MOPAC: Violence Against Women And Girls (VAWG) Expert Reference Group Provider (MOPAC 1176)

Tackling VAWG continues to be a key priority for the Mayor of London as outlined in his election manifesto. In March 2025, the Mayor published his new Police and Crime Plan (PCP) 2025-29 which sets out how he will deliver for Londoners, building on the work of the previous two Mayoral terms to make London a safer city for everyone.

The plan has four key aims: •Reducing violence and criminal exploitation (including VAWG) •Building safer, more confident communities •Supporting and overseeing reform of the MPS; and •Improving the criminal justice system and supporting victims Tackling VAWG is a key issue that is addressed throughout all four priorities of the PCP. The MOPAC VAWG Voluntary and Community Sector (VCS) Expert Reference Group (ERG) is an independent, non-statutory group of VAWG sector experts, whose role is to provide collective and strategic input and expertise, ensuring that the needs and experiences of women and girls, victims and survivors, and their organisations in London, are represented and amplified at decision-making levels.

Recognising the significant contributions of the current VAWG ERG to date, and the sustained volume and breadth of work they support, the Mayor has increased his investment in the VAWG ERG for the remaining 3.5 years of his Mayoralty. The new service will play a vital role in supporting the Mayor to deliver his VAWG priorities including making women and girls safer by preventing VAWG, supporting victims and survivors, and holding perpetrators to account and reducing VAWG.