Victim First is a free, independent and confidential service for victims and witnesses of crime across Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland. Our team recognise that everyone’s needs are different and that is why Victim First is designed to be tailored to the requirements of the victim or witness. Whether or not the crime has been reported, and regardless of when it happened, our team’s priority is to ensure that the victim is given the support to help them cope and recover.
If you live in Hertfordshire and have been victim of a crime, you can receive free and confidential support. Beacon Victim Care Centre is your gateway to victim services available in Hertfordshire. At The Beacon Victim Care Centre, our main focus is to help victims cope and recover from their experience with crime. If needed, our team of dedicated and trained professionals can be there to support you every step of the way.
Commissioned by Nottinghamshire Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC), Victim CARE is a free and confidential service available to all victims of crime and Anti Social Behaviour across Nottinghamshire. The service supports Victims and survivors to be resilient, reducing the likelihood of them being re-victimised; We empower victims to cope and recover from crime and anti-social behaviour by through timely and effective victim-centred support.
We provide one-to-one support to help victims cope and recover from the impact of crime. Led by the victim, we create individualised support plans which include a range of interventions to help build resilience in victims. This includes emotional and practical support, advocacy with other agencies, crime prevention advice and restorative justice if appropriate.
We liaise with other agencies who may become involved in the victims journey to ensure victims are kept informed at every stage of the criminal justice process. We work closely with the police, Witness Care Units and other specialist services to ensure victims can access the rights they are entitled to under the Victims Code of Practice (VCoP).
We place strong emphasis on working alongside commissioners, partner agencies and service users in the development of our services. We involve victims in design of the services and establish advisory groups to consult for ongoing improvement of our services. We co-locate with partner services so victims can gain access to other specialist support.
She treated me like a human and not a number in a book. She listened to me and I felt so supported.
Victim
We worked with our operational teams to produce posters, information and materials for anyone who works with young or adult victims, these materials can be viewed and downloaded from our Supporting Victims: Content Hub.
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I have been pleased in how Catch22 have grasped and led on our Case Managed approach in supporting vulnerable victims as well as outreach to those victims who are unable to report crime to police. We are seeing the results in relation to positive outcomes for victims and increased self-referrals into the service. They are bringing reality to my vision that ‘no one victim should be left behind'
Head of Commissioning Victims Services, Hertfordshire
