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Pre-Trial Resources

All of our resources are free to download and available to any practitioner or service working with survivors of trauma within the criminal justice process. They have been developed in collaboration with survivors, practitioners, the police and the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS), and reflect our national best practice standards. 

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Practice Resources 

Resource Image – Pre-Trial Therapy Protocol
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Pre-Trial Protocol:

a service-level policy for therapy and support providers delivering pre-trial support

Resource Image – Best Practice Standards
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Best Practice Standards:

the Bluestar national best practice standards for pre-trial therapy and support services

Resource Image – Running Groups Pre-Trial
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Running Groups

Pre-Trial:

​a guide for practitioners and services setting up and running groups with children and young people, parents, or adults pretrial

Resource Image – Responding to Notes Request
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Responding to

Notes Requests:

a guide for practitioners and services on how to respond to police requests for records 

Resource Image – Harmful Sexual Behaviour
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Harmful Sexual Behaviour:

a resource outlining best practice dilemmas when working pre-trial with children and young people where harmful sexual behaviour is present

Resource Image – Practice Advice for Police
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Practice Advice

for Police:

a practice advice sheet to support police officers in taking a trauma-informed approach to third-party notes requests

Resource Image – Template Documents
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Template Documents:

a suite of template documents for services to adapt and use

Leaflets

Resource Image – Pre-Trial Leaflet – Adults
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Pre-Trial Therapy

and Support:

a leaflet for adults and parents and carers of children and young people accessing pre-trial support

Resource Image – Pre-Trial Therapy Leaflet
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Pre-Trial Therapy and Support for Children and Young People:

a leaflet designed for children and young people 

Research

Resource Image – Keeping Secrets
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Keeping Secrets:

our 2022 research report exploring the barriers and facilitators to pre-trial therapy and support for children and young people affected by sexual abuse. Funded by the Home Office

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