Isle of Man Crimestoppers is appealing for young volunteers to consider getting involved to promote awareness of their ‘Fearless’ brand aimed at tackling crime which impacts teenagers. The charity runs Fearless as a dedicated web based service which allows young people to access non-judgemental facts and advice about crime and criminality via the www.fearless.org website. In the Isle of Man there is already visibility of Fearless through a number of sports team sponsorships.

Now young people attending youth groups or school are being offered to chance to get involved in promoting Fearless and encouraging friends to visit the fearless website. Crimestoppers can provide support to help the volunteers promote the Fearless message, and may even be able to arrange for guest speakers to talk to their group.

Phil O’Shea, Acting Chair of Isle of Man Crimestoppers, said:

“Crimestoppers relies on public support from all sections of the community, across all age groups. Our experience suggests that some young people are not always clear about what constitutes a crime, and educating them to know what they can do to protect themselves and their community is the key focus of Fearless. What makes the www.fearless.org website different is that it also provides a safe place to give information about crime - 100% anonymously. We would like to hear from any individuals or groups who want to take an active role in supporting their community by volunteering to promote awareness about Fearless. All they have to do is to find the ‘Be fearless/Like what we do’ tabs on the Fearless website which then provides some further details and directs enquiries to fearless@crimestoppers-uk.org. If contacting fearless@crimestoppers-uk.org, people should highlight that they are from the Isle of Man.”

The Crimestoppers charity in the UK recently celebrated its 25th anniversary, and the Isle of Man branch is now in its 15th year of helping police to fight crime. Crimestoppers in the Isle of Man operates as an independent local charity, but is fully affiliated to the UK charity. Crimestoppers provides a way for all members of the community to pass on information about crime anonymously by ringing the charity’s hotline on 0800 555 111. All calls made from the Island are handled by the UK Crimestoppers’ Call Centre, so Isle of Man callers can therefore be assured of their complete anonymity. Information about any type of crime can also be given anonymously online at www.crimestoppers-uk.org.

In addition to running the anonymous hotline and website channels for members of the public to pass on information anonymously, the charity also promotes regular campaigns aimed at preventing certain types of crime, or promoting support for the fight against crime in particular sections of the community.

Isle of Man Crimestoppers is also looking to recruit a new volunteer Chair for the charity. If you have strong leadership skills and some time to be able to devote to promoting the Crimestoppers message, please contact Phil O’Shea at philoshea2405@outlook.com.

Photo - The home page of the www.fearless.org website.