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.
91 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 | 17 | 0.02% |
| £10k - £100k | 17 | 0.02% |
| £100k - £250k | 9 | 0.04% |
| £250k - £500k | 5 | 0.05% |
| £500k - £1m | 3 | 0.04% |
| £1m - £10m | 11 | 0.12% |
| Over £10m | 2 | 0.09% |
| Total | 64 | 0.03% |
Distribution by charity regulator¶
| Regulator | Charities with tag | Percent of all charities |
|---|---|---|
| ccew | 72 | 0.04% |
| ccni | 10 | 0.14% |
| oscr | 9 | 0.04% |
| Total | 91 | 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. |
£339,714,761 |
| 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. |
£50,383,000 |
| 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 |
£6,793,132 |
| 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. |
£6,041,122 |
| 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. |
£5,095,584 |
| 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. |
£2,483,448 |
| 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. |
£2,482,950 |
| 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 |
£2,469,492 |
| 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. |
£2,155,433 |
| SAFE! SUPPORT FOR YOUNG PEOPLE AFFECTED BY CRIME [Charity number: 1143532] SAFE! provides support for young people (between the ages of 8 and 25) who are suffering the negative impacts of crime. Young victims are offered the opportunity to have a series of meetings with a fully trained professional to help them overcome the negative impacts of that experience of a crime. We also offer training and support to other professionals working in youth justice. |
£1,558,916 |
Ten random charities¶
| Name | Latest income |
|---|---|
| RIGHT TO RESIST [Charity number: 1201092] Providing a Deterrent proof and alert mobile phone App to victims of crime. |
£19,594 |
| JAMES BULGER MEMORIAL TRUST LIMITED [Charity number: 1141125] The principal objects and activities of the charity are the provision of resources and facilities that benefit and support young people who are disadvantaged by reason of having become the victims of crime or bereavement and to reward those who are judged to have shown exemplary conduct making a positive contribution to sick or disabled relatives or to the welfare of others or society in general. |
£47,188 |
| VIEWPOINT CENTRE CIO [Charity number: 1172302] To promote social inclusion for people aged 8 - 24 using powerful unmounted horse based interventions with specially trained horses.Professional referrals from : schools, CAMHS, Social Workers, Specialist Agencies, Domestic Violence, Drug & Alcohol for those suffering from a variety of challenges e.g Mental Health - especially anxiety, school exclusion, ADHD, neglect & abuse, victims of crime etc |
£41,235 |
| 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 |
£2,469,492 |
| STEEL WARRIORS [Charity number: 1175317] Steel Warriors believe that young lives should be built on steel, not destroyed by it. We are an innovative sport for good charity, the only one in the UK to melt down seized knives turning the steel into outdoor gyms. Using the sport of calisthenics, we transform the lives of young people affected by crime, violence and social exclusion, giving them the skills and confidence they need to succeed. |
£273,807 |
| CUMBRIA VICTIMS CHARITABLE TRUST [Charity number: 1160978] Cumbria Victims Charitable Trust generates additional income to supplement the funding provided by the Ministry of Justice for victims services. The Trust assists by expanding services to support the needs of victims of crime and antisocial behaviour who are in need of financial assistance to help meet costs incurred as a result of their becoming the victim crime or antisocial behaviour. |
£2,348 |
| 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. |
£928,952 |
| DERTOUR FOUNDATION UK [Charity number: 1212736] THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO (“OBJECTS”) ARE TO ADVANCE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES (ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES) AS THE CHARITY TRUSTEES FROM TIME TO TIME SEE FIT, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO: (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 OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING FACTORS: UNEMPLOYMENT; FINANCIAL HARDSHIP; YOUTH OR OLD AGE; ILL HEALTH (PHYSICAL OR MENTAL); SUBSTANCE ABUSE OR 2 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) THE RELIEF AND ASSISTANCE OF PEOPLE IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD WHO ARE THE VICTIMS OF WAR OR NATURAL DISASTER, TROUBLE, OR CATASTROPHE IN THE FORM OF MONEY (OR OTHER MEANS DEEMED SUITABLE) FOR PERSONS, BODIES, ORGANISATIONS AND/OR COUNTRIES AFFECTED. (3) TO ADVANCE EDUCATION INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, ADVANCING THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE THROUGH THE PROVISION OF: (A) SCHOOL BUILDINGS AND RELATED FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT; AND (B) VOCATIONAL TRAINING. IN THIS CLAUSE “YOUNG PEOPLE” MEANS CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE UP TO AND INCLUDING THE AGE OF 25 YEARS. (4) TO PROMOTE THE CONSERVATION, PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE PHYSICAL AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT AND IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROMOTING ENVIRONMENTAL AND CLIMATE PROTECTION PROJECTS WITH THE AIM OF CONSERVING NATURAL RESOURCES AND ADVANCING THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN CONNECTION WITH THE AFORESAID. (5) TO PROMOTE ANIMAL WELFARE BY ENCOURAGING HUMANE AND RESPONSIBLE BEHAVIOUR TOWARDS ANIMALS AND PREVENTING AND RELIEVING MALTREATMENT, CRUELTY AND SUFFERING AMONG ANIMALS INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, BY SUPPORTING PROJECTS THAT AIM TO PROTECT AND SUPPORT WILDLIFE IN TOURIST AREAS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD AND ADVANCING THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN CONNECTION WITH THE AFORESAID. |
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| SAFE HARBOUR FOR ALL [Charity number: 1210032] TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY WORKING WITH WOMEN WHO HAVE SUFFERED DOMESTIC ABUSE, PARTICULARLY, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, IN COVENTRY AND LONDON, IN WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED ON THE GROUNDS OF THEIR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC POSITION, POOR HOUSING, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP, ILL-HEALTH OR BEING A VICTIM OF CRIME, TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF SUCH PEOPLE AND ASSIST THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY, IN PARTICULAR BY PROVIDING SAFE ACCOMMODATION AND SUPPORT SERVICES TO ASSIST THEIR TRANSITION TO INDEPENDENT LIVING. |
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| 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. |
£2,155,433 |
