Family member or friend of a witness referral form

How we'll store and use the information you give us

We'll use the information in this form to contact the person needing support.

You should make sure the person needing support knows:

you’re giving us their personal information
how we'll contact them - for example by phone

We’ll store the information from this form in our case management system. We won’t share it without permission from the person who the information belongs to.

You can check our privacy policy for full details of how we'll store and use the information.

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Tell us about the person who needs support

Their first name(Required)

Their last name(Required)

Their date of birth (Optional)

For example: 20 4 2001

What type of witness are they?(Required)

A witness for the prosecution

A witness for the defence

In need of support in court because someone close to you has died

I'm not sure or I don't know

Their contact details

Only select the contact methods that are safe to use. You can choose more than one option.

How should we contact them?(Required)

Phone

Email

Post

Phone

We can give support over the phone. We’ll call on a weekday between 9am and 7pm.

Their phone number(Required)

If overseas, include the country code. For example +34 for Spain

Is it safe for us to leave them a voice message?(Required)

Yes

No

Is it safe for us to send them a text?(Required)

Yes

No

Contact preferences (Optional)

We’ll do our best to get in contact with them at a convenient time within our opening hours (Monday–Friday, 9am–7pm). Let us know if they’d prefer a specific day or time.

Email address

Email(Required)

Their home address

Address(Required)

Address line 1 Address line 2 (Optional) Town or city County Postcode Country

Their communication needs

Do they have any communication needs? (Optional)

Tell us the best ways we can share information and communicate with them. For example, speaking slowly and clearly, reducing background noise, using easy to understand words, sending information in large print, offering calls using Relay UK.

About the case

Tell us about the case.

Defendant's name (Optional)

The defendant is the person accused of committing the crime.

CPS unique reference number(Required)

This is your CPS Unique Reference Number. You’ll find this on any letters sent you asking you to attend court.

The crime the defendant has been charged with (Optional)

About the case

Tell us about the trial. You can leave these fields blank if you don’t know the answers.

What hearing have they been asked to go to?(Required)

Do you know which court they've been asked to attend?(Required)

Yes

No

Name of the court they've been asked to attend (Optional)

Start typing the name of the court and select it from the dropdown list

Date of hearing (Optional)

For example: 20 4 2023

Any other information

Is there anything else you’d like to tell us? (Optional)

For example, you can tell us about accessibility needs, disabilities or health conditions. This information helps us to be more inclusive and support you better. If you’re filling in the form for someone else, the information should be about them. Don't talk about the crime or incident involved in the court case.