Useful links

• This national website is designed to provide access to information about the service, its work and its effectiveness and to act as a reference point for further information.
  www.probation.homeoffice.gov.uk
• Napo is the trade union, professional association and campaign organisation for more than nine and a half thousand people working in the National Probation Service and the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service (Cafcass). Our members work in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.
  www.napo.org.uk
• The Wiltshire Criminal Justice Board has been launched to transform the way the Criminal Justice system works to prevent, catch, convict and rehabilitate more criminals in Wiltshire. This will promote delivery of a more effective Criminal Justice Service in Wiltshire. WCJB consists of Chief officers from the following Agencies: Wiltshire Constabulary, Crown Prosecution Service (CPS), HM Courts Service (HMCS), Youth Offending Teams (YOT), Probation, The Prison Service.
  http://lcjb.cjsonline.gov.uk/Wiltshire/home_new.html
• If you have come into contact with the criminal justice system as a victim of crime, a witness, juror or you have been accused or convicted of a crime then this site can help
  www.cjsonline.org
• The Crown Prosecution Service is responsible for prosecuting people in England and Wales charged with a criminal offence.
  www.cps.gov.uk
• Latest Police news in Wiltshire plus information on local policing, crimestoppers, neighbourhood watch, appeals, cctv and jobs
  www.wiltshire.police.uk
• The Court Service is an executive agency of the Department for Constitutional Affairs, which has its own website.This covers policy, legislation and the Magistrates' courts.
  www.courtservice.gov.uk
• On this site you can find out about the work carried out in prisons throughout England and Wales.
  www.hmprisonservice.gov.uk
• The Youth Justice Board for England and Wales is an executive non-departmental public body. Our 12 board members are appointed by the Home Secretary.
  www.yjb.gov.uk
• All of the subjects here are relevant to the operation of the Home Office as a whole, as distinct from one of our policy areas, such as Crime & Policing or Immigration and Nationality.
  www.homeoffice.gov.uk
• DCA is responsible in government for upholding justice, rights and democracy. Our objectives are to: provide effective and accessible justice for all; ensure people's rights and responsibilities; and enhance democratic freedoms by modernising the law and the constitution.
  www.dca.gov.uk
• The Legal Secretariat to the Law Officers' objective is to provide high- grade legal advice and support to the Attorney General and the Solicitor General (the Law Officers). The Attorney General, assisted by the Solicitor General, is the chief legal adviser to the Government. The Attorney General also has certain public interest functions, for example, in taking action to protect charities.
  www.lslo.gov.uk
• This site provides links to Official Police Forces - both regional and non- regional - and related organisations.
  www.police.uk
• The Latest National Police News
  www.policereform.gov.uk
• Victim Support is the independent charity which helps people cope with the effects of crime. We provide free and confidential support and information to help you deal with your experience.
  www.victimsupport.org
• The Crime Reduction Website provides information and resources for people working to reduce crime in their local area.
  www.crimereduction.gov.uk
• This website aims to provide information to a variety of people, whether they wish to seek advice on their own or another’s substance use, are a professional looking for a route of referral for a client or a worried parent seeking out some basic information on an issue that is of increasing concern to many.
  www.drugsinwiltshire.org.uk
• For information on finding accommodation for people who need support to help them live independently please visit the Supporting People Directory of Services website.
  www.spdirectory.org.uk
• Based in Wiltshire, Alabaré Christian Care Centres provide high-quality services to some of the most vulnerable and disadvantaged people in society.
  www.alabare.co.uk

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