What is the Vulnerability Knowledge and Practice Programme (VKPP)?
The VKPP works within the new National Centre for VAWG (Violence Against Women and Girls) and Public Protection (NCVPP). The Centre is a partnership between the College of Policing and the National Police Chiefs’ Council (NPCC) and brings together the expertise of the VKPP and the Soteria and VAWG Programmes.
Together we work with the leads from NPCC’s Violence and Public Protection and Violence Against Women and Girls portfolios to improve policing's overall response to vulnerability, reducing threat and harm and improving outcomes for victims. The Centre provides centralised strategic advice and operational support to policing across public protection and VAWG with a focus on:
- Consistency of practice and supporting excellence in forces
- Professionalising public protection, including accreditation
- Tackling violence against women and girls
The Centre is funded by the Home Office and our child safeguarding practice review panel work is supported by the Department for Education.
What is vulnerability?
'A person is vulnerable if, as a result of their situation or circumstances, they are unable to take care of or protect themselves or others from harm or exploitation.’ Introduction to vulnerability-related risk | College of Policing
Latest news
The NPCC MASH (Multi-Agency Safeguarding Hub) Guiding Principles is a brand new document, developed to enable leaders from across partnerships, who have responsibility for MASH (or other safeguarding referral) functions, to have a common understanding around “what does good look like”.
The Domestic Homicides and Suspected Victim Suicides 2022-2024 Report, released today, examining domestic abuse related deaths in England and Wales has shown the scale of domestic homicides, and for the second year in a row, suspected suicides following domestic abuse have overtaken the number of homicides involving current or previous partners.
Now in its second year, this annual report from the Vulnerability Knowledge and Practice Programme (VKPP) sets out publicly a clear, detailed picture of reported Child Sexual Abuse and Exploitation (CSAE) crimes across England and Wales.