Anti-Social Behaviour (ASB) Victims and Witnesses Champion
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Anti-Social Behaviour (ASB) Victims and Witnesses Champion
This project is managed by The Safer Luton Partnership (SLP) and is funded through the London Luton Airport Community Fund and is delivered through a Service Level agreement (SLA) with Luton Borough Council (LBC). The project is based on the previously funded Victims and Witnesses Champion work as part of the Justice Seen Justice Done Campaign, a cross government programme to address public concerns about crime and justice, while raising the public’s awareness and understanding of the services they are entitled to from the police and other agencies, including those for victims. The overall aim of this project is to deliver practical help and support to those who are victims or witnesses of ASB.
Over the years the ASB Victims and Witnesses Project has gone through several changes to enable us to support the most vulnerable victims and witnesses of ASB in Luton. The Project is currently based with the Priority ASB Team. The Priority ASB Team is now well established, and we continue to work as a team. The assessment matrix has ensured that we are supporting the most vulnerable victims of ASB. The project works in close partnership with Bedfordshire Police, LBC, and social housing providers in Luton. We currently accept referrals from the Priority ASB Team, Bedfordshire Police Signpost Hub, Local Community Policing Teams, LBC Investigation Hub, LBC Housing and Self-Referrals.
The ASB Victims and Witnesses Champion has become an integral component of Luton’s ASB victim’s response services.
Intervention on offer to clients:-
• Home-Visits
• One to one support
• Regular updates as to the progress of their case
• Liaising with relevant partners on behalf of clients
• Passing on clients concerns onto relevant partners
• Multi-agency case meetings
• Providing information regarding the rights of the victims and witnesses
• Level of service the victims & witnesses can expect from the council & police
• Referrals onto other relevant partners
• Support completing forms
• Orientation visits to court
• Support in Court
• Support to get to and from court where required