In July 2025, the Police and Crime Commissioner brought together representatives from more than 50 organisations across Devon and Cornwall to generate new and practical ideas to address violence against women and girls (VAWG).
The Disruptive VAWG workshop encouraged participants to move beyond established approaches and consider alternative ways to prevent harm and reduce offending. In parallel, an online survey was launched to gather contributions from a wider range of stakeholders and members of the public.
Ideas from both the event and the survey were reviewed and assessed by the Commissioner, forming a broad evidence base of potential approaches.
From this, two priorities were established:
- To develop and deliver a programme of work that tests new approaches
- To communicate clearly with the public about this work, demonstrating a visible and consistent stance that violence against women and girls is not tolerated, and highlighting progress against the Police and Crime Plan across Devon, Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly
In the months that followed, this work was refined into a defined set of interventions aimed at delivering practical benefits for communities across the region.
Click on the sections below to find out more about the Disrupt project:
