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darts is a community arts organisation with 25 years' experience in the most disadvantaged areas of Doncaster borough. We aim to work with those with least access to the arts, focusing on those excluded and marginalised. Our objectives are to use creative participation as a tool to build confidence, skills and resilience, remove barriers to engagement and reduce social isolation, improve community cohesion and health and wellbeing. For the part three years we have delivered creative activities in Approved Premises across South Yorkshire, aiming to reduce the reoffending levels of high risk offenders.

Since 1885, Forces Employment Charity's aim has been to help those leaving and those who have left the Armed Forces to find and to remain in employment throughout their working lives. We aim to make the client 'Job Ready' by signposting them to bespoke support required using our Project Nova network of support and tracking this via our Nova Support team prior to finding them the right employment choice.
Project Nova is an early intervention scheme working in conjunction mainly with the Police and NHS dealing with Ex Military personnel who have been arrested or are on the periphery of doing so. Project Nova works with many partner organisations including HMPPS & CRCs and local authorities along with numerous military charities.

The Company established for 29 years arts dramatherapy, Live streaming, training, Alcoholic and drug addiction recovery programmes, Educational establishments. Film /video production. chat shows to inspire individuals, Music, drama, creative writing therapy. We work with non-arts partners delivering motivational
taster courses, engaging participants with the benefits of natural substances for recovery. Work in the wider community includes, Film, theatre video production live streaming. ATTACC, NHS, Trauma role-play specifically dealing with knife crime, terrorist scenarios, murder scenarios. Further community base partners Men Cap, British / Scottish Autism, Deaf society, Local council providers. Alzheimer's societies, Schools nationally including SEN. Deafways. Our mission to use live streaming interactive, to inspire, engage and motivate positive change, using the 'Perfect Vehicle', drama and associated arts.

The Cascade Foundation runs an innovative project in Doncaster Prison - a new approach to help disengaged prisoners with learning difficulties. Using multi-sensory techniques, we re-engage them and teach them to read and write, then progress their literacy skills. We also deliver a unique programme of personal and social development. We enhance offenders' confidence and self esteem, teach many life-skills and train prisoners to be mentors and Learning Coaches to peer-mentor and support each other.

We will open our first Transition Centre in 2014 to accommodate, support, teach and train ex-offenders and those at risk of offending, helping them to find work and mentoring them in the community, linking with families.

Our CEO and founder has a strong track record. Her previous project in another prison decimated the re-offending rate and reduced that prison's assault rates to a fifth. Our goal is to greatly reduce re-offending rates in Doncaster and transform prisoners' lives.