Our first campaign
Right to Be RevieweD
A campaign to secure the new Victims’ Right to Review pilot, giving survivors
the right to challenge CPS decisions before cases are dropped.
Powered by Make Yourself Heard (M.Y.H) – a survivor-led platform for arts, activism, and justice – this campaign is working to ensure the Victims’ Right to Review (VRR) pilot becomes permanent, national policy. Because justice shouldn’t be closed behind your back.
M.Y.H is a bold cultural platform amplifying survivor voices through art, storytelling, and campaign action. Its flagship initiative, Right to Be Reviewed, is driving momentum to turn the VRR pilot into lasting policy that protects the rights of survivors across England and Wales.
Campaign Mission
M.Y.H x Right to Be Reviewed is a national survivor-led advocacy campaign demanding that the Victims' Right to Review (VRR) pilot be made permanent and survivor-informed. It centres lived experience, pushes for systemic change, and holds the criminal justice system to account.
Post-Pilot Evaluation Is Vital
While we’re pushing for permanence, we know this must be guided by thorough review. That means:
Understanding what’s working well
Identifying what isn’t
Addressing unintended consequences
Ensuring survivors' lived experiences shape the future of the scheme
Survivors deserve a justice system that is not just symbolic, but effective, fair, and safe in reality. It’s vital we get this right.
our Pillars
The Right to Be Heard: Victims often find out that their cases are dropped without warning. The VRR pilot gives them a voice before it’s too late. That voice must be guaranteed.
From Pilot to Policy: The launch of the pilot marks real progress - and offers genuine hope for survivors whose cases might otherwise be shut down too soon. If implemented well, it could be transformative. Now we must build on that progress and make it permanent. Survivors deserve lasting rights they can trust.
Survivors Are Leading: We are not case studies. We are campaigners. This is survivor-led, experience-powered reform.
Why This Matters
The VRR scheme gives victims of rape and serious sexual offences a chance to request a review before a case is formally closed - a critical shift from the current process, where decisions are often made behind closed doors with no warning. We’re calling for this pilot to become permanent national policy, with survivor experience at its core.
Raising Awareness of the Right to Review
Alongside the push for permanence, the campaign will also focus on widening awareness of the Victims’ Right to Review - a right many survivors never hear about. By creating accessible explainers, survivor-led content, and practical guidance, we aim to ensure that all victims know this right exists, how to access it, and why it matters.
how you can help
Together, we can make sure survivors’ rights are protected, respected, and impossible to ignore.
Follow and Share – Everything runs through Make Yourself Heard (M.Y.H). Follow us on Instagram, X (Twitter), and LinkedIn to stay updated, share our posts, and spread the word.
Write to Your MP – Coming soon: a quick, ready-to-use tool to contact your MP and demand the VRR pilot becomes permanent, national policy.
Join the Conversation – Comment, repost, and tag decision-makers to keep this on the agenda.
Bring Others In – Tell friends, family, and colleagues about the campaign so more survivors know this right exists.
Our Supporters
REAd more about the pilot on gov.uk
Survivors of rape and serious sexual assault given the right to have cases reviewed
Victims of rape and serious sexual assaults who face their cases being dropped by prosecutors will, for the first time, be given the right to have it reviewed by a different prosecutor, as part of the Government’s pledge to halve violence against women and girls and its Plan for Change.
Write To Your Mp
Coming soon: a quick, ready-to-use tool to contact your MP and demand the VRR pilot becomes permanent, national policy.