In a letter to Clive Black,
Rhiannon Evans at Victim Support has extended an invitation to local Defence
Practitioners to engage with Victim Support.
Rhiannon would be pleased to
hear from members of the Wolverhampton Law Society who wish to gain an insight
into the work of her organisation.
Here is the text of her
letter together with her contact details.
“Dear Mr Black,
I’m writing to you as the
Law Society’s Midlands relationship manager to try to develop relationships
with the law society and its members with the Witness Service in the Midlands
area. The Witness Service is run by the charity Victim Support and provides a
free independent service to all witnesses including defence witnesses and their
supporters in every criminal court in the country. Historically there has
been a lack of take up of our support from the defence community but we are
heavily committed to trying to change this by raising awareness of our
services. I was wondering if you might be able to assist me in trying to
achieve this or could provide me with contacts in order to do this. I’m willing
to attend meetings to give presentations or forward information via email if
that would be best.
At the start of the year I
was asked by Richard Atkinson to give a talk to the national criminal law
committee regarding our work and colleagues attended the national conference in
May to talk about our services too. As I work specifically in the West
Midlands I thought it would be helpful to get in contact with yourself as the
regional law society reps to see how we can raise awareness at a regional level
in addition to our national work.
I look forward to hearing
from you regarding developing our links.
Regards
Rhiannon”
Rhiannon
Evans
.
