Support for veterans in the justice system is available through various organisations and services such as:

Op NOVA – https://www.forcesemployment.org.uk/programmes/op-nova/

Sacro Veterans Mentoring Service – https://www.sacro.org.uk/services/justice/mentoring

You might have spotted our postcard in the community with key supports, click here for more support. 

• Liberation Support Postcard
• https://morayprotects.co.uk/app/uploads/2025/08/Community-Service-List-MORAY.pdf
• Video – https://youtu.be/CEK3QHZu2JE

Upside– Upside is a national throughcare service, available in all parts of Scotland. Throughcare provides people in short-term custody, or remand with the practical and emotional support they need to transition to community life.

The service is voluntary and addresses any issues an individual may have on release like health, housing, finance, skills and employment. Importantly, Upside will also strengthen connections to family support as required.  

Voluntary Throughcare – We will help you to settle back into the community if you are leaving prison after a short prison sentence or time on remand, and you are not on licence. We can support you with a wide range of things and you can contact us for up to 1 year after your release.

Please access our community support list above for more information. 

Prison to Rehab (P2R) helps people finishing their sentence get into their choice of residential rehab for drug and alcohol recovery. It provides support to make the move from prison to treatment easier, giving them a better chance to rebuild their lives. Click here for local information or visit the national pathway. 

Scottish Prison Service This website provides information for families around visiting and supporting family and friends in prison.

Help, information, and support for families of prisoners Families Outside is the only national charity in Scotland working exclusively on behalf of families affected by imprisonment.

Justice Social Work Justice Social Work aims to reduce reoffending, increase social inclusion of people who have committed offences and enhance public protection. This link will give you information on the services provided.

Money Advice If you are seeking money and benefits advice this link will take you to further resources and can link you with the Financial Inclusion Team.

Homelessness Advice This link will take you to advice should you find yourself homeless or at risk of homelessness.

Scottish Courts This link will take you to the Scottish Courts website. This details the location of courts and the latest advice on attending court. Should you need to pay a fine, follow this link Pay a Fine.

Scottish Legal Aid Board Legal Aid is the help you can sometimes get when you can’t afford to pay your own legal costs. This link will take you to information about Legal Aid.

Community Justice Scotland – Understanding the Justice System Community Justice Scotland have created an interactive, digital map which outlines the key stages of the Scottish justice system. This map shows the range of possible journeys from an alleged crime through to multiple exit points, providing key information and statistics about each step.

Scottish Courts – This website provides the location of courts and the latest news regarding attending court. This site will also give details on sentencing.

Victim Support Scotland – This link will take you to information from Victim Support Scotland who provide victims and witnesses with free, confidential, emotional and practical support, and information about the criminal justice system.

Victim Support Scotland This link will take you to information from Victim Support Scotland who provide victims and witnesses with free, confidential, emotional and practical support, and information about the criminal justice system.

Scottish Legal Aid Board work with victims of crime, witnesses and their family members, regardless of who they are and their circumstances. The service is independent, free, non-judgemental and confidential. They offer bespoke support, personalised to the needs of each individual.

This resource was developed to support courts in understanding and building confidence in the local delivery and impact of community sentencing in Morayhttps://morayprotects.co.uk/app/uploads/2025/10/Moray-Court-Information-Pack-October-2025-1.pdf

Youth Justice https://morayprotects.co.uk/app/uploads/2025/08/Youth-Justice.pdf

Voluntary Throughcare https://morayprotects.co.uk/app/uploads/2025/08/Voluntary-Throughcare-Moray-Council.pdf

Unpaid Work https://morayprotects.co.uk/app/uploads/2025/08/Unpaid-Work.pdf

Justice Social Work Career https://morayprotects.co.uk/app/uploads/2025/08/Justice-Social-Work-Career.pdf

Caledonian System https://morayprotects.co.uk/app/uploads/2025/08/Caledonian-System.pdf

Bail Supervision – Moray https://morayprotects.co.uk/app/uploads/2026/08/Bail-Supervision-Moray.pdf

MF2C – Moray https://morayprotects.co.uk/app/uploads/2026/08/MF2C-Moray.pdf

Diversion – Moray https://morayprotects.co.uk/app/uploads/2026/08/Diversion-Moray.pdf

Structured Deferred Sentence – Morayhttps://morayprotects.co.uk/app/uploads/2026/08/Structured-Deferred-Sentence-Moray.pdf

The ‘Second Chancers’ campaign from Community Justice Scotland offers an insight into lived experience of the justice system in Scotland. 

The Community Justice Scotland Learning Hub is a library of information aimed at colleagues across the justice sector, and beyond, to develop understanding – and support the delivery of projects both nationally and locally. It contains resources split into categories to explore and learn about the different aspects of community justice. It contains information from communications guidance on how to talk about community justice to training materials, images, restorative justice guides and the latest stats and facts. Community Justice Scotland’s national training is also included.

A range of local learning and development opportunities are available through the public protection team. For information please click here

Community Justice Scotland have created a range of national community justice resources which can be found on their website.

Explore the Scottish Justice System through their interactive map.

Their Framing Toolkit is available to support people and organisations to shape how they speak, write and communicate about community justice in ways that have the potential to increase public awareness and confidence in it as a sentencing option.

This online resource provides information about the range of community support services available in Scotland. The information is provided by local Community Justice Partnerships and collated by Community Justice Scotland. It includes details on sentencing measures such as Community Payback Orders, Drug Treatment and Testing Orders, Structured Deferred Sentences, Bail Supervision, Third Sector Programmes and other relevant statutory services and interventions.

Equally Safe and Supported – is a practical set of resources designed to make support and justice accessible to women with learning disabilities who have experienced gender-based violence.

This self-assessment toolkit is designed for use by both frontline staff and service managers working across health, social care, education, justice, and third sector services.

• National Strategy for Community Justice 2022 (https://www.gov.scot/publications/national-strategy-community-justice-2/)
• Community Justice Strategy Delivery Plan 2023 (https://www.gov.scot/publications/national-strategy-community-justice-delivery-plan/documents/)
• Community Justice Performance Framework 2023 (https://www.gov.scot/publications/community-justice-performance-framework/)
• Community Justice Improvement Tool 2023 https://communityjustice.scot/learning-hub/community-justice/a-community-justice-improvement-tool-local-evidence-for-national-outcomes/)
• The Vision for Justice in Scotland 2022 The Vision for Justice in Scotland

Contact Us:

Email: communityjustice@moray.gov.uk

• Moray Community Justice Outcome Improvement Plan (CJOIP)
  • Position Statement
  • CJOIP 2019-22
  • CJOIP 2017-18
  • CJOIP 2024-29
• Annual Report
  • MCJP Annual Report 2024-25
  • MCJP Annual Report 2023-24
  • MCJP Annual Report 2022-23
  • MCJP Annual Report 2021-22
  • MCJP Annual Report 2020-21
• Terms of Reference
  • MCJP Terms of Reference
• MCJP Induction Pack
  • MCJP-Induction-Pack-2025
• MCJP Lived Experience Statement
  • Lived Experience Statement

The Moray Community Justice Partnership was formed in 2017. It comprises a number of national and local organisations that work together to reduce offending in Moray and improve outcomes for people impacted by the justice system.

The Community Justice Act requires each local authority area to have a Community Justice Partnership consisting of statutory partners identified in the Act, in addition to a number of locally identified key partners.

The statutory Community Justice Partners in Moray are:

• Moray Council
• Health & Social Care Moray
• Crown Office & Procurator Fiscal Service
• NHS Grampian
• Scottish Courts & Tribunals Service
• Scottish Fire & Rescue Service
• Scottish Prison Service
• Skills Development Scotland
• Police Scotland

Local Partners:

• Elgin Street Pastors
• Families Outside
• Moray Women’s Aid
• SACRO
• TSI Moray
• Victim Support Scotland
• Department of Work and Pensions
• Moray College UHI
• Moray Rape Crisis
• Moray Wellbeing Hub