Anti-social behaviour (ASB) covers a wide range of unacceptable activity that causes harm to communities, the environment and individuals. Broadly speaking, examples of ASB include: Environmental damage Rowdy or nuisance neighbours Abandonment of cars, littering and dumping of rubbish Street drinking and drug taking Prostitution Misuse of fireworks Inappropriate use…
It’s the last thing any business owner, manager or HR professional will want to deal with, but if you suspect hate crime is taking place within your business, we’ve got four tips you can lean on to tackle the issue: 1. Take action as soon as possible Ignoring hostile behaviour…
The Crown Prosecution Service defines hate crime as an incident where the motivation appears to be hostility towards any of the following: race; religion; disability’ sexual orientation; or transgender identity. Hate crime is always wrong and if it has happened to you, it certainly wasn’t your fault. Anyone can be…
Northampton General Hospital (NGH) and Kettering General Hospital (KGH) have agreed to join up with Voice, the free, confidential support service for anyone affected by crime in Northamptonshire. The three organisations came together recently to sign an agreement that will see them working together to ensure patients and staff are…
Welcome to the Voice newsletter! Voice is a free, confidential support service for anyone affected by crime, life changing fire incidents and serious road traffic collisions in Northamptonshire. Our services are available to anyone resident in Northamptonshire, whether a crime has been reported to police or not and regardless of when…
Leaving Neverland is a documentary featuring two men, James Safechuck and Wade Robson, who claim they were abused by the pop star Michael Jackson when they were children. So shocking are the accounts of the alleged abuse, that the singer’s legacy has been called into question. Indeed, if you’ve seen…
New Non-Executive Director, Suzanne Burke, tells the story of her journey to Voice I joined the Civil Service in the year 2000 as a member of the Child Support Agency. This was quite a new agency at the time, and the work I undertook whilst in that position inspired me to…
Two new remote video link centres which can connect to Northamptonshire and UK-based courts will soon be made available for use by vulnerable witnesses required to give evidence. The remote links will enable some of the most vulnerable witnesses to give their evidence and be cross-examined without having to…
I joined the police in 1996 having spent a number of years in the army. Later, I became a firearms officer on the Roads Policing Unit. Armed response and traffic officers have always worked closely together, and I spent eighteen years on the armed response team, dealing with a variety…
England’s Children’s Commissioner, Anne Longfield, recently suggested that children “remain an afterthought” for the world’s biggest social media companies. Social media has spent a fair amount of time in the headlines recently, and with children gaining access to platforms such as Facebook and Instagram at an increasingly early age, parents…
