South Ayrshire Multi Agency Partnership
About Us
South Ayrshire's Multi-Agency Partnership (MAP) on Violence Against Women is working
together to try to dismantle all aspects of violence against women including (but
not limited to) domestic abuse, rape, sexual assault, sexual harassment, child sexual
abuse and commercial sexual exploitation.
Violence against women is a problem which is relevant to every single member of
our community and is something that we must all be responsible for. South Ayrshire’s
MAP is committed to doing everything it can to support women and children who are
experiencing or have experienced gender-based violence.
Aim:
To achieve positive outcomes for women and children experiencing gender-based violence
through:
- Prevention - raising awareness in the community of issues around
violence against women and challenging those attitudes that allow it to be tolerated.
- Protection - encouraging and supporting agencies to develop appropriate
responses to women experiencing gender-based violence.
- Provision - developing multi-agency support services for women
experiencing gender-based violence.
Objectives:
- To provide consistent and appropriate responses to women and children experiencing
gender-based violence in South Ayrshire.
- To raise public awareness of issues around violence against women and children.
- To promote and support good practice within and between agencies.
Who we are?
We are a Multi-Agency Partnership reporting officially to South Ayrshire's Community
Safety Partnership, with membership on their Violence Group and Domestic Abuse Sub-group.
We consist of 17 different partner agencies (both statutory and voluntary) including
various council services and departments:
- South Ayrshire Council
- South Ayrshire Community Safety Partnership
- Strathclyde Police
- South Ayrshire Women's Aid
- NHS Ayrshire & Arran
- Procurator Fiscal's Office
- South Ayrshire Victim Support
- Barnardo's South Ayrshire Families Service
- Job Centre Plus
- Ayrshire Council on Alcohol
- Victim Information & Advice
Download the South Ayrshire Multi-Agency
Partnership Strategy (285kB) to tackle Violence Against Women.