A blue light whistle blower is someone who is a victim of someone employed by one of the blue light services. Blue Light Whistle Blowers is a new charity dedicated to providing an anonymous way to whistle blow on wrongdoing within the fire, police or ambulance services. The specialist charity, is being launched at the House of Commons in room W3 at 12 o clock on 6 June 2023, for MPs and the national media which has been sponsored by Bob Blackman MP. The charity is an independent service that will provide an exclusive bespoke service to support victims of crimes committed by Blue Light employees, involved in policing, ambulance trusts and fire and rescue. The service provided by the charity will make it is easier for victim whistle blowing, and significantly, it will support the victims of these crimes until they are ready to substantiate any allegations. Blue Light Whistle Blowers will represent blue light victims in England and Wales. It has applied for registration as a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO) to support whistle blowers and victims of blue light employees. The charity defines blue light services as serving police officers, current serving firefighters, whether wholetime or on-call, paramedics, first responders and others employed by ambulance trusts who are involved in attending 999 incidents. The independent service is overseen by a diverse board of five trustees including:
We currently comprise of 5 trustees, with broad section of skills. The trustees have all provided their time for free, and have been responsible for developing the process of what BLWB will do.
