Contact Us

You can contact us by phone, email or complete the form.

Victim Care & Mentor Service PO Box 450 DURHAM DH1 5WP
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Making A Complaint

If you wish to make a complaint about the service provided by VCAMS or a member of the team it is important to fully understand the nature of your complaint in order that we can resolve it for you, learn from mistakes and improve our practices.  Please provide us with the following information:

  • What were the circumstances?
  • Who was involved?
  • When did this occur?
  • How have you been affected?
  • What outcome would you like to see?

Please put your complaint in writing to:

Chief Executive
Durham Police and Crime Commissioner' Office
Police Headquarters
Aykley Heads
Durham
DH1 5TT

FAQs

Please browse our FAQs below, and get in touch if you have any further questions.

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Will my personal details be shared with other organisations?

We promise that all information you provide to us ‐ verbally or in writing ‐ will be kept confidential within the Victim Care and Advice Service. This information will not be shared externally unless you expressly instruct us to do so or unless we are required to under law.

We will take our time to establish the best way to communicate with you; for example, which email address, phone number or other contact method you want us to use. We will take any other steps that you need us to take to protect your privacy.

Help With Reporting
How do I make a complaint to police?

We can provide you with advice about making a complaint

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I don’t want to report this to police, can I still get support?

Yes, you can still receive our support

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Do you tell the police everything we discuss?

We promise that all information you provide to us ‐ verbally or in writing ‐ will be kept confidential within the Victim Care and Advice Service.

This information will not be shared externally unless you expressly instruct us to do so or unless we are required to under law.

We will take our time to establish the best way to communicate with you; for example, which email address, phone number or other contact method you want us to use. We will take any other steps that you need us to take to protect your privacy.