Warwickshire

Phone

01926 358060

If you’ve been affected by crime, call your local victim care team in Warwickshire. Lines are open 9am-5pm, Monday to Friday.

Supportline

08 08 16 89 111

If you need support outside of your local team’s opening hours, you can call our Supportline for free. Or find other ways to get help.

Get help from your local team

Call us

If you’ve been affected by crime, call your local victim care team in Warwickshire on 01926 358060. Lines are open 9am-5pm Monday to Friday.

If you need telephone support outside of your local team’s opening hours, you can call our Supportline, for free, on 08 08 16 89 111. Supportline is open 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

Go online

Our free live chat support service is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

You can also request support via the website. A member of the team will get back to you within three working days.

My Support Space is a free online resource containing interactive guides aimed at helping you to manage the impact crime has had on you. It’s easy to set up an account and get access to over 70 guides. My Support Space allows you to work through the guides at your own pace.

How we can help

We give free, confidential help to people who have been affected by crime in Warwickshire. We’re an independent charity and you can contact us for support regardless of whether you’ve contacted the police, and no matter how long ago the crime took place. You can also contact us for support regardless of your immigration status in England and Wales.

If you call your local Victim Support team, we’ll provide support that’s personalised to you. We’ll listen with compassion and help you find ways to manage and feel safer. We can also inform you of your rights and the services that you may be entitled to. If you’d like us to, we can refer you to other specialist organisations that can also help.

As well as offering support to people affected by crime, we run a number of specialist services in Warwickshire. These include:

Victim Caseworker

Alongside our team of highly trained and experienced volunteers, we also have a Victim Caseworker who provides support to victims of all types of crimes.

Children and Young People (CYP) Caseworkers

We have specialist CYP Caseworkers who provide support to children and young people, aged between 4 and 18, who have either been the victim of, or witnessed, crime.

Restorative Justice

In partnership with Warwickshire Police and other agencies, Victim Support is helping victims of crime access a bespoke restorative justice service. Restorative justice is a process that brings together people harmed by crime with those responsible for the harm. This communication, using experienced facilitators, enables everyone affected by the crime to repair the harm and find a positive way forward. To make a referral or for general enquiries about restorative justice, please email us.

We work with a number of partner organisations in Warwickshire to make sure you get the support you need. Find out more about some of the services and organisations we work with.

Please note, Victim Support is not responsible for the content of third party websites.

  • Age UK Warwickshire – an independent charity within the Age UK family. They aim to assist over 50s to continue enjoying choice and independence in how and where they live their lives.
  • Bromford Housing – housing association with a growing range of services including; courses to help find work; support to help get tenancies off to the best possible start; money advice; skills coaches to help access the right training or learning opportunities; information and advice about home ownership, and a whole lot more.
  • Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) – a range of services that provide help and treatment to children and young people experiencing emotional or behavioural difficulties, mental health problems, disorders and illnesses.
  • Citizens Advice Witness Service – support for witnesses before, during and after the trial.
  • Coventry and Warwickshire MIND – local mental health charity affiliated to Mind, the leading mental health charity in England and Wales. They develop and deliver quality services with, and for, people with mental health problems.
  • Domestic Abuse Counselling Service (DACS) – charity that provides counselling to victims of domestic abuse in Nuneaton, North Warwickshire and Stratford upon Avon.
  • New Hope Counselling – a counselling service for anyone in Warwick, Leamington Spa and surrounding areas.
  • NSPCC – leading children’s charity fighting to end child abuse in the UK and Channel Islands. Helping children who have been abused to rebuild their lives, protect those at risk, and find the best ways of preventing abuse from ever happening.
  • Nuneaton and Bedworth Health and Wellbeing Service – support to anyone who wants to make positive changes to their lifestyle, including help with healthy eating, weight management, increasing physical activity, reducing alcohol, stopping smoking, and improving mental wellbeing.
  • Nuneaton foodbank – service for people in crisis. Clients can bring a foodbank voucher, provided by a number of organisations, which can be exchanged for three days’ supply of emergency food.
  • RoSA – charity offering confidential services for survivors of rape, sexual violence and childhood sexual abuse throughout Warwickshire and surrounding areas.
  • Safeline – specialist charity for sexual abuse and rape. Offering confidential services for those seeking support – survivors, families, partners, carers, friends – regardless of age, gender or sexual identity, race, disability, or political and religious opinion.
  • Samaritans – available for people to talk to anytime they like, in their own way, and off the record – about whatever’s getting to them.
  • Sycamore Counselling Service – local charity offering a confidential and professional counselling service for adults and young people from Nuneaton, Bedworth and surrounding areas.
  • Targeted Youth Support (TYS) – inspiring young people to achieve the skills to manage their lives, and what it brings, through a creative, challenging and supportive approach.
  • The Blue Sky Centre – Sexual Assault Referral Centre (SARC) – SARC for women, men and children; a single location where any victim of rape or serious assault will receive medical care, police intervention (if you choose to report the crime) and various other support services.
  • The Silver Line – free, confidential helpline providing information, friendship and advice to older people, open 24 hours a day, every day of the year.