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Difficulties getting through on the phones
If you are having difficulties getting through on our phonelines, please let the call ring. If none of our agents are able to take the call, the answerphone service will kick...
Support Available for Victims of GAA Catfish Scandal
The GAA Catfish Scandal has dominated the headlines this week in Ireland. Catfishing is the act of pretending to be someone else online, with the intent of tricking another person. While...
Victim Support NI Statement: Criminal Bar Association withdrawal of services from Crown Court.
Victim Support NI is extremely concerned by the withdrawal of services by members of the Criminal Bar Association (CBA) from legal-aided criminal cases due to be held in the Crown Courts...
Planned Criminal Bar Association Strike Action – January 2025
Members of the Criminal Bar Association have announced their intention to withdraw their services from criminal trials due to be held in the Crown Court from 6th January to 31st January...
SEXUAL OFFENCES LEGAL ADVISERS OFFER SUPPORT TO VICTIMS OF HISTORICAL ABUSE
Sexual Offences Legal Advisers (SOLAs) working within Victim Support NI have issued a plea to anyone affected by recent high-profile news reports of convictions for child abuse. We know that these...
Support available following weekend unrest in Belfast
This weekend, there was violence on our streets following an anti-immigration protest held in Belfast city centre. Many businesses which were perceived to be owned by people from ethnic minority communities...
Hate Crime Manifesto June 2024
Join us in calling out hate crime behaviours this year in our anti-hate crime campaign ‘We Stand Together.’ The campaign was launched this month with the publication of our Hate Crime...
19/02/24 – FOYLE HUB ACCESS
Apologies but we are experiencing technical issues at the Foyle Hub today. If you are trying to get through on our phone lines, please leave a message on our answerphone. We...
Victim of Crime Survey, QUB
Queen’s University Belfast are conducting a study into the health of victims of crime. They currently need participants and are looking for victims of any crime to take part. There is...
Victim Support NI welcome new sexual offences legislation
Victim Support NI welcomes the implementation of the third and final stage of The Justice (Sexual Offences & Trafficking Victims) Act (Northern Ireland) 2022. A number of new offences including “up-skirting”,...