This year Victim Support celebrates 40 years of supporting victims of crime. Starting as a local community project in Bristol, Victim Support has grown into the world’s biggest charity for victims and witnesses. It now contacts more than one million victims of crime every year and helps more than 200,000 people giving evidence in court, with much of the work being delivered by 5,600 dedicated volunteers.
Victim Support has been acknowledging the vital contribution of volunteers, and staff old and new, in a series of celebratory events. In Norfolk, Cafe Britannia at Norwich Prison hosted an afternoon tea for 70 people on Friday 19 September. Those attending the event included High Sheriff of Norfolk, Lady Dannatt (MBE), previous High Sheriffs, Lady Leicester and the Hon Georgina Holloway, Stephen Bett, the Police and Crime Commissioner, Brian Hannah the Chairman of Norfolk County Council, William Armstrong the Sheriff of Norwich and HMP Norwich Governor Will Styles who presented Victim Support with a cheque for £3,000 raised through tips donated at the cafe.
Kate Biles, Divisional Manager for Victim Support said ‘We are so grateful for the support we receive from our Norfolk volunteers, some of whom have been with us more than 30 years, and from our partner organisations and from local people, which has enabled us to be there for victims and witnesses in Norfolk since the 1970’s’.
Find out more about the work of Victim Support here
Norfolk & Suffolk Criminal Justice Board 