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My Life was founded in 2016 as Student Life; a collaboration with the University of Suffolk centred around mental health and life as a young person. We co-created a publication with students to discuss topics important to them, and to provide a platform for their creativity.

The Unlock My Life project was introduced to bring My Life’s vital and award-winning mental health and wellbeing (MHW) work in schools, to a community of people that was hard to reach and very much in need of support.

We currently operate in over 30 prisons across England and Scotland; from Category B local establishments, to Category D open condition establishments.

Here, we deliver bespoke MHW awareness training, complemented by a Mental Health Ambassador (MHA) programme; which encourages peer-to-peer support and a reduction in stigma and discrimination surrounding mental ill-health.

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

At Nacro, we see your future, whatever the past.

That’s why our housing, justice, substance misuse and education services work alongside people to give them the support and skills they need to succeed. And it's why we fight for their voices to be heard and campaign together to create lasting change

As an established charity with almost 50 years of experience, we champion social justice, putting crime prevention and reduction at the core of policy and support services.

Throughout England and Wales we deliver interventions which are consistently high quality, evidence based and outcome focused so that we can maximise our impact in communities.

Our Nacro Education division offers a range of vocational Get Set! courses and apprenticeships. Crafted to support young people to gain the qualifications and skills they need to start their career.

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.

NAPAC (the National Association for People Abused in Childhood) NAPAC is the UK’s leading national charity offering support to adult survivors of all types of childhood abuse, including physical, sexual, emotional abuse and neglect. We also deliver training to professionals who work with adult survivors and sometimes run support groups.

NAAN provides information, advice and training for organisations delivering appropriate adult services in England and Wales. We work with our members, the government and others to improve the quality of service to children and vulnerable adults in police custody.
NAAN is a registered charity aiming to ensure the rights and welfare of the most vulnerable people in our society by developing effective appropriate adults. We are a membership organisation open to organisations and individuals. We don't provide appropriate adults but many of our member organisations do.

For 85 years, we’ve been helping to shape a society that’s fairer for everyone - working on issues that affect the whole of society.
We can all face problems that seem complicated or intimidating. At Citizens Advice we believe no one should have to face these problems without good quality, independent advice.
That’s why we’re here: to give people the knowledge and the confidence they need to find their way forward - whoever they are, and whatever their problem.
We give advice to millions of people. Our network of independent charities offers confidential advice online, over the phone, and in person, for free. When we say we’re for everyone, we mean it. People rely on us because we’re independent and totally impartial.
We also give advice on consumer rights on our consumer helpline, support witnesses in courts through the Witness Service and give pension guidance to people aged over 50.

NAVCA is the only national membership body for local voluntary sector support and development organisations in England. Between them, nearly 200 NAVCA members support over 145,000 local charities and voluntary groups across England.

We support individuals, organisations and businesses providing pathways to enterprise, employment, learning and wellbeing in the creative industries. We use art and functional craft, running training sessions, workshops, one to one mentoring and networking opportunities for adults 19+. We run a Creative Experience programme for young people as well as other leisure sessions for family learning and community.
We are very interested in partnership working.

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 and support within the community to include joining in locally, volunteering and working where appropriate. We keep in touch and 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 excellent so far. This organisation has/is supporting 75+ clients and is currently actively supporting 13 individuals who are shortly to be released or are living 'outside' and require continued support for the time being. It is hard to start a new life when you have been inside for a while and the world and everything has changed. We aim to ensure that these individuals feel cared about and supported to acclimatise and be useful in society post prison.

New Beginnings North CIC is a social enterprise based in the North East. We provide an ambitious and innovative approach to delivering social justice for people with neurodiverse needs within the Criminal Justice System.

New Beginnings North provides 1:1 support, care and guidance for people with neuro-differences who are serving short sentences, and working with probation. Understanding the challenges they face we help and guide them as they navigate the complex barriers on their reintegration journey.

In addition to the 1:1 support we run workshops that help to build neurodivergent adults and young people's:
understanding about their neurodiverse strengths;
confidence in applying for jobs;
skills for life;
communication skills;
skills for learning and
relationships and resilience.

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.

NEW Dance is the community dance organisation for the counties of Wrexham, Flintshire & Denbighshire in north east Wales. NEW Dance's mission is to nurture the individual, social and cultural wellbeing of communities in north east Wales through dance, promoting artistic excellence and innovation in its work and community settings.
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NEW Dance’s activity consists of a range of classes and workshops in different dance styles, and targeted projects for all ages and abilities in communities and schools, as well as criminal justice and health and social care settings.

New Dawn New Day transforms the lives of vulnerable and disadvantaged women. We specialise in working with women in the criminal justice system and those considered at risk of offending as well as women and young women who have experienced trauma, violence and abuse. The women we work with often have multiple and complex needs.

We offer a range of services including personalised casework support, advice, advocacy, life skills training, counselling and psychotherapy, mental health support, sexual health advice, confidence and self-esteem building activities, creative arts, volunteering and work experience opportunities, parenting support and evidence based domestic abuse programmes such as the Freedom Programme and Recovery Toolkit. For women in the criminal justice system, the above services and activities can be accessed as part of a post-prison resettlement plan as well as a personalised Specified Activity Requirement designed to address the 9 women’s offending pathways.

Prison Outreach
The project holds a weekly clinic within Peterborough prison, providing support to women on remand or serving sentences. Peterborough is the receiving prison for women from Leicester both on remand and post sentencing. We regularly visit women serving sentences in prisons across the country, most regularly Foston Hall and Drake Hall.
Most of the women are serving relatively short sentences relating to their prostitution and substance misuse such as dealing illegal substances, theft, low level fraud and other poverty crimes.
Some of the women we work with have been involved in prostitution and drug use for many years which has increased their exposure to criminal activity and their association with perpetrators of more organised and high profile crime so consequently, there are a small number of women we support in prison who are serving longer sentences for more serious crimes such as violence.

New Hope Rehabilitation Supported Accommodation aim to provide in-depth support to individuals who are experiencing addiction issues through showing compassion, empathy and positive regard, offering a range of support programmes based on abstinence putting the person at the forefront of their treatment giving them the opportunity to regain control of their lives. We place a special emphasis on addressing the issues that often underpin addiction such as trauma, shame and guilt. The philosophy of New Hope Rehab is deeply rooted in the desire to making a long term difference in the lives of those that access the service.

New Horizon Youth Centre is a day centre based in Somers Town, Kings Cross working with young vulnerable people from backgrounds of disadvantage and destitution. Our Creating Positive Futures Project works specifically with Youth Offenders and young people Leaving Care from throughout London and the UK. We provide an avenue of change for 2,000 vulnerable young people each year. We make that change positive. We prevent the situation from worsening and provide the opportunity at a crisis point for people to make positive choices and positive changes. Our outreach works includes street outreach, work in prison, resettlement support and preventative work in schools. We provide a flexible response, supporting vulnerable people whose needs are not being adequately met through local or national strategies at any particular time and those who are destitute, with no statutory entitlement at all. We work with young people who are gang affiliated to secure safe accommodation and services.

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.

NewGround Foundation exists to provide the opportunity to never reoffend.

NewGround Foundation is the charity of the speciality coffee roaster, NewGround. Together, the two were formed in order to address the issue of reoffending through the coffee industry.

We provide expert coffee industry training in prisons and in the community to people with lived experience of the criminal justice system, and support graduates from our training into employment in the coffee industry. We aim to equip people with all of the skills and knowledge they would need to work in speciality coffee, and then we connect those interested in pursuing work in the industry with NewGround's nationwide industry connections.

We aim to affect cognitive and behavioural change by working with perpetrators (male and female) to end the cycle of domestic abuse. By holding them accountable for their actions, we have seen changes in their attitudes which have had significant effects on the family dynamics and has kept survivors safe.
The Respect programme and the Freedom programme for perpetrators are completed over 12 weeks on a 1:1 basis. These programmes help perpetrators by raising awareness, supporting behavioural change and increasing accountability by focusing on interventions in the early stages of abuse. We also focus on improving any deficits in conflict management and poor communication by promoting the social skills and training to reduce violent behaviour.
By examining and challenging the attitudes, beliefs and actions of perpetrators, these programmes describe how survivors and their children are affected by being exposed to abuse. We work with their families to ensure that changes are implemented.