Victim support CJ105

Victim support is a tag in the UK-CAT classification of charities in the UK. It is part of the Crime and Justice category.

79 charities have been tagged with this tag. This represents 0.04% of all charities.

Keywords to find charities

UK-CAT categories are applied to charities based on a set of keywords, in the form of a regular expression.

The regular expression used to find charities in this tag is:

\b(affected by crime|victims? support|victims? of crime)\b

Distribution by size of charity

Income band	Charities with tag	Percent of all charities
Under £10k	7	0.01%
£10k - £100k	20	0.03%
£100k - £250k	5	0.02%
£250k - £500k	4	0.04%
£500k - £1m	1	0.02%
£1m - £10m	12	0.14%
Over £10m	2	0.10%
Total	51	0.03%

Distribution by charity regulator

Regulator	Charities with tag	Percent of all charities
ccew	61	0.04%
ccni	10	0.14%
oscr	8	0.03%
Total	79	0.04%

Ten largest charities (by income)

Name	Latest income
CHANGE, GROW, LIVE [Charity number: 1079327] CGL provides a range of services to support individuals, families and communities whose lives are adversely affected by crime, substance misuse, homelessness, anti-social behaviour, domestic violence, social deprivation and lack of opportunity.The Charity works with challenging service users with complex needs, including those with entrenched drug habits and offending behaviour.	£284,264,901
VICTIM SUPPORT [Charity number: 298028] Victim Support is the independent charity for victims and witnesses of crime in England and Wales. Our services are free of charge and confidential. Whether you are a victim or a witness of a crime our help falls into three main kinds; emotional support; information; practical help.We also speak out as a national voice for victims and witnesses and campaign for change.	£48,302,000
Victim Support Scotland [Charity number: SC002138] 4.1 to reduce the distress and disadvantageous effects on victims and witnesses of crime and other forms of harmful behaviour having similar effects to crime, including on the families and friends of such persons and others affected to the extent that they are in need of such emotional & practical support. and 4.2 to advance public education and awareness in relation to the impact of crime and other forms of harmful behaviour having similar effects to crime, on all those affected and to champion the rights of victims and witnesses and all others affected by crime	£7,308,896
NIACRO [Charity number: NI101599] To achieve the purposes and benefits, NIACRO: • delivers services for and provides advice and support to people who have offended, people who have been in prison, people alleged to have offended, persons who may be at risk of offending, victims of crime and the families of all these people, as well as the communities affected; • provides education, training, employment support, accommodation support, welfare and financial advice(including money management training), guidance, advocacy and representation, recreation and transport for the above categories of person; • provides mediation in the community to prevent crime and facilitate better community relations, supporting both those who are likely to offend and those who are victims of anti-social behaviour; • supports people to maintain their tenancies by working with them and their community to foster integration and prevent problems escalating, including those whose tenancy may be at risk due to anti-social behaviour stemming from mental health problems; • promotes literacy, numeracy and community, family and educational engagement amongst young people both in the community and in care; • supports families to maintain contact when a family member goes into prison, including by facilitating transport to enable family members to visit the prison; • advocate for the rights of people in prison and the promotion of prison reform at both practical and policy levels; • increases public awareness of the problems faced by the above categories of person by the collation and dissemination of information or communication relating to such problems or persons; • promotes and assists the recruitment and training of volunteers; • undertakes research, enquiries and surveys; • receives referrals from and refers to a wide variety of statutory and voluntary services; • organises, sponsors or conducts(whether alone or with other organisations)educational and training courses and meetings, conferences and exhibitions.	£4,905,462
REMEDI - RESTORATIVE SERVICES [Charity number: 1091232] Remedi provides a full range of relevant and innovative Restorative Justice based services including:-A complete victim offender mediation service,Victim awareness sessions in conjunction with the National Probation Service and the Youth Offending Teams in South Yorkshire. Community reparation schemes with Youth Offending Teams. Advocacy and support services for victims of crime.	£4,585,627
N.I. Alternatives Ltd [Charity number: NI101039] NIA is a regional restorative justice and community safety organisation that aims to promote and develop non-violent, community responses to issues of low-level crime, anti-social behaviour and community conflict in Northern Ireland. It will achieve this by addressing four inter-related problems: the failure of the formal justice system, the breakdown of relationships between the community and the statutory sector, anti-social behaviour in local communities and punishment beatings and attacks. In practice this means that the agency delivers a wide range of interventions that include intensive youth support, victim support, family support, restorative conferencing, mediation services, detached street work, preventative group work, anti-hate crime initiatives, personal development programmes and other community safety programmes.	£2,591,158
Victim Support Northern Ireland [Charity number: NI103651] We help and support victims and witnesses of crime in a number of ways. Our community service starts with practical and emotional support for the victim shortly after the crime has occurred. We can assist with compensation claims, and help with appeals. We help prepare people for the experience of going to court, and support witnesses while they are in court. We can also help victims complete Victim Personal Statements after a conviction. We advocate for vulnerable victims and victims of hate crime. We aim to represent the victim’s experience, and lobby government and the Criminal Justice System for effective change. In the last year we have received funding to pilot the role of Independent Sexual Violence Advocates (ISVA). These support workers provide one to one support for victims of sexual violence throughout the criminal justice process. The outcome of our work is that victims and witnesses of crime in Northern Ireland will feel better informed about their rights, and more aware of the choices available to them, have more confidence in the Criminal Justice System, and feel that their voice is being heard and their story believed. Support offered by Victim Support NI staff and volunteers will support people to feel less anxious and safer in court. An important aspect of the organisation’s work is with decision makers to ensure they hear victims’ voices, are better informed and take account of the needs of victims and witnesses when effecting policy change. We also partner successfully with other agencies to ensure that we have the best available advocacy, specialist advice, and support services for our clients. Our staff and volunteers are experts in their fields and we work hard to make sure accredited training is made available to those who wish to further their skills	£2,491,051
FIGHT FOR PEACE INTERNATIONAL [Charity number: 1137636] At our Academy in Newham, we use boxing and martial arts combined with education and personal development to realise the potential of young people. Our Alumni Programme is an organisational capacity training consultancy and support services for local community based charities delivering programmes in communities affected by crime and violence in the UK and globally.	£2,376,510
GREEN LIGHT TRUST [Charity number: 1000977] Wellbeing/educational programmes in woodland and green spaces, helping disadvantaged adults and children refocus and rebuild their lives; engaging them in skills learning and self development: NEET, victims of crime, ex-offenders, mental health, substance misuse, ex-forces, unemployed, disengaged from school, learning disabilities. Conservation of the environment. Train and deliver forest school.	£1,787,586
THE HOWARD LEAGUE FOR PENAL REFORM (INCORPORATING THE HOWARD CENTRE FOR PENOLOGY) [Charity number: 251926] The Howard League for Penal Reform works for a safer society where fewer people are victims of crime.The Howard League for Penal Reform believes that offenders must make amends for what they have done and change their lives.The Howard League for Penal Reform believes that community sentences make a person take responsibility and live a law abiding life in the community.	£1,371,156

Ten random charities

Name	Latest income
The Royal Ulster Constabulary Athletic Association Limited [Charity number: NI106083] The activities of the Athletic Association (AA) include provision of sports facilities, resources & assistance to amateur sports clubs, youth & community groups, other charities, schools and other sports organisations. For example, for 30 years it has worked with Table Tennis Ulster providing free use of rooms for monthly management meetings, interviews & AGM. The AA provides grass pitches for bowls, soccer, Gaelic football, rugby, cricket, softball & American football. It provides ongoing advice on sporting matters from financial governance to organising events for 30+ sports clubs. The AA organises annual sports events and helps facilitate the events of other organisations. It also provides assistance to clubs using the facilities, e.g. governance advice & free facility hire to Ulster Barbarians Wheelchair Rugby Club since 2013. The AA hosts community sports academies, tasters & engagement programmes, e.g. Annual Summer Soccer School - attendee children receive training from qualified coaches to attain accredited awards, with free places awarded to children from disadvantaged backgrounds. The AA promotes understanding of the Police family through these sports activities & includes the local community, e.g. Butsuriki Jujitsu Club with who, over the last 10 years, AA has developed a partnership, in providing training for children in martial arts in a safe, controlled environment. The AA provides weekly rooms & has purchased training mats allowing children safety in this sport. The AA activities also include allowing other charitable organisations free use of facilities & resources for activities such as fundraising, events & meetings. Several charities used the facilities free to date, including Diabetes UK, Belfast & Lisburn Woman’s Aid, Mary Peters Trust, The National Trust, Mission Africa, Victim Support NI, Action Cancer NI, NSPCC, SOS NI and a range of Police charities such as RUC Widows, Wounded Police & Families and the Police Parents Associations.	£1,181,851
REMEDI - RESTORATIVE SERVICES [Charity number: 1091232] Remedi provides a full range of relevant and innovative Restorative Justice based services including:-A complete victim offender mediation service,Victim awareness sessions in conjunction with the National Probation Service and the Youth Offending Teams in South Yorkshire. Community reparation schemes with Youth Offending Teams. Advocacy and support services for victims of crime.	£4,585,627
ORACLE SERVICES [Charity number: 1169991] TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PREVENTING PEOPLE FROM BECOMING SOCIALLY EXCLUDED, RELIEVING THE NEEDS OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED AND ASSISTING THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY IN SUCH WAYS AS THE TRUSTEES THINK FIT IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY PROVIDING:- EDUCATION AND TRAINING OR RETRAINING AND PROVIDING SOCIALLY EXCLUDED PEOPLE WITH WORK EXPERIENCE; AND- ACTIVITIES TO RELIEVE UNEMPLOYMENT.FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS CLAUSE 'SOCIALLY EXCLUDED' MEANS BEING EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, OR PARTS OF SOCIETY, AS A RESULT OF ONE OF MORE OF THE FOLLOWING FACTORS: UNEMPLOYMENT; FINANCIAL HARDSHIP; YOUTH OR OLD AGE; ILL HEALTH (PHYSICAL OR MENTAL); SUBSTANCE ABUSE OR DEPENDENCY INCLUDING ALCOHOL AND DRUGS; DISCRIMINATION ON THE GROUNDS OF SEX, RACE, DISABILITY, ETHNIC ORIGIN, RELIGION, BELIEF, CREED, SEXUAL ORIENTATION OR GENDER RE-ASSIGNMENT; POOR EDUCATIONAL OR SKILLS ATTAINMENT; RELATIONSHIP AND FAMILY BREAKDOWN; POOR HOUSING (THAT IS HOUSING THAT DOES NOT MEET BASIC HABITABLE STANDARDS; CRIME (EITHER AS A VICTIM OF CRIME OR AS AN OFFENDER REHABILITATING INTO SOCIETY).
CBF NORTHWEST [Charity number: 1179169] THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE:(1) TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PREVENTING PEOPLE FROM BECOMING SOCIALLY EXCLUDED, RELIEVING THE NEEDS OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED AND ASSISTING THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY.FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS CLAUSE ‘SOCIALLY EXCLUDED’ MEANS BEING EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, OR PARTS OF SOCIETY, AS A RESULT OF ONE OF MORE OF THE FOLLOWING FACTORS: UNEMPLOYMENT; FINANCIAL HARDSHIP; YOUTH OR OLD AGE; ILL HEALTH (PHYSICAL OR MENTAL); SUBSTANCE ABUSE OR DEPENDENCY INCLUDING ALCOHOL AND DRUGS; DISCRIMINATION ON THE GROUNDS OF SEX, RACE, DISABILITY, ETHNIC ORIGIN, RELIGION, BELIEF, CREED, SEXUAL ORIENTATION OR GENDER RE-ASSIGNMENT; POOR EDUCATIONAL OR SKILLS ATTAINMENT; RELATIONSHIP AND FAMILY BREAKDOWN; POOR HOUSING (THAT IS HOUSING THAT DOES NOT MEET BASIC HABITABLE STANDARDS; CRIME (EITHER AS A VICTIM OF CRIME OR AS AN OFFENDER REHABILITATING INTO SOCIETY).(2) SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AS ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAWS OF ENGLAND AND WALES AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE.
N.I. Alternatives Ltd [Charity number: NI101039] NIA is a regional restorative justice and community safety organisation that aims to promote and develop non-violent, community responses to issues of low-level crime, anti-social behaviour and community conflict in Northern Ireland. It will achieve this by addressing four inter-related problems: the failure of the formal justice system, the breakdown of relationships between the community and the statutory sector, anti-social behaviour in local communities and punishment beatings and attacks. In practice this means that the agency delivers a wide range of interventions that include intensive youth support, victim support, family support, restorative conferencing, mediation services, detached street work, preventative group work, anti-hate crime initiatives, personal development programmes and other community safety programmes.	£2,591,158
Inspire Motivate Celebrate SCIO [Charity number: SC045084] To provide a fitness facility which will relieve the conditions of life and vulnerability of young people affected by crime, poverty, exclusion, isolation, lack of self esteem, direction, purpose and education. The organisation will teach the community focus, drive, determination and a will to succeed through inspiration and motivation.	£10,545
Victim Support Scotland [Charity number: SC002138] 4.1 to reduce the distress and disadvantageous effects on victims and witnesses of crime and other forms of harmful behaviour having similar effects to crime, including on the families and friends of such persons and others affected to the extent that they are in need of such emotional & practical support. and 4.2 to advance public education and awareness in relation to the impact of crime and other forms of harmful behaviour having similar effects to crime, on all those affected and to champion the rights of victims and witnesses and all others affected by crime	£7,308,896
Highland Accommodation and Support Services [Charity number: SC046660] 1- The relief of hardship among people living or working in Inverness and the Highland area by providing such persons with accommodation and the appropriate support to enable them to stay in accommodation which they could not otherwise secure 2 -The relief of those in need living in Inverness and the Highlands either generally or individually through the provision of accommodation and/or services 3-To promote social inclusion for the public benefit by preventing people from becoming socially excluded, relieving the needs of those people who are socially excluded and assisting them to integrate into society For the purpose of this clause 'socially excluded' means being excluded from society, or parts of society, as a result of one of more of the following factors: unemployment. financial hardship. youth or old age. ill health (physical or mental). substance abuse or dependency including alcohol and drugs. discrimination on the grounds of sex, race, disability, ethnic origin, religion, belief, creed, sexual orientation or gender re-assignment. poor educational or skills attainment. relationship and family breakdown. poor housing (that is housing that does not meet basic habitable standards). crime (either as a victim of crime or as an offender rehabilitating into society). 4-To promote social inclusion for the public benefit by preventing people from becoming socially excluded, relieving the needs of those people who are socially excluded and assisting them to integrate into society For the purpose of this clause 'socially excluded' means being excluded from society, or part of society, as a result of being a member of a socially and economically deprived community. Maximum text reached, further full information can be obtained directly from the charity.
THE MATTHEW DAULBY FOUNDATION [Charity number: 1209433] THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY (‘THE OBJECTS’) ARE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES RESIDENT IN ENGLAND AND WALES WHO HAVE BEEN THE VICTIMS OF KNIFE CRIME OR ARE SUFFERING FROM BEREAVEMENT OR LOSS AS A RESULT OF KNIFE CRIME BY ISSUING FINANCIAL GRANTS TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF COUNSELLING, MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT SERVICES, VICTIM SUPPORT SERVICES, RESPITE SERVICES AND ALL OTHER FORMS OF RELEVANT ASSISTANCE.
NIACRO [Charity number: NI101599] To achieve the purposes and benefits, NIACRO: • delivers services for and provides advice and support to people who have offended, people who have been in prison, people alleged to have offended, persons who may be at risk of offending, victims of crime and the families of all these people, as well as the communities affected; • provides education, training, employment support, accommodation support, welfare and financial advice(including money management training), guidance, advocacy and representation, recreation and transport for the above categories of person; • provides mediation in the community to prevent crime and facilitate better community relations, supporting both those who are likely to offend and those who are victims of anti-social behaviour; • supports people to maintain their tenancies by working with them and their community to foster integration and prevent problems escalating, including those whose tenancy may be at risk due to anti-social behaviour stemming from mental health problems; • promotes literacy, numeracy and community, family and educational engagement amongst young people both in the community and in care; • supports families to maintain contact when a family member goes into prison, including by facilitating transport to enable family members to visit the prison; • advocate for the rights of people in prison and the promotion of prison reform at both practical and policy levels; • increases public awareness of the problems faced by the above categories of person by the collation and dissemination of information or communication relating to such problems or persons; • promotes and assists the recruitment and training of volunteers; • undertakes research, enquiries and surveys; • receives referrals from and refers to a wide variety of statutory and voluntary services; • organises, sponsors or conducts(whether alone or with other organisations)educational and training courses and meetings, conferences and exhibitions.	£4,905,462