Directory

We are a specialist mentoring agency, helping young people avoid involvement in crime and to settle into the community. We work with NEET (not in employment, education and training) young people, ex-offenders and those vulnerable to criminality in the South London area.

Whether you are an agency helping young people or a young person yourself. Feel free to contact us to discuss any of our services or resources.

MAV was established in 1999 to support victims of gun and gang violence. It does this through a wide range of activities including; education; counselling; advice, information, support; partnership working; campaigning.

Since 2003 we have worked within prisons, enabling prisoners to hear from the victims of crime as part of their rehabilitation, and of the impact of murder on families and friends. We also provide a letter writing service, workshops and support for the prisons therapeutic community. We have delivered the Business Development Educational Training Programme since June 2012. Funded by the Allen Lane Foundation and Greater Manchester Probation the programme has supported over 45 people to date (offenders who are preparing to leave custody, and those who have already left), preparing them for work and to set up their own business.

The organisation is not for profit. It helps people with a lived experience of multiple barriers to widen their participation and achievements in higher aspirational learning leading to a better quality lifestyle, family and relationship improvements and a lowering of risk behaviours. The organisation provides expert resilience proficiency and specialised peer mentoring as well as volunteer training. We provide a unique level 3 lived experience service user qualification for working with peers who experience multiple barriers to progressing such as with addictions and mental health or neuro diverse conditions. All of the work described herein is drawn from a proof of concept of what works best with hard to help or engage people, groups, or communities in a participant centred way from a significant 12 year research and innovation programme in which offenders figured significantly (developed in 31 prisons for example). Our resilience proficiency programme has its roots in a higher mast

NAPA CIC is an association of the eleven providers of independently managed Approved Premises (IAPs) in England and Wales. All Approved Premises (APs), whether run independently or by the state directly, provide community based residential facilities for those who have offended.

NAPA Aims To: Deliver a range of services and functions that support and assist the work of our associate IAPs by contributing to the achievement of best practice, consistency and high-quality service delivery across the whole of the sector.

Nepacs is a north of England charity which aims to promote a positive future for people who have been affected by adverse situations in their lives. They work with families, young people and children, as well as those affected by the criminal justice or care systems.
In the north east of England Nepacs staff and volunteers offer a range of services including prison visitors' centres and tea bars, play sessions for prisoners' children, youth projects, specialist family support, parenting and relationship programmes and support within the Teesside courts, Newcastle and Durham Crown Courts. In our visitors centres our teams support first time visitors and our departure lounges help prisoners and their families to prepare for release.
Nepacs also offers training for individuals working with children or families inc Hidden Sentence training or awareness sessions, care leaver awareness and parental rights training etc

To provide care and support to prisoners, who want to 'go straight'. We befriend them in prison and help them rebuild a life upon release by helping them find accommodation, work and a Church/social environment. We keep in touch, support them for as long as needed. We have volunteers that visit them in prison and support them while they adjust to life in the community. Our aim is that these people never re-offend and our track record is good so far. This organisation has/is supporting 50 clients and hopes to provide support to another 5 released prisoners this year. We have some accommodation to help support clients post hostel.

New Bridge match people in prisons with trained volunteers who offer long-term support through a combination of correspondence and visits. This provides people in prison with a bridge to the outside world, along with an increased sense of value and potential for their future.

Our Coaching Company is a one-stop service provider aimed at people coming from a disadvantaged background men and women 16+, we specilise in working with homeless people and offenders. We offer one-on-one and peer mentoring group sessions, focus groups, and workshops. We also have our own Facebook group. We aim to empower personal transformation, compassion, and well-being. Founded by someone who has walked the path, we understand the challenges our clients face. By addressing triggers, vulnerabilities, and opportunities for growth, we empower individuals to create a fulfilling and purpose-driven life. Together, we illuminate the path to self-discovery and help our clients embrace a brighter and more empowered future and live the best version of themselves. We have a counseling team that helps with trauma and more. We are always seeking collaboration and partnership to help cover all 7 areas of rehabilitation and are willing to travel to make a change and build better communities.

No Limits helps young people to help themselves through the provision of information, advice, counselling, & support services to children & young people (aged under 26) and their families. Through our open access Advice Centre in Southampton, weekly drop-in sessions & education programs in schools & FE Colleges & specialist support in Hampshire, Portsmouth & Southampton including: Community Support, Resettlement of Young Offenders, coming out of YOIs, Substance Misuse services, Safe Havens out of hours crisis support, Therapeutic groups, Employment support, Young carers and advocating young people's rights.
We support more than 7000 young people a year, many of whom are vulnerable, eg young offenders, homeless, mental health issues, care leavers etc.

No Place Productions are a grass-roots not-for-profit organisation dedicated to creating & delivering unique, gritty theatre performances, digital creative experiences, & drama based learning programs which explore pertinent, social issues.
Based within the North West, we work all over the UK & Europe within the community & custodial sector, including prisons, probation centres & drug rehab facilities to engage with people with fewer opportunities.
With our experienced team of multi-skilled, diverse artists, we use practices to give people with fewer opportunities a voice, tackling issues at the forefront of the social & economic climate by delivering hard hitting creative programs with an unparalleled realism – our trade mark. It is this unique delivery which provokes real reflection, discussion & genuine potential for positive change.
Our vision is to help to build a safer, fairer society, in which everyone has the opportunity to appreciate & realise their own personal potential.

We deliver monthly anti-reoffending, behaviour-challenging workshops to 15-to-18 year-old male inmates in HM YOI Feltham. A shortened version is delivered in primary and secondary schools, youth and community groups in the 4 West London boroughs - Ealing, Hammersmith and Fulham, Hillingdon and Hounslow.

P3's main aim is to give people the practical skills and self esteem that they need to sustain an independent and self sufficient lifestyle by providing opportunities and support to help vulnerable people move from social exclusion to inclusion.

P3 offers successful and lasting routes out of social exclusion and homelessness by operating a variety of effective services to help to overcome the challenges that the public sector can no longer tackle alone in creating positive outcomes to people at real risk of social exclusion.

We've been around for over 30 years, working in some of the most deprived areas of the UK with some of the most at risk groups in our society, helping them to rebuild their lives. And we're pretty good at it too. We support hundreds of people every day to take control of their lives and move towards social inclusion and healthy positive lifestyles.

Our purpose is to provide support and relief, including rehabilitation from the causes and effects of poverty, homelessness, illness and criminal behaviour for persons aged 16 and over in the county of Kent and surrounding area by providing or assisting in the provision of accommodation, education, training for employment, advice and counselling and other supportive facilities for such persons.
Our Vision
To build communities where homeless people have the opportunity and support to build successful lives.
Our Strategic Objectives
To be a trusted provider of high quality, tailored, localised support to help people move beyond homelessness by providing them with the opportunities, skills and resilience to become self-reliant and self-supporting in their lives.
Most of our clients present with complex needs and Pathways is committed to either resourcing, or sourcing different services and/or meaningful activities to help empower clients and meet the diverse level of need.

Pecan is a Peckham based charity working to tackle the causes of poverty and multiple disadvantage. Within Pecan, the Southwark and Lewisham Women's Hubs provide support for women affected by the criminal justice system and experiencing complex needs. The hubs enable women to access 1:1 advocacy from a Women's Advocate, a safe space to access information and advice, as well as a programme of holistic activities which promote improved wellbeing and mental health. We work in partnership with probation, as well as other voluntary sector organisations providing support to women in the borough.

As an organisation, Pecan has been serving people through a variety of local projects for over 30 years.

St Giles Trust's digital resettlement platform Peer Assist offers resettlement help 24/7 online and during office hours over the phone. Offered by trained Peer Advisors, Peer Assist can help ex-offenders and their families across the UK by offering advice, signposting people to St Giles Trust services or external ones.

Our vision is Sustainable wellbeing for all;
-Sustainable meaning long lasting
-Wellbeing meaning a sense of purpose, optimism, hope, agency, and direction
-All meaning us, our community, the people we work with and beside, humankind, animals and nature
Our mission is to be a platform for connection, transformation and social change.
We provide mental health and other services to 8000 people a year through our portfolio of 100 projects and services across five Welsh Health Board areas and fourteen local authorities, circa £9m annual turnover. Projects and services are grouped below;
-Crisis prevention and home: homelessness/mental health, housing and support
-Meaningful and purposeful life: employment, volunteering, training, skills development, community development, peer support, young people’s work, substance use
-Therapies, wellbeing centres, learning: counselling, workplace wellbeing, professional training and development

POPS is a user-led organisation, supporting families through their contact with the criminal justice system (CJS) as a result of a loved one’s conviction.

POPS’ work:
 strengthens & rebuilds family ties
 creates safe spaces for families & under-represented communities to speak out about issues affecting them
 increases public awareness of the impact of the CJS
 advocates for changes in public policy & commissioning.

POPS provides:
 Family Support Services at 14 prisons across the North-West/Yorkshire/Leicestershire;
 Community-based support for women through the Farida Women’s Centre (Oldham);
 Community-based support for people on probation and their families (Wellbeing Service - Greater Manchester);
 Prison & community-based education programmes;
 Community-based interventions for prisoners from BAME backgrounds;
 Advocacy & support for under-represented communities.

Pact is a pioneering national charity that supports prisoners, people with convictions, and their children and families. We provide caring and life-changing services at every stage of the criminal justice process: in court, in prison, on release, and in the community, based on a public health model of practice.

We work in more than 60 prisons and provide prison-based family engagement and social workers, Visitors’ Centres, visitor support, supervised play, catering, family activities, relationship and parenting education programmes, court and community family support, resettlement support and community-based mentoring and befriending programmes. Our volunteers and staff can be found in courts, prisons, probation services, and in communities across England & Wales.

We also run the HMPPS contracted national Prisoners' Families Helpline which can be reached seven days a week on 0808 808 2003.

Since its inception in 1992, Prison SMART (Stress Management And Rehabilitation Training) has developed into a globally recognised program implemented in 50+ countries and has benefited more than 250.000 prisoners and staff. The prison program offers innovative and effective tools with multiple benefits, including reduced violence and aggression, improved physical and mental health, better relationships among prisoners and between prisoners and staff, reduced substance abuse, more positive outlook, and a general improved sense of wellbeing. It aims to break the cycle of violence and harmful behaviour (including self-harm) by working with the person in a holistic way (thoughts, emotions, body and behaviour. A variation of the program is also offered to staff working in prison in order to reduce stress, increase stress resilience, improve skills to deal with challenging situations and improve overall focus, health and job satisfaction.

Prisoner Support services Highlight welfare and crime entanglements by recognising individual's needs, situations and goals. Through this recognition people can behave responsibly and contribute to society.
Removing barriers and limitations will provide adequate support, enable people to mobilise their ideas, goals and move towards aspirational living. This will allow social change.
PROVIDE: Individual support
SUPPORT: resolve challenges and barriers with problem solving
Strengthen: learn skills for self-help for future crisis