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Victim-led Organisations Network

Supporting Organisations Running Projects relating to Gun and Knife Crime

Following bereavement through gun or knife crime the families and friends of victims often feel compelled to find solutions that address issues relating to gun and knife crime.

For many this is something positive they can do in the face of such indescribable loss, creating a positive legacy in memory of the person who died. Many set up groups with one or more of the following objectives:

• Working with young people who are at risk of gun or knife crime in their community
• Campaigning against gun or knife crime
• Self help and support for parents, siblings or friends of those lost through gun and knife crime

Victims and their families come to develop these projects as ordinary individuals whose lives have been irrevocably changed by crime. Many struggle to develop the infrastructure of their organisation and therefore struggle to secure funding or get their voices heard by policy makers.

This two year project will see the development of a network of victim-led organisations who want to run their own projects to impact on gun and knife crime.

The main aims of the project are:

• To strengthen the collective voice of the family and friends of gun and knife crime victims
• To help client groups effectively engage with policy makers
• To improve and strengthen the organisational infrastructure and project management of victim – led community safety and crime reduction projects (e.g. governance, fundraising abilities, monitoring and evaluation skills)
• To improve the skills of individuals in giving presentations and public speaking
• To increase partnership working and mutual support between victims groups
• To raise the profile of victims issues through publishing articles, case studies and “good practice guides”

As well as access to capacity building advice and training, this network will provide opportunities for mutual support between client organisations and the opportunity to work in partnership. The project will also provide best practice toolkits, factsheets and policy updates to support the work of client organisations.

Project Ethos and Management

The project will be managed by a dedicated Capacity Building Officer who will provide one to one advice and support as well as facilitate network meetings. However, a central tenet of this network is that it will be steered, shaped and directed by the clients it exists to help.

The network will enable members themselves to define the support they need from it. This could include anything from bespoke training to arranging collective meetings with policy makers.

If you think the Victim-led Organisations Network could help you, please contact CSAS for an informal chat about your work or project idea and to find out more about joining.

Lead Officer: Andre Joseph
E: andre.joseph@lat.org.uk 
T: 020 7793 3730

This project is funded by the Safer London Foundation