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14/11/2003
MPs' 'Focus Day' highlights work of Victim Support
Visiting his local Victim Support today, Home Secretary David Blunkett welcomed the Focus Day to encourage MPs to learn more about the help available for victims of crime.
The Home Secretary met staff and volunteers in Sheffield who last year helped over 7,634 victims and witnesses cope with the effects of crime, including burglary, hate crime, sexual assault, domestic violence and homicide.
The Victim Support 'MPs' Day' offers an opportunity for MPs to meet representatives from their local branches and find out more about their work.
The Home Secretary said: "Supporting victims is a worthwhile end in itself but it is also fundamental to successfully re-balancing the Criminal Justice System in favour of victims. We want to put their needs at its very heart.
"The government appreciates the work of the staff and the volunteers at Victim Support, who provide a valuable service for victims and witnesses."
In recognition of the valuable service that Victim Support offers nationally to victims and witnesses, government funding to the charity has more than doubled since May 1997, from £11.7 million to £30 million this year.
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The Home Secretary met staff and volunteers in Sheffield who last year helped over 7,634 victims and witnesses cope with the effects of crime, including burglary, hate crime, sexual assault, domestic violence and homicide.
The Victim Support 'MPs' Day' offers an opportunity for MPs to meet representatives from their local branches and find out more about their work.
The Home Secretary said: "Supporting victims is a worthwhile end in itself but it is also fundamental to successfully re-balancing the Criminal Justice System in favour of victims. We want to put their needs at its very heart.
"The government appreciates the work of the staff and the volunteers at Victim Support, who provide a valuable service for victims and witnesses."
In recognition of the valuable service that Victim Support offers nationally to victims and witnesses, government funding to the charity has more than doubled since May 1997, from £11.7 million to £30 million this year.
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