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From: Jackie.Humphrey@eastbourne.gov.uk
To: dave.mortimer@mensaid.com
Sent: Monday, July 17, 2006 9:43 AM
Subject: FOI REQUEST
Dear Mr Mortimer,
Thank you for
your information request dated 28th June 2006 received in our office
on the same date.
I have carefully
reviewed your request and investigated whether there is any information
disclosable to you. Please find below the information you have requested
which was provided by our Housing Needs Department
We do not directly
fund any help and support groups for either men’s or women’s
aid in respect of domestic violence. We pump-primed the establishment
of the Refuge Outreach Project in 2003 by allocating £50,000
of our Homelessness Grant from the (then) ODPM and the funding was
subsequently taken over by the Supporting People programme. This project
only supports women and children.
We also provide
the building that houses the Eastbourne Women’s Refuge. The
initial lease provided for the property to be let on a peppercorn
rent to assist the development of the project. We are now in the process
of negotiating a new lease and are considering with Refuge the impact
that switching to a market rent will have on the viability of the
project. These negotiations are still in progress so I am unable to
report as to whether we will continue to subsidise the rental element
of the project. Again, this project only supports women and children.
The only other
direct work undertaken in respect of domestic violence is the recent
development of a Sanctuary Scheme, which enables improvements to the
security of the homes of victims of domestic violence to enable them
to remain in their homes. This service is responsive to all needs
and will therefore be available to both men and women. A sum of £10,000
has been identified within the current Private Sector Housing Grant
to fund this initiative during 2006-07.
Please contact
me again, quoting your reference number, if you require any further
assistance with your current request and I will do my best to provide
the relevant help and advice.
Yours sincerely,
Jackie Humphrey
INFORMATION OFFICER
Eastbourne Borough Council
68 Grove Road
Eastbourne
East Sussex
BN21 4UH
Tel: 01323 415138
foi@eastbourne.gov.uk
http://www.eastbourne.gov.uk
