Action to end violence against women and girls to save lives – Little-Pengelly Action to end violence against women and girls is set to save future lives, Northern Ireland’s deputy First Minister has said.
“This is very much a focus on prevention, £1.2 million, which comes on the back of our recent announcement of £2 million around the community change fund which will support groups to provide prevention works in towns and villages right across the north,” she said.
She said: “I believe it will make a difference, I think we all believe it will make a difference because the whole focus of our strategy is around prevention.
“We know we won’t turn this around overnight, our strategy is over quite a number of years, but this is the first two-year delivery plan and it is taking it right into the heart of communities around prevention work.
First Minister Michelle O’Neill and deputy First Minister Emma Little-Pengelly launched the Regional Change Fund aimed at tackling the issue on Tuesday.
