Welcome to our new website. If you have any comments or suggestions, please email

voice@voiceuk.org.uk.

We are a national charity supporting people with learning disabilities and other vulnerable people who have experienced crime or abuse. We also support their families, carers and professional workers.

We provide a telephone Helpline service - see details below.

HELPLINE SERVICE NEW OPENING HOURS

Please note our new opening hours for the Helpline are:

Monday 9 am to 5 pm
Tuesday 9 am to 5 pm
Wednesday 9 am to 7 pm
Thursday 9 am to 5 pm
Friday 9 am to 5 pm

OUR NEW HELPLINE TELEPHONE NUMBER IS 080 880 2 8686
Calls to this number will not show up on your telephone bill and are free from mobiles and most landlines.

You can also contact our Helpline service through Windows Live MSN Messenger - sign in and add helpline@voiceuk.org.uk

Our statistics show that calls to our office from people needing advice and assistance are increasing steadily. Each new case represents a shocking, traumatic event for a person with learning disabilities and their families and carers.

 

CURRENT VACANCIES

VULNERABLE VICTIMS SUPPORT AND SAFETY AWARENESS PROJECT
SESSIONAL FACILITATORS - supporting VOICE UK's Regional Worker and Volunteers with disabilities. Flexible hours - between 10 and 20 hours per month. £12.00 per hour.

Please request an application form and job description from: voice@voiceuk.org.uk

 

Please download our leaflet giving details of all the services VOICE UK provides. (PDF)

VOICE UK has signed the Race for Justice declaration and is committed to gaining equal access to justice for vulnerable victims of crime. (see Race for Declaration PDF)

VOICE UK RESPONSE TO THE FIONA PILKINGTON AND FRANCESCA HARDWICK CASE

In recent days there has been much discussion about the failings of authorities in Leicester in relation to the tragic deaths of Fiona Pilkington and Francesca Hardwick. This truly was a tragedy and we must think firstly about the sadness of the family members and extend our sympathies to them as their grief is once again, public knowledge. If the column inches generated do anything they must highlight the dangers of not listening to vulnerable people when they are trying to tell us what is happening to them. We can call this tragedy anti-social behaviour, we can call it hate crime, we can call it many things. It won't bring them back.

What we can do is listen, act and make a difference. Each of us is responsible for our community and our neighbours, whoever they are.

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