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' WORKING TOGETHER TO DELIVER JUSTICE AND PROTECT THE PUBLIC OF WEST MERCIA'

The West Mercia Criminal Justice Board (WMCJB) brings together all of your Local Criminal Justice Agencies to make your Criminal Justice Service a better one, whilst reducing crime and making your community a safer place to live.


This website will provide you with information on all of those agencies, plus other local services, with all the relevant help and support you may need.


If you are a victim of crime, a witness, or have been accused or convicted of a crime this site will provide you with the information you will be looking for. If you are looking for a career within the Criminal Justice Service, tips and real life experiences can all be found here.

 

 Justice Awards 2009

VOTING HAS STARTED! - CLOSING DATE 27th JULY

The Justice Awards campaign highlights, recognises and rewards those CJS staff and volunteers who ‘go the extra mile’.

This year nominations will be open from 14 May until 27 July and as in previous years, a national ceremony will take place on 20 October, during Inside Justice Week. West Mercia will also be holding its own local Awards Ceremony and a winner will be chosen from the nominations. More details to follow.

TO CAST YOUR VOTE CLICK HERE 

Please follow this link for more information http://justiceawards.cjsonline.gov.uk/ 
 

 
'Your say how criminals’ cash is spent'...
You could have a say in how millions of pounds seized from criminals is spent on community projects

A new pilot fund is giving people a say in how the money seized from criminals can be used to benefit their communities in the fight against crime – and you can have a say. The £4 million Community Cashback scheme is being funded by money and assets seized from wealthy criminals. It allows the public to choose which worthwhile community projects are funded by feeding in their views to a new dedicated website, neighbourhood policing meetings or through Citizens’ Panels. Successful bids will have to show how the local community has been involved in selecting the project, demonstrate good value for money and be related in some way to tackling antisocial or criminal behaviour locally. This might include renovating a vandalised play area, investing in a youth centre of installing security measures on a housing estate.

Have your say at:  http://cashback.cjsonline.gov.uk


“The message behind Community Cashback and Community Payback is simple – the public must have a stronger voice in the criminal justice system – after all, it operates on their behalf and must have their backing.”
 

Find more information, FAQ's & useful contacts here

'HAVE YOUR SAY' on Green Paper in Criminal Justice Improvements

A series of new measures to give communities more say in the way justice is done in their area has been announced by ministers.

The new initiatives form part of the Engaging Communities in Criminal Justice Green Paper, published on April 29, which proposes a range of measures to ensure a more effective criminal justice service. This, together with the Policing Green Paper and the Justice Seen Justice Done Campaign, is the Government’s overarching strategy for engaging communities with all elements on the Criminal Justice System. The consultation also forms part of the Government’s response to the Cabinet Office Review ‘Engaging Communities in Fighting Crime,’ led by Louise Casey.
 

The Government encourages and welcomes comments on the proposals in the Green Paper and seek the views of the public and the dedicated professionals and volunteers who work in and with criminal justice organisations.

Have your say about the Engaging Communities in Criminal Justice Green Paper published on April 29. The consulattion runs until 31st July 2009 and you can respond to us at: http://consultations.cjsonline.gov.uk/

For more details click here.
 

 
 

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    60 of years of legal aid :
     

     

 

Legal aid gives people who can least afford it access to justice which:

 

  • provides a vital safety net

  • makes our society a civilised one.
  • But it wasn’t always like this.

The turning point was 60 years ago with the Legal Aid and Advice Act 1949.

Legal Aid Day
 

This year we mark 60 years of legal aid. Legal aid as we know it was born at 11.47am 30 July 1949.

See what´s happening in your area as we mark 60 years of legal aid on 30 July 2009.
 

 

 & The West Mercia Criminal Justice Board

 

LBV TV have joined up with the west Mercia Criminal Justice Board to produce a film about the Criminal Justice System. The film shows the whole process from crime through to sentence.

 

 

A VERY ROYAL VISIT IN WEST MERCIA

Princess Anne visited West Mercia October 2008 to come and visit the 'Good Soil Project' Top Barn Farm, Holt Heath just outside Worcester.

Princess Anne came along to the Project to see what it was all about and witness some of the good work taking place. The project is set up to provide somewhere for Offenders on probation to spend their sentence doing something worthwhile, aiming at distracting them from going back to their old ways and focusing on living a healthier lifesytye, living off the porduce they have helped grow them selves and the animals they have reared.

Rocky Hudson, the Project Co-Ordinator states that the Project 'has had a 50% success rate so far'.

Above; Princess Anne with Rocky Hudson Project Co-ordinator to her right meeting with the offenders working at the farm.

 

 If you would like to make any suggestions  or comments about the site,  please let us know,  we’d love to hear from you. Email: sarah.hickerton@cps.gsi.gov.uk  

 

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