Victim Navigator Programme Accreditation: Public Consultation
November 21, 2025
We are inviting partners, professionals and people with lived experience to share their views on the draft national standards for the Victim Navigator Programme. Your feedback will help shape the final accreditation framework, ensuring the model remains survivor-centred, independent and aligned with best practice across the UK.
About the Victim Navigator Programme
The Victim Navigator Programme places trained Navigators alongside police and frontline partners to support survivors of modern slavery to access safety, care and justice. Navigators act as an independent, trusted bridge between survivors, law enforcement and support services, offering trauma-informed support throughout the recovery and justice process.
To learn more about the programme, read the Victim Navigator programme overview here.
The draft national standards have been developed by the Victim Navigator Programme Accreditation Steering Group, which includes survivors, police partners, frontline organisations and sector experts.
About the consultation
We are now seeking feedback from:
- Survivors and people with lived experience
- Police, ROCUs, NCA, probation and safeguarding leads
- NGOs, VCC/SVMS providers and frontline practitioners
- Commissioners, PCCs and local authorities
- Academics, legal experts and human rights specialists
- Anyone engaged in survivor support or justice outcomes
Your insight will help ensure the standards reflect lived experience, professional expertise and the realities of frontline delivery.
Read the draft standards
Each draft standard can be viewed below. You may comment on as many or as few as you wish.
How to take part
There are two ways to contribute to this consultation. You are welcome to complete either form — or both.
1. General Consultation Form
Use this form if you would like to comment on the draft standards themselves. All questions are optional.
→ Victim Navigator Programme – Accreditation Consultation Form – Fill in form
2. Values & Survivor Experience Form
A plain-language, values-based version of the consultation. This option may be preferred by survivors or partners less familiar with the technical detail of the programme model.
→ Values Consultation Form – Victim Navigator Programme Accreditation – Fill in form
If you complete one form, you are welcome — but not required — to complete the other.
Accessibility and alternative formats
We can provide the consultation in alternative formats (including translated versions, large print, or Easy Read), or support NGOs wishing to run facilitated sessions with survivors.
Please contact: paula.murphy@justiceandcare.org
Contact details and consent
You may choose to share contact details when completing the forms. If you do, this indicates your consent to be contacted with updates about this consultation and its outcomes.
Thank you
Your feedback will play a vital role in shaping the future of the Victim Navigator Programme and strengthening support and justice for survivors nationwide.
Consultation closes at 5pm on 20 February 2026.
