Safety Net (Carlisle) Advice and Support Centre

Changing professional practice, policies and the law.

Safety Net Advice and Support Centre works at local and national levels promoting the rights and welfare of Children and Young People who have been victims of Sexual and Domestic Violence.

Safety Net Advice and Support Centre lobbies key decision makers such as MPs, Civil Servants and the Crown Prosecution Service to ensure they put in place policies that are best for protecting children and young people. We respond to Government consultation documents. We do our best to ensure that new legislation is appropriate and that the welfare of children and young people who have been victims of sexual or domestic violence remains high on the political agenda.

Victim's Advisory Panel

The Chief Executive Officer of Safety Net sits on the Victim’s Advisory Panel, a statutory body which works with the Office for Criminal Justice Reform, Ministers and Policy Makers to ensure Victims and Witnesses are treated fairly within the Criminal Justice System and that they needs are met at that crucial stage in their lives.

We're making a difference...

• Sexual Offences Victim Satisfaction Survey: Feasibility Study (Home Office)
• Improving the Criminal Trial process for young witnesses (OCJR)
• Citizen Focus, A practical guide to improving police follow-up with victims and witnesses. (OCJR)
• Sentencing Guidelines – Forward Work Programme (Sentencing Advisory Panel)
• Revised Magistrates’ Court Sentencing Guidelines (Sentencing Advisory Panel)
• Convicting Rapists and protecting Victims – justice for victims of rape (OCJR)
• New proposals for victims to put forward their views to the parole board (National Offender Management Service)
• The Child Sex Offender Review: An Update (OCJR)
• Millie the Witness (Crown Prosecution Service)
• Jerome Goes to Court (Crown Prosecution Service)