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CHARITY GETS ROYAL SEAL OF APPROVAL
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08:00 - 04 May 2007
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A DOUBLE-decker bus is embarking on a
regional tour to promote Victim Support after the group was chosen
as the charity of the year by East Riding's High
Sheriff.
Following the appointment of Nicholas Hildyard as
the new High Sheriff of the East Riding of Yorkshire, he selected
his chosen charity as Victim Support.
Now a collaboration of
representatives from the charity, the police and the fire service
will travel around the region for three weeks on the
bus.
Tracey Bourne, branch manager for Haltemprice and
Holderness Victim Support, said the tour would be invaluable for
them.
"It is great we have been given this opportunity to get
out to places and people we normally wouldn't reach," she
said.
"Nationally we have been in existence 30 years, but
often people are unaware of the service we can offer. Hopefully by
getting out and about we will be able to help those who need the
support we offer most."
Mr Hildyard, appointed to the
1,000-year-old High Sheriff post, which makes him the Queen's
representative in the region, said: "Victim Support is a terrific
institution and does so much for so many people.
"All the
counsellors working for the charity are volunteers and work hard at
what they do.
"They try to help victims and witnesses, but
often people don't use the service.
"Funding was secured from
the Tribune Trust and Arco to get this tour off the ground and
hopefully it will prove a success.
"We have specifically
chosen areas that we feel would benefit most from the services on
offer at Victim Support."
The High Sheriff's role dates back
to Saxon times before the Norman Conquest and is the oldest
continuous secular office under the Crown.
The bus, provided
by Haltemprice Crime Prevention Panel, will be seen in and around
Hull on weekdays from Tuesday to Wednesday, May 16.
Following
this, the tour will head to the East Riding, starting at Cottingham
on Thursday, May 17, travelling, among other places, to Hessle,
Beverley, Bridlington and Wetwang, near Driffield, before finishing
in Goole on Friday, May 25.
mailto:a.lovell@mailnewsmedia.co.uk
Links
Victim
Support
http://www.victimsupport.org.uk/
Tribune
Trust
http://www.tribunetrust.org/
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