Victims' Services Alliance shortlisted for 2012 Charity Times award
Published: 13 August 2012
- Date:
- 13 August 2012
Victims' Services Alliance
The Victims' Services Alliance, a collaboration of 38 charities and organisations, has been nominated for Charity Times' 'cross-sector partnership of the year' award.
The Alliance, initiated by Victim Support which now provides its secretariat, brings together agencies from across the sector to pool their expertise and to work interdependently to represent the interests of bereaved victims.
Javed Khan, Chief Executive of Victim Support, says: "We are absolutely delighted that the Victims' Services Alliance has been nominated for a Charity Times award. The 38 organisations and agencies that form the Alliance have worked hard together to ensure that the voice of victims is heard at the highest level. This award recognises the time, effort and resources that have all contributed to help those bereaved by homicide."
See the full list of partnerships shortlisted for the award
The Alliance’s steering committee members represent:
- Victim Support
- The Lucie Blackman Trust - Missing Abroad
- Escaping Victimhood
- RoadPeace,
- Through Unity
- SAMM National
- Child Bereavement UK
- KnifeCrimes.Org & Victims’ Advocates
- The Jimmy Mizen Foundation
- Remedi
The organisations and charities that have joined the Alliance are as follows:
- Advocacy After Fatal Domestic Abuse
- Aftermath Support
- Assist Trauma Care
- CADD: Campaign Against Drinking and Driving
- Cassandra Learning Centre
- Child Bereavement UK
- Cruse Bereavement Care
- DAMN: Death After Medical Negligence
- Escaping Victimhood
- Families Fighting for Justice
- Grief Encounter Project
- JAGS Foundation
- Jimmy Mizen Foundation
- JAA: Justice After Acquittal
- KnifeCrimes.Org & Victims' Advocates
- Marchioness Action Group
- MAMAA - Mothers Against Murder And Aggression
- MAV: Mothers Against Violence
- National Victims’ Association
- P.A.L.M.S
- Remedi
- RoadPeace
- Road Victims Trust
- SAMM Abroad
- SAMM Merseyside
- SAMM National
- SAMM South East
- SCARD: Support and Care after Road Death and Injury
- The Compassionate Friends Supporting Bereaved Parents and their Families
- The Godwin Lawson Trust
- The Lucie Blackman Trust - Missing Abroad
- The Moira Fund
- The North Southwark Bereavement Care Association
- The Red Poppy Company
- The Robert Levy Foundation
- Through Unity
- Winston's Wish