Anyone can be a victim of crime. We are here to help. We give free and confidential help to victims of crime, their family, friends and anyone else affected.
We give information, emotional support and practical help. You don’t have to report a crime to the police to get our help and can get support at any time, whenever the crime happened. We are not a government agency or part of the police. Although we work closely with the police, courts and other parts of the criminal justice system, we are quite separate. The help we give is confidential and free.
If you ask for our help, we won’t tell anyone without your permission – unless it’s an emergency and we think someone’s safety is at risk. If you chose to report a crime to the police they will automatically refer you to us (unless you tell the police not to pass on your details to us). Or you can contact us directly or ask your GP or any other agency to put you in touch with us. We also campaign for greater rights for victims and witnesses and to raise awareness. We visit schools to give Safety Awareness talks and we go to other agencies and organisations to talk about our work – if you would like us to come along to talk to you please get in touch. Witness Service is run by us to help victims and witnesses called to give evidence in the Magistrate’s Court and the Royal Court. We can also accompany people to the Civil Courts. We have a local office co-ordinating our local services – Victim Support Jersey is a partner of the UK Victim Support scheme, an independent national charity which helps people cope with crime. There is a network of branches covering the whole of England and Wales. Nationally the scheme deals with almost 1.5 million victims of crime every year. There are separate organisations covering Scotland, Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.
