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We are an award winning service user team, who on 2nd June 2014 were awarded the equivalent of an MBE, by Her Majesty the Queen. We manage local service user involvement work (forums, consultations, research etc.) In addition we offer individuals who have been in any way affected by addiction and social exclusion, the opportunity to move forward with their lives. We support access to opportunities within education, training, volunteering and employment. We do this by way of offering tailored and bespoke support (by people in recovery) to our visitors and service users alike. We have supported 131 people into sustainable employment within the last 4 and a half years (Jan 2011 to July 2015) and believe that everyone has the power change. We recruit volunteers to support our work (all 4 staff members volunteered initially). We also offer recreational activities to increase social networks and they are free for the participants.
Contact
Address
16 Temple Street,
West Midlands,
WV2 4AN,
United Kingdom
Work Tel. No.
01902 328983
ccole@wolverhamptonvsc.org.uk
Website
In Brief
Charity Number
700910
No. of Paid Staff
4
No. of Volunteers
12
Does the organisation involve volunteers with experience of the criminal justice system?
Yes
Primary Field of Work
Alcohol & drugs
Custody or Community
Custody
Community
Organisation type
Voluntary and Community Sector
Regions
West Midlands
Fields of Work
Advice & advocacy | Case management | Disability | Domestic & sexual violence | Education | Employment | Family support | Finance, benefits & debt | Holistic services | Infrastructure | Lobbying & campaigning | Media | Mental health | Mentoring & befriending | Sentence management | Peer support | Personal development | Physical health | Research & academia | Resettlement | Lived experience involvement | Sports | Training | Volunteering
People you work with
Racially minoritised people | Women
Racially minoritised people specialist services
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh | Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Bangladeshi | Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Other Asian | Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Pakistani | Black, Black British or Black Welsh | Black, Black British or Black Welsh: Caribbean | Black, Black British, or Black Welsh: African | Dual Heritage | White: Gypsy or Irish Traveller | White: Irish | White: Other White
Prisons
Birmingham | Brinsford | Drake Hall (YOI) | Featherstone | Oakwood | Stafford | Stoke Heath