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Hammer and Tong Productions is an award-winning social enterprise based in Cambridge, and registered with the Ministry of Justice as a Tier 3 service provider.

Our aim is to improve young people’s lives who may have difficult and troubled backgrounds, which could include mental health issues or illicit substance/alcohol abuse, which have contributed to them making poor life choices and being involved in the criminal justice system.

We work with these young people to engage them through filmmaking, music, art and drama workshops. The programme covers both prevention and rehabilitation of young offenders, re-offenders or ex offenders with the aim of breaking the cycle of offending.

Our workshops can be tailored to the interests of the individual groups taking part on the course and correlate with their specific needs.We offer a specialist intervention programme delivered over 6 months with one day attendance per week for youth and adult offenders, gang members and anyone at risk of re offending.

Hibiscus enables marginalised migrant women trapped in the immigration and justice systems to rebuild their lives. We are the UK’s leading organisation working with Black, minoritised and migrant women and families at the intersection of the immigration and criminal justice systems.

We work across prisons, detention centres and in the community, with additional expertise in working with survivors of trafficking across all these settings. We provide individual advice and advocacy, alongside activities promoting practical support, wellbeing and empowerment and agency.

Our holistic person-centred approach supports and empowers our clients to overcome their multiple and often complex needs and, importantly, addresses the disadvantage that language and cultural barriers present.

Stonham, part of Home Group works with male and female offenders and ex offenders to provide case management and a range of interventions to address multiple need including housing and housing-related support. We aim to maximise independence and compliance with statutary orders and support people to live successfully in their communities.

Based in Bournemouth, Hope provides housing, training and support for single homeless individuals aged between 18 to 65. It is our ultimate aim to enable clients to move forward into independent living through addressing their needs which include: substance misuse, crime, poverty, mild mental health and unemployment. We currently house 60 vulnerable people (c. 150 per year).
Clients have access to 1:1 support and group therapy sessions delivered by our trained counselling and support workers who do a fantastic job in helping them overcome the many personal issues they face. We also help our residents with budgeting skills, applying for funds, claiming benefits that they are entitled to as well as other ad hoc issues that are unique to the individual such as reuniting families. We have recently set up a gym to increase health and fitness as well as purchasing a mini bus to provide clients with access to and benefit from the wider local community. We also utilise signposting agencies.

Humbercare was established to work with the Humberside Probation Trust. We work to: educate, rehabilitate and promote the mental and moral improvement of offenders, or any other persons in need and the rehabilitation of persons discharged from penal institutions. Humbercare received charitable status during 1989 and became a company limited by guarantee in October of that year. Humbercare came from a desire to be able to offer additional help and assistance to offenders and those at risk to reduce the risk of re-offending through local projects.

Humbercare is managed by a Chief Executive Officer and a voluntary Management Committee. Humbercare is an enabling organisation dedicated to providing quality and innovative services to adults and young people. It is Humbercare's belief that all people should have the opportunity to realise their full potential, improve skills, optimise their life chances and become responsible members of the community.

imagine if was founded in 2015 to instigate real change in people’s lives through the arts. The company is run by founding Artistic Director, Francesca Joy and is based in Leeds.

imagine if has a strong track record of working in prisons nationally and with prison leavers in the community, with the main geographical focus being across Yorkshire. We have worked in 26 prisons across the UK and USA, having engaged with over 9,000 prisoners and continually supporting prisoners when they are released into the community, for as long as individuals require support.

We have demonstrated that theatre is a powerful tool that can be used to reach out and connect with people from all areas of society. The theatre we create is based on the world around us comprising real stories from real people. We aim to create work that is inspiring, entertaining and unashamedly honest for intimate audiences.

The chaotic life-style of an offender often reveals the damaged life that lies within.

A change for the better will only continue in a young life if there is first a change of heart.

In2Out helps to initiate and support such change. It starts by building a relationship during custody, followed by a mentoring program post-release.

Working in Wales, we support women to rebuild their lives after a prison sentence or conviction. Our aim is to empower these women to lead meaningful lives in the community and to reduce the number of women locked up; we achieve these objectives through innovative diversion schemes.

Our Inside Out programme helps transform the lives of men & women who have been in prison, on probation, at risk of offending and/or coming out of addiction. Our passion is to support those with complex issues not to re-offend & to reintegrate them into their families & society. Our one-year Christian-based programme is built on three cornerstones – mentoring, building community & ongoing support. All are welcome to apply regardless of religious beliefs providing they wish to engage with us & want to turn their lives round. Mentoring is the most important part of our programme. We provide many opportunities for progression through life skills, education, qualifications, volunteer & employment placements & new interests and hobbies. We are encouraged that some of our participants have become drug-free, restored relationships with their families & are in employment. We work in partnership with a wide range of local organisations, churches, specialist agencies & the probation service.

We help individuals, organisations, agencies and employers in the statutory, private and voluntary sectors, to understand the extent and nature of discrimination and inequality experienced by individuals and groups in fields such as the criminal justice system, housing, employment, education, health and social care. The aim is to encourage them to implement policies and practices which will eliminate discrimination and promote equality of opportunity, and good relations, between all persons.

The Jigsaw Visitors’ Centre is a registered charity that works in partnership with prisons to manage family services and offer support to those visiting their loved ones.

Equipped with a tea bar, a play area, toilets, baby changing facilities, free Wifi, a free phone to call a taxi and a friendly bunch of staff members, Jigsaw welcome’s all families into our community. Find out more about our Services.

Here at Jigsaw, we understand that prisoners’ families are just as affected by imprisonment as prisoners are so we aim to make that experience easier for all those effected. We achieve this by providing a secure and welcoming environment for families to not only maintain ties, but to strengthen them through a variety of courses that develop parenting, communication, and employability skills.

Our Family Support Workers are on hand to help you and put you in touch with appropriate organisations who can help you deal with the issues which can arise with a loved one in custody. Visit our

Junction 42 is an established charity providing education and enterprise, creative arts and Christian faith support to offenders both in custody and in the community. This support focuses on reducing social isolation, building community, addressing chaotic lifestyles and removing barriers to employment and family stability. We work with a large number of offenders, ex-offenders and other young people, (including dedicated women’s services) who face serious lifestyle stability issues and significant barriers to employability.

Reset is a Big Lottery funded support service that assigns volunteer mentors to work within Kent & Medway prisons or approved hostels: supporting ex-offenders who will be resettling within Kent & Medway.
Every individual's experience of release if unique and thus we aim to provide a service that reflects the challenges that they face during reintegration to the community.
We work in partnership with existing agencies to help offenders and ex-offenders become valued members of society. The initiative was developed in response to the challenges faced by many ex-offenders when they tried to begin a new life after release from prison and to the high level of interest from numerous community organisations in helping with resettlement.
Where we work: In prisons and probation hostels (before release), Through the gate (on release), Within the community (after release)

There are two different ways that you can refer, either through a self-referral or through a professional.

Please feel free to contact Stephen Wait on 07475521854 or email stephen.wait@kenwardtrust.org.uk for any more information or to ask any questions.

Founded in 2012, Key4Life is a dynamic, expanding charity which works on the front-line with young men (18 to 25 year-olds) in prison and those at risk of going to prison, helping them to find a new path and successfully reintegrate back into society through an innovative seven-step model. Key4Life empowers vulnerable young offenders, minimises barriers and creates opportunities to ensure successful rehabilitation and integration into society upon release. Key4Life's aims are to reduce youth re-offending rates and not only address symptoms but rather the root causes of re-offending.

Currently 74% of young offenders end up back in prison within 2 years of release (Ministry of Justice 2012). Participants who have been through the Key4Life programme are 4 times less likely to re-offend.

This year, Key4Life is running prison programmes for participants at HMP Thameside, HMP Forest Bank and HMP Fosse Way and preventative ‘At Risk’ programmes in London and Somerset.

KeyRing supports vulnerable people to live independently and reduce their offending behaviour. We believe in volunteering, community connections and peer support. Our unique model of support comprising of volunteers and professional staff provides a powerful system of support. We are especially effective in supporting people with learning disabilities and mental health problems, and those with chaotic lifestyles.

KeyRing has an established learning disability training package for professionals in the CJS. We have a successful model of support for people in recovery from addiction.

KFR is a registered charity with several primary goals:
To reduce poverty in Wiltshire & Support disadvantaged citizens.
To enable employment opportunities through training & support of volunteers
To respect the environment through reduction of waste & encouragement of re-use.

With the help of trained volunteers we service the community of Wiltshire by collecting, refurbishing and selling good quality furniture and white goods at a discounted price for low income households, and affordable prices for the general public. We revive communities by removing unwanted items, which reduces waste & landfill and provides an affordable option to purchase essential furniture & appliances.

This therapeutic community, established in 1971, provides residential rehabilitation from detox through to aftercare, with abstinence, peer support and self-help. Residents successfully complete our treatment intervention and recovery programme into full-time employment and move out into independent living with peers, no longer in treatment. We break the cycle of addiction, offending and dependency on welfare benefits.

Life Cycle Bike Back bike recycling project operates in both Bristol and Derby. Unwanted bikes are donated by members of the public and are taken to HMP Bristol & HMP Stocken where they are stripped down, cleaned and rebuilt by prisoners. Prisoners learn employability and mechanical skill. In Stocken they achieve a City & Guilds Level 2, In Bristol a City & Guilds Level 1. When bikes leave the prison workshops they are checked and made ready for sale by volunteers. We have some limited opportunities for people on licence and ex-offenders to volunteer for us. We are planning to increase these opportunities significantly. Refurbished bikes are sold to members of the public at pop-up sales. Both projects have bikes available at low cost through the Wheels to Work scheme.

LAT provides resettlement and rehabilitation support for individuals involved at all stages of the criminal justice system from the point of arrest; as well as for their families and dependants.

The charity delivers ETE, housing, family support and resettlement interventions both in prisons and in the community. Specific interventions are offered for women. LAT works with all offence types, and has particular specialism in resettlement of men convicted of sexual offences.

LAT delivers a number of national programmes including Liaison and Diversion and CFO3, as well as local innovations such as Young Oasis which helps children living with a parent or guardian with a drug or alcohol addiction. LAT also introduced the 'departure lounge' concept to prison, starting UK's first one at HMP Lincoln in 2015.

Volunteers are a key aspect of support, and individuals including peers, are recruited and trained for various volunteering and mentoring roles.

We run community service sessions with young people coming through the criminal justice system. We train them in fine art and design skills. They have supported our work with public realm installations. We have also taken prisoners leaving prisons, preparing them for life outside.
We have a collection of art work by offenders that is suitable for touring.
Our Director is interested in the planned closure of prisons, leading to the Abolition of Prisons.