This tender seeks to acquire a restorative justice delivery partner.

Core principles underpinning the service sought:

• An ‘end to end’ accessible service without time limits regardless of the process of related criminal proceedings.

• Positive and proactive approach to work with all victims.

• Victim led support tailored to meet individual needs.

Expected Outcomes:

• Improve victim satisfaction.

• Increase offender awareness of the impact of their criminal behaviour.

• Empowering victims to have a voice in how an offence has affected them.

• Reduced offender recidivism.

• Improvements in reported health and well-being of victims.

• Increased sense of personal safety for victims.

• Increased numbers of victims aware of their rights and aware of support services available.

• Improved victim awareness of restorative justice and its benefits by monitoring effectiveness of its promotion.

The PCC for Merseyside is allocated grant funding by the Ministry of Justice for victims’ services. The grant is issued to commission and/or provide and develop victims’ support services, including Restorative Justice (RJ), for Merseyside.Restorative Justice brings those harmed by crime and those responsible for the harm into communication with each other. Restorative Justice offers victims an opportunity to be heard, to ask questions of the offender and to have their say in what they want to h