DOZENS of yellow balloons were released to herald the shake-up of a charity that helps 17,000 victims of crime every year in County Durham.
Victim Support works for witnesses and victims of crime by helping them regain their confidence, steering them through the often bewildering legal system and counselling them.
This week the charity was relaunched following a big restructuring operation in the area. The running of Victim Support's seven community and five court-based branches will now be done by a new area board made up of representatives from all the branches.
To mark the event, 91 balloons were released, representing the number of victims and witnesses helped by Victim Support in County Durham and Darlington every day. The charity originally planned to release 17,000 balloons, the number of victims and witnesses helped each year, but air traffic controllers feared so many would pose a hazard to aircraft.
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