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Airtel Vodafone donate 10 mobile phones

Aitrel Vodafone have very kindly donated 10 handsets and sims to us! These will be used by our volunteers to help them to keep in touch with their clients much more easily. As the volunteers are not office-based, it is important they have a secure and confidential way to contact their clients - these phones provide just that. We are very grateful to Airtel Vodafone for their generous donation!

Witness Service DVD

Our Witness Service DVD is now available on YouTube! If you are called to give evidence and would like to know what to expect please be sure to watch it. Or, if you are just curoius about what attending court is like then have a look too.

The DVD is available here.

Witness Service is here to help anyone who has to attend court to give evidence, whther you are for the defence or the prosecution. Please do contact us if you would like our assistance.

Inter-Island Conference

On Friday, 17 June, Victim Support Jersey hosted the second Annual Inter-Island Conference at the Royal Yacht Hotel.  Over 80 delegates attended for the half-day event - some had travelled from Guernsey, the Isle of Man and even from Scotland to be here. 

The Bailiff of Jersey, Mr Michael Birt (Patron of Victim Support Jersey) opened the conference for us and highlighted the importance of the work we do within the Criminal Justice System.  This was followed by a presentation from Mr Brian Heath, vice-chairman of Victim Support Jersey, who spoke of our role supporting people affected by the Haute de la Garenne Enquiry.  Chantelle Rose, Restorative Justice Officer, took to the stage to give an insight into her work with victims of crime and the offenders who commit the crimes against them.  Finally, Pat Moffatt, from the Mankind Inatiative, shared her insights into male domestic abuse and agreed it is a subject which needs more attention and more resources. 

The presentations by all three speakers are available here.

 We would like to say a big thank you to all the speakers, and to Mr Philip Le Brocq, who was compere for the morning and did a wonderful job helping the whole event go smoothly.  We would also like to thank the Lloyds TSB Foundation for the Channel Islands and the Jersey Domestic Violence Forum who provided some sponsopship for the event.  We are delighted so many people supported us, in both their attendence at the Conference and in many other ways. 

Gala Dinner

Following the conference on Friday, we hosted a Gala Dinner in the evening to celebrate the sucess of the conference and promote the work of Victim Support Jersey to attendees.  A truly excellent evening was had by all - over 120 people attended, and we are very grateful for everyone's support.  We had three brilliant singers - Zoe, Ashley and Melody, and an excellent band - the Grumpy Old Men, who played some classic dancing songs, much to the delight of the guests.  We would like to pass our thanks to them, and also to the following people, who helped the night to go smoothly!

  • Kate Taylor and Dan Williams, for all their input and help with organisation, and also for Kate's compering skills on the evening - we couldn't have done it without you both
  • Philip Le Brocq, for being an excellent auctioneer and for drawing our raffle, and to Sally Le Brocq for donating raffle and auction prizes and for being so supportive over the past few weeks
  • Alan from NA Balloons and Events for (again!) generously lending his skills, time and equipment to make the room look beautiful
  • Anna from Image CI, again, we couldn't have pulled off this event without your help and expertise
  • The Royal Yacht Hotel - as usual, the food was excellent and the service was impeccable - thank you all
  • Conor and Will Burgher (our sound and lighting technicians) and Rebecca, Beth and all the other helpers Dan roped in - you were indispensible on the night and we were so pleased to have you there

  • And finally, to everyone who generously donated a raffle or auction prize - the table was bowed under the weight of them all! Airtel Vodafone, Jersey War Tunnells, St Catherine's Sailing Club, The Radisson Hotel, Caring Hands, Randalls (The Goose and the Tenby), Kirsa at Pure Skin, Corinne Kane, Margaret Correia, Kate Taylor and Operation Goodwill. 

Photo's will be uploaded to Facebook in the next few days, be sure to have a look! Thank you again to everyone who came and to everyone who helped make the night such a sucess.

 

Male Victims of Domestic Abuse

Ahead of our conference next month, Channel Television have highlighted the reality of males as victims of domestic abuse within Jersey, with 90 reported incidents last year against 74 different men.  The article can be seen here.  If you are interested in learing more and would like to attend our conference please contact us. And to help us to continue with our work please support us by attending our Gala Dinner!

 

The Royal Reception

We would like to say a huge thank you to everyone who is supporting us in coming along to our Royal Reception on Friday 29 April. We had a fabulous day and do think it was more fun that going to Buckingham Palace!

We are really grateful to the lovely people listed below who are helped us to make it a fabulous day:

And a special mention must go to the lovely Anna from Image PR - without her the event just wouldn't have happened!

The photos of the day are now on facebook - be sure to stop by for a look so you can see how brilliant the day was.  Thank you all once again.