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Join ClinksCaritas Care's ACE (Assisted Community Engagement) Project provides an assisted seamless transition from custody to community and reduces the risk of reoffending by ensuring that essential needs are met without it being necessary to revert to a life of crime. Support is provided by volunteers and paid staff to address their needs, as identified by NOMS.
Contact
Address
218 Tulketh Road
Ashton-on-Ribble
Preston
Lancashire
PR2 1ES
United Kingdom
Help Line No.
01772 561323
Work Tel. No.
01772 732313
info@caritascare.org.uk
Website
In Brief
Primary Field of Work
Mentoring & befriending
Custody or Community
Custody
Community
No. of service users
242
No. of Paid Staff
7
No. of Volunteers
75
No. of peer mentors
15
Organisation type
Voluntary and Community Sector
Legal status
Company limited by guarantee
Year of Formation
1981
Organisation's Income
£5m - £10m
Contract History
Supporting information
A final evaluation of the Inside Out Project is to be completed by Manchester Metropolitan University - Professor Chris Fox. Due to be published later this year.
The ACE project has experienced staff and a robust system for the support of ex-offenders. Project staff work alongside statutory and non-statutory organisations to deliver a seamless transition form prison to community.
The ACE project has experienced staff and a robust system for the support of ex-offenders. Project staff work alongside statutory and non-statutory organisations to deliver a seamless transition form prison to community.
Partner organisations
Prison Service, Probation Service (CRC’s), CROPT, KISE, Police, Revolution Teams, Substance Misuse Team, Mental Health Services, Social Services, UClan, Shelter and other Housing Providers.
Regions
North West
Blackburn with Darwen UA
Blackpool UA
Lancashire
Burnley
Chorley
Fylde
Hyndburn
Lancaster
Pendle
Preston
Ribble Valley
Rossendale
South Ribble
West Lancashire
Wyre
Area covered
1 or more regions
Fields of Work
Advice & advocacy
Counselling
Disability
Domestic & sexual violence
Education
Employment
Faith
Family support
Finance, benefits & debt
Gambling
Housing & homelessness
Infrastructure
Mental health
Mentoring & befriending
Parenting skills
Peer support
Personal development
Physical health
Resettlement
Restorative justice
Lived experience involvement
Sexual health
Sports
Training
Volunteering
People you work with
Racially minoritised people
Children
Families
Foreign nationals
Gypsies & Travellers
Men
Older people
People with disabilities
People on a short sentence
People convicted of serious offences
Victims
Women
Young people