WWP EN Grants - Supporting Change

Grant amount: 40,320.32 EUR

Title of the project: Improving Work with Perpetrators of Violence in the Czech Republic

Project duration: 7 months

Target groups

• Perpetrators of intimate partner violence

• Partners and ex-partners of perpetrators

• Professionals working with intimate partner violence

Project summary

In the Czech Republic, there is still very little perpetrator work. The "Improving Work with Perpetrators of Violence in the Czech Republic" project goal is primary and secondary prevention of violence in relationships and gender-based violence in the Czech Republic through the expansion and improvement of our work with clients (mainly men and the vast majority fathers) who commit violence against their partners and children.

As part of the project LOM will expand its' perpetrator programme by adding a group and train the team to work with young men aged 15-18. A particular priority is on strengthening gender-sensitive approaches. LOM will map the gender attitudes of men programme participants and the impact the programme has on changing their attitudes.

Grant amount: 18,455.02 EUR

Title of the project: Focused intervention protocols: Addressing perpetrators’ risk factors

Project duration: 7 months

Target groups

• Facilitators of perpetrator programmes
• Scientific community
• Perpetrators

Project summary

"Focused intervention protocols: Addressing perpetrators' risk factors" aims to improve the quality of perpetrator programmes by designing intervention protocols based on a detailed analysis of participants' main risk factors that hinder change. Additionally, CONTEXTO will develop a protocol for analysing and contacting the perpetrators' social networks so that facilitators can gather relevant information for risk assessment and management.

Project activities include:

• Analysing and categorising risk factors
• Designing intervention protocols
• Training facilitators
• Conducting a feasibility evaluation of the protocols
• Awareness-raising

Grant amount: 47,982.80 EUR

Title of the project: Re-live the Network

Project duration: 7 months

Target groups

• Member organisations of the Relive network
• Facilitators of perpetartor programmes

Project summary

With the recent passing of an Italian law on gender-based violence, members of the Italian national perpetrator programme network "Relive" have seen an increase in enrollment in their perpetrator programmes and requires coordination to create shared procedures and protocol agreements across Italy.

With the "Re-Live the network" project, Relive will remunerate three professionals to handle administrative work, coordinate activities, and improve services for members. This will allow them to coordinate the important process of introducing shared procedures and protocols across Italy, as well as holding a national meeting on European and national standards.

Grant amount: 28,679.42 EUR

Title of the project: Responding to increased need for victim-safety oriented perpetrator work in Croatia

Project duration: 7 months

Target groups

• Prospective facilitators of the perpetrator programme who will be trained to deliver the victim-safety oriented programme within SPA framework in the greater Zagreb metropolitan area
• Victims support services in the central part of Croatia
• Stakeholders from social services, child protection, criminal justice, police, probation services, victim support services,Ombudsperson Office for Gender Equality
• Professional audiences of prospective facilitators of perpetrator work

Project summary

With the 2023 grant, SPA is implementing the "Responding to increased need for victim-safety oriented perpetratorwork in Croatia" project.

With this project, SPA will

• improve the quality of their current perpetrator programme with a special focus on victim safety
• strengthen their cooperation with survivor support services
• promote safe and effective perpetrator work as an important part of coordinated-community responses to domestic violence in Croatia

Project activities include

• conducting training for facilitators to increase available programmes
• improving their child protection policy and risk assessment
• expanding their programme evaluation

Grant amount: 11,216.00 EUR

Title of the project: Using the Choices Programme for Residential Weekends for Male Perpetrators: A pilot project

Project duration: 5 months

Target group: Facilitators of perpetrator programmes

Project summary

The Men Ending Domestic Violence (MEND) programme acts to support men to end their violent or abusive behaviour and become non-violent and respectful within their intimate partner relationships with it's core objective being that of protecting and creating safety for women and children. This training however is often not feasible for economically deprived men who live in rural areas and/or face financial and logistical barriers to participation.

The aim of this project is to design a residential programme, train facilitators in its delivery and to evaluate the training with ultimate goal of expanding and enhancing the existing MEND Programme so as to deliver safe and effective behaviour change work to male perpetrators who have logistical obstacles to engaging successfully with the current programme.