In 2014, the Scottish Government launched Equally Safe, a strategy to prevent violence against women and girls (VAWG). In this context, an Independent Review of Funding and Commissioning of Violence Against Women and Girls Services in Scotland was announced, and in June 2022 the review launched a call for evidence to gather the public’s opinions.

Alma Economics was commissioned to provide independent analysis of the responses to the consultation and produce a comprehensive summary of individuals’ and organisations’ views. Our team carried out quantitative and qualitative analysis of 475 responses from individuals and organisations, producing summary statistics and conducting a thematic analysis of open-text responses.

Our analysis revealed a set of overarching themes which were common across many of the questions, including requests for: i) single-sex services and female-only staff, ii) holistic and integrated services, iii) increased funding for VAWG services, and iv) additional training available to the VAWG workforce.

Our report summarises the key themes raised by the respondents and will help inform the development of the new funding model by the Scottish Government for services for victims of VAWG.

➥ Read our report here.