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The SPCK Diffusion programme provides free adult literacy books to staff and volunteers who can run reading groups in prisons and with ex-offenders. Diffusion works to transform the lives of those in the criminal justice system by providing free, easy-to-read books that improve reading confidence, inspire self-reflection, emphasise the importance of making good choices and encourage empathy and positive relationships. Improving readers' literacy skills increases their chances of finding employment on release and plays a part in reducing reoffending. The programme is funded by donations from charitable trusts/individual supporters. The books are usually used in education classes or reading groups but also in libraries and for 1-1 reading. During COVID-19 we were delighted to meet a six fold increase in requests, rapidly providing over 10,000 books as prison staff sought positive activities for those in their care during lockdown.

Spectra works to improve the choices, health and well-being of people. often from diverse and marginalised communities.

Delivering empowering positive, informed choices about health, including sexual health, emotional resilience and wellbeing, and working with to combat isolation and risk.

We provide supportive, knowledgeable, non-judgemental services which are all peer led, meaning they are delivered by people from the communities we work with themselves.

We are proactive in identifying the needs of all our clients and supporting them.

We aim for knowledgeable, aware and empowered individuals and communities who have clear, accurate, credible and non-judgemental wellbeing and health information and quality services that are relevant and accessible.

Step Together’s Criminal Justice Programme provides 1:1 support and matches individuals with a cause and a specific voluntary role with which they identify, acting as a catalyst for change - improving personal skills, well-being and employability, and enabling them to be self-supporting and play a more active and engaged part in society on release.

Working on both sides of the prison gate, to ensure seamless progression from prison to community, the programme enables people who would otherwise be excluded from society to participate in positive and purposeful diversionary activity, improving integration, building a sense of belonging and involvement, a resilience to turn their back on the past, and opening significant opportunities for the future. The programme supports individuals regardless of age and the offence committed.

Stepping Stones is a unique service in Luton for women offering support on a variety of issues such as drugs/alcohol, domestic abuse, mental health, problems related to offending or re-offending in a safe, warm and supportive environment. We also have an Ofsted Registered Childcare Service so children can be looked after in a safe environment whilst their mothers/carers access support. We work in Partnership with BeNCH CRC to divert women from custody, reduce women’s offending and divert women from the criminal justice system. We offer a huge variety of comprehensive services. We are a holistic womens service that understands and takes every aspect of women’s lives into account. We use gender-responsive guiding principles in creating an environment that reflects and understands the realities of the lives of women that addresses and responds to their strengths and challenges.

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We are a national charity that teaches emergency life saving skills to young people. Specifically we target high risk young people that are likely to be affected by violent crime. Our teaching includes what to do when someone is bleeding and what to do when someone is unconscious. As well as providing them with key skills, we hope to empower these individuals to make a positive difference in their area, instilling a sense of social responsibility and creating a lasting change in their attitudes towards violent crime. All teaching is provided by medical students or qualified doctors who work tirelessly to ensure all content is of the highest quality. Our teaching plans are custom made and are specifically targeted at young people. They are designed to be simple, interactive and memorable. We already work with numerous centres nationwide, including youth groups, charities, secure units and youth offending teams, providing regular sessions to a range of young people.

Streetlight UK provides a specialised support service for women involved in prostitution across Sussex, Surrey and London. We support women and help them overcome the challenges that limit their choices: such as the lack of education, training and employment opportunities as well as the physical and emotional barriers before them.
To offer an holistic wrap around support that goes beyond crisis intervention and harm reduction to empower women to:
Regain physical and emotional stability.
Rebuild trust, self esteem and confidence.
Receive support and address root causes in a safe environment.
Reconnect with self, family and society.
Reach their full potential.

Switch Up provides life changing support to young people who have had Adverse Childhood Experiences and trauma. We especially support young people from BAME communities, and those affected by crime and violence, and those who other agencies find hard to reach.

Our mentors and coaches, as well as founder and CEO Marcellus Baz, have lived experience of the issues we want to overcome. “Baz” was a gang member who turned his life around, being honoured with a British Empire Medal in 2016 by HRH The Queen and was named the Unsung Hero of the Year at the Sports Personality of the Year awards. Under Baz’s leadership, the organisation has achieved phenomenal outcomes resulting in him becoming an advisor for the Home Office and meeting the Home Secretary about the Switch Up model.

Tempo works to enable more people to volunteer, because giving your time and feeling valued improves health, happiness and future prospects.

Our vision is for strong, connected communities where everyone’s time is valued. We want to work with more communities across the UK – enabling more people to contribute to their local community, and be recognised for the time that they give.

To achieve this, we use Time Credits to engage new people in communities and in shaping local services, improving health and wellbeing for all.

Time Credits are a time-based currency that incentivises people to volunteer. People earn Time Credits when they give their time and spend them on a wide range of activities they choose.

The benefits of Time Credits include:
• More people volunteering
• Improved health and wellbeing
• A stronger voluntary sector
• Better designed services
• People feel more connected
• People develop new skills and confidence

THE 4FRONT PROJECT is on a mission to empower young people and build peace. We address violence by delivering specialist programmes that support personal development, legal empowerment and social action in community, educational and criminal justice settings.

THE 4FRONT PROJECT was set up in 2012 to provide a platform for young people who have been impacted by serious violence to create change! Our vision is for young people and communities to live free from violence. We support young people to create change in their own lives, in their communities and in our society.
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We aim to:
REDUCE serious youth violence.
RAISE awareness of the causes and solutions to youth violence.
PROVIDE a platform for authentic voices to be heard.
EMPOWER people to take control of their lives and positively impact their community.

The Arukah Project CIC is a not-for-profit community interest company that aims to raise awareness of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and trauma and how it impacts the lives of those who are in contact with the Justice System, Care experienced or have experienced addictions (alcohol, substance misuse). We have developed an emotional health and safety framework that includes education, sharing experience and practical learning of emotional freedom techniques (EFT). These highly effective self-help evidence-based tools act rapidly on the nervous system to support emotional regulation and we combine this the integration of trauma-informed practice.
We offer the following activities:
- group workshops for up to 12 people split over 2 days
- train-the-trainer group workshops of up to 10 per group
- peer-led interventions and training
- dedicated 1-to-1 interventions
- compassion fatigue/ resilient practitioner program for staff
- online and F2F community
- bereavement service

The Corbett Network for Prisoner Re-Integration is a coalition of charities, social enterprises, CICs, non-profit organisations and businesses with a social mission who work with those in prison and after release. These decision-makers are dedicated to reducing re-offending by helping people with convictions find and keep a job. Members also offer mentoring, coaching, training, and on-going support.

We are a multi-disciplinary complementary Health clinic based in Central Paignton 2 minutes from both bus and train stations. we specialise in working with anxiety and depression through a combination of talking and physical therapies.

We provide supported accommodation, general counselling and advice including peer support. We support with physical and mental health issues, addiction, family support, volunteering opportunities and access to education, training and employment.

We raise awareness of the effects of serious violent crime and bereavement in schools, colleges and universities, ensuring an early intervention and prevention. Through team building activities we provide opportunities for young people to connect with others, increase confidence and self-esteem and improve community development. We deliver much-needed support, advice and practical help to the families and friends of those who have lost loved ones to knife crime, murder and manslaughter. Working with various public sector organisations & Government agencies on initiatives to help prevent more devastating deaths amongst young people we deliver restorative practices promoting conflict resolution. Our advocacy and support services help victims navigate the criminal justice system .

Breaking the cycle of addiction by providing free group therapy to adult residents of Hertfordshire who wish to remain abstinent. Facilitated by Counsellors with lived experience in recovery. Also supporting Family and Carers of those living with addiction.

The Nelson Trust provides Women's Centre services to women experiencing multiple, complex needs which may include repeated involvement with the Criminal Justice System (CJS). Our mission is to champion trauma-informed approaches to address the root causes of substance misuse, violence, abuse, deprivation and poverty. Our comprehensive services are based at our Women’s Community Centres in Gloucester, Swindon, Somerset, Bristol and Wales. The gender-specific services we offer address needs across the Nine Pathways that lead to offending (including housing, health, substance misuse, employment, and family breakdown), and divert women away from the CJS. The Trust was established in 1985, and our women’s services were informed by our abstinent-based residential rehabilitation programme in Gloucestershire. We work with women across Gloucestershire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Avon and Somerset and Wales to reduce re-offending and support women to achieve sustained, positive changes in their lives.

Qualifications, achievement and progress are often only conventionally recognised. The Safe House supports people to do well, even if they are not ‘conventional’ themselves. The Safe House mission is to bring particular and specialist experience and expertise to supporting people who are disadvantaged by the demands of attending school, college or university and in achieving recognised qualifications.

Activity at The Safe House focuses on:

- advice and guidance for study, employment and empowerment.
- language, literacy and learning support.
- creative writing support.
- personal presentation skills development.
- stress-relief based therapy and counselling.
- teacher / facilitator workshops.
- books and online resources and opportunities.
- creative and innovative project development and delivery.

The Women's Centre Cornwall is run by women, for women. We have grown from our early roots as a Rape Crisis Centre into an innovative, award-winning feminist organisation which provides a wide range of services for women and girls in our communities. Our work with women living with the impact of sexual and domestic violence is our core specialism as we believe that there can be no real gender equality without a complete cessation of violence against women. In addition, we provide community-based activities across Cornwall and support women ex-offenders across Cornwall, Devon and Dorset, and in HMP Eastwood Park.

Thrive Inside delivers a mindfulness-based practice called iRest (Integrative Restoration) to prisons, military veterans and people caught up in addiction. It is currently delivered in group class settings and supported with one-to-one work where necessary.

We deliver an 8-week iRest course in HMPPS estates that is supported by a workbook designed to accommodate low-literacy users, along with handouts for each of the 10 steps of the iRest practice. We have produced a short 4- hour audio course that can be used in-cell along with the workbook, which we want to expand in every UK prison.

We currently run the courses in HMP Lewes and Rochester in partnership with Sussex Pathways

iRest is an evidence-based practice that has its roots in various different ancient meditation practices and has been approved of by the US army surgeon General for the military to use as a complementary approach for dealing with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).