Events and Engagement
Community engagement aims to improve public confidence in the Criminal Justice System by strengthening links between the justice agencies, Magistrates and the communities they serve. It is founded in the principle that that a public service is most effective if the people that it serves are genuinely engaged in its activities.
For more information on any of the events below, or if you would like to be informed of future events, please contact the LCJB Support Team.
PLANNED EVENTS
- There are currently no events planned. This page will be updated shortly with details of upcoming events.
SOME OF OUR PREVIOUS EVENTS
- Domestic Violence Awareness Week (23 - 27 November 2009) - To support work and activities across Devon and Cornwall during domestic violence awareness week the LCJB held a You Be The Judge session per day across the area.
- Inside Justice Week (17 - 24 October 2009) included a number of activities across Devon and Cornwall. For more details visit our Inside Justice Week page.
- TIME FOR CHANGE ROADSHOW - Wednesday 23 September 2009
"STRICTLY Come Dancing star Camilla Dallerup had Exeter shoppers, workers and even a policeman waltzing to highlight a new campaign.
The professional ballroom dancer, who won the BBC show last year with celebrity partner Holby City actor Tom Chambers, was in Princesshay yesterday stepping forward against the discrimination faced by people with mental health problems.
Ms Dallerup has joined the Time to Change campaign, which teamed up with Devon and Cornwall police and the Devon Partnership NHS Trust, to bring the event to the city in a bid to change attitudes towards mental health issues.
Asked why she had got involved with the campaign, she said: “I think dancing and being active can have a positive effect on people with all sorts of illnesses, including mental health problems." (from www.thisisexeter.co.uk) [NB: Link to external website]
- YOU BE THE JUDGE EVENT (domestic violence themed cases) in Barnstaple - Monday 1 June 2009
- YOU BE THE JUDGE EVENT (with the Institute of Advanced Motorists) - Monday 19 January 2009, Wednesday 1 July 2009
- TORBAY OLDER PERSONS CONFERENCE - Tuesday 21 October 2008
- VISIT BY THE LORD CHANCELLOR - Friday 8 June 2007
Lord Falconer of Thoroton, the Secretary of State for Justice, visited the Community Justice Court team. "It is important to make a much stronger connection between communities and the court system," Lord Falconer said. BBC News article.
- COMMUNITY ROADSHOW IN PLYMOUTH AND EXETER
The LCJB have recently had the opportunity to make a short film about Community Justice with a company called LBV TV. They use the latest high-definition technology to make films that are shown on a video wall in public areas. The three minute film was screened on the following dates and locations: 29/1/2007 – 4/2/2007 at the Exeter Guildhall Shopping Centre 05/2/2007 – 10/2/2007 at the Plymouth Drake Circus Shopping Centre.