2025 – 2029 (Appendix 1) aims to address and reduce violence against women and girls (VAWG) in Havering. This strategy is aligned with the Mayor's "Building a Safer London: Police and Crime Plan 2022-25" and the "Tackling Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) Strategy 2022-25". The strategy focuses on four key priorities: reducing and preventing violence, increasing trust and confidence, better supporting victims, and protecting people from exploitation and harm. 

2.     VAWG accounts for the greatest socio-economic cost to community safety partnership services in Havering. Domestic violence constitutes a third of all physical violence reported to agencies. 

3.     Havering delivers various initiatives and services to address VAWG using four strands – Prevention, Provision, Protection, and Partnership. These include events, campaigns, support services, and enforcement actions. 

4.     The vision is to prevent and eliminate all forms of violence against women and girls through the development of policies, preventative work, high-quality service provision, and robust enforcement actions against perpetrators. 

5.     The strategy aims to prevent and reduce VAWG, support all victims and survivors, hold perpetrators accountable, and build trust and confidence. 

6.     The strategy will be implemented and monitored by the VAWG Strategic Group, which reports directly to the Havering Community Safety Partnership. The action plan will be refreshed annually to adapt to emerging trends and developments. 

Cabinet:

Approved the Violence Against Women and Girls Strategy 2025 -2029. 

Agreed both requests from the People Overview & Scrutiny Sub-committee as follows:

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1.     Recognise that Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) training is essential for all members and agreed to include it in new member induction training 

2.     Agreed to include WAVE training as part of the Licensing Chair’s training