Criminon UK

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Criminon UK is a registered charity delivering distance learning life skills courses in many UK prisons. We are members of LASER Learning Awards (formerly the Open College Network South East Region), and have four courses accredited. Our accredited course "Understanding and Overcoming Addiction", aligns with learning outcomes of the NOCN National Qualification Unit's 'Introduction to Drug Awareness', Level 1. Our other accredited courses deal with literacy at Entry Level 2 and Level 1 and a simple guide to better living and self-respect at Entry Level 2. Further life skills courses we offer deal with Parenting, Communication and Personal Integrity. We also offer a Mentor Course which gives the offender the skills to help others with their literacy and allows them to give something back, helping them achieve greater confidence and self-respect.

Contact

Address

PO Box 200
East Grinstead
West Sussex
RH19 4GL
United Kingdom

Work Tel. No.
01342 316042
Email
info@criminon.org.uk

In Brief

Primary Field of Work
Education
Custody or Community
Custody
Community
No. of service users
1426
No. of Paid Staff
2
No. of Volunteers
63
No. of peer mentors
91
Organisation type
Voluntary and Community Sector
Legal status
Company limited by guarantee
Year of Formation
2003
Organisation's Income
£100K - £250k

Contract History

Supporting information
Whilst we are a small charity, we have engaged with Clinks and NPC over the years to improve our monitoring and evaluation. Testimonials and post-course evaluation questionnaires show our immediate outcomes. We have also worked to establish 3rd party evidence from prison staff and six month post-course evaluation questionnaires to show sustainability of improvements.
Our 3rd party evidence relates to a key component of our course program; our accredited Restoring Self-Respect Course. We sought the views of prison staff to see what improvements there had been since offenders had completed the course - a couple of examples are given below:

“Her confidence in herself has grown noticeably. She is caring and willing to help others and she has been more able to express herself and show her empathy.” Prison Custody Officer, HMP Peterborough

“He has improved vastly.” Prison Officer, HMP Garth

We have continued to work on this area and the feedback has been very encouraging.
Regions
East
East Midlands
London
South East
North East
North West
South West
Wales
West Midlands
Yorkshire and the Humber
Area covered
National - England and Wales
Fields of Work
Education
Lived experience involvement
Parenting skills
Personal development
Physical health
Training
Volunteering
People you work with
Ex-service personnel
Foreign nationals
Gypsies & Travellers
LGBTQIA+
Men
Older people
People convicted of serious offences
People convicted of sexual offences
People on a short sentence
People with disabilities
People with English as a second language
Racially minoritised people
Women
Young people
Racially minoritised people specialist services
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Bangladeshi
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Chinese
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Pakistani
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Other Asian
Black, Black British or Black Welsh
Black, Black British, or Black Welsh: African
Black, Black British or Black Welsh: Caribbean
White: Irish
White: Gypsy or Irish Traveller
White: Roma
Other ethnic group: Arab
Foreign Nationals
Dual Heritage