Mission

To provide practical support to families with a loved one missing, murdered or in crisis overseas.

Category

Family Support

Additional Information

Formed after the brutal killing in Japan of Lucie Blackman in 2000, The Lucie Blackman Trust exists to support British nationals in crisis overseas. We originally intended to provide free advice and training on safety overseas, but soon realised there was a greater job to do. Providing families with information, liaison, advice and support throughout a missing person's case overseas remains a core part of our operations. Every year we reunite many families with the loved one they feared they may never see again. The skills, knowledge and contacts we have gained in years of providing this support, along with a mutually respected relationship with the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, have enabled us to expand our remit, and we are now able to help victims of any type of serious crime. We have been a commissioned service provider to the Ministry of Justice / Victim Support National Homicide Service for several years and through this we are able to provide a revolutionary level of care to families of British murder or manslaughter victims after 2010. Now we can offer advice, logistical support, problem solving, fundraising support and much more to victims of any serious crime overseas.