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Join ClinksWe are Hestia, a charity that supports adults and children in times of crisis. We help more than 18,500 people every year across London, Berkshire and the South East. We work with people from all backgrounds and ages, in various challenging environments. We also campaign and advocate for the issues that affect our service users.
We are the home of innovative projects such as UK Says No More, Safe Spaces and the Bright Sky app, and Art is Freedom. These initiatives aim to raise awareness, provide support and empower survivors of domestic abuse and modern slavery.
We have over 750 employees and 600 volunteers who build honest and respectful relationships with our service users. We collaborate and work with them to support and encourage them to lead their own recovery process. We are proud of our staff and inspired by the resilience of the people we serve.
Our dedicated services includes:
Criminal Justice
Domestic Abuse
Mental Health & Complex Needs
Modern Slavery Response
We are the home of innovative projects such as UK Says No More, Safe Spaces and the Bright Sky app, and Art is Freedom. These initiatives aim to raise awareness, provide support and empower survivors of domestic abuse and modern slavery.
We have over 750 employees and 600 volunteers who build honest and respectful relationships with our service users. We collaborate and work with them to support and encourage them to lead their own recovery process. We are proud of our staff and inspired by the resilience of the people we serve.
Our dedicated services includes:
Criminal Justice
Domestic Abuse
Mental Health & Complex Needs
Modern Slavery Response
Contact
Help Line No.
020 7378 3139
Work Tel. No.
020 7378 3100
info@hestia.org
In Brief
Primary Field of Work
Advice & advocacy
Custody or Community
Community
No. of service users
200
No. of Paid Staff
650
No. of Volunteers
800
No. of peer mentors
70
Organisation type
Voluntary and Community Sector
Legal status
Charitable incorporated organisation
Year of Formation
1970
Organisation's Income
Over £10m
Contract History
Supporting information
The outcomes we achieved in our ex-offender services last year include:
•80% of service user at our Bromley offender service complied with statutory orders and did not re-offend
•100% of Bromley service users reported increased confidence and having more choice and control
•97% of service users of our offender peer-mentoring programme avoided re-offending
•Assessment at Level A for QAF objectives ‘Assessment & Support Planning and User Involvement & Empowerment’
•Last year we were commended by the Andy Ludlow Homelessness Awards for our offender peer mentor scheme
Through our work, we have developed expert competencies in:
•Public protection through multi-agency liaison when working with high-risk offenders
•Providing training and skill-building opportunities for offenders
•Devising engagement strategies for mentally disordered offenders
•Equipping offenders to cope with the shortage in social housing by brokering their access to private rented sector accommodation
•80% of service user at our Bromley offender service complied with statutory orders and did not re-offend
•100% of Bromley service users reported increased confidence and having more choice and control
•97% of service users of our offender peer-mentoring programme avoided re-offending
•Assessment at Level A for QAF objectives ‘Assessment & Support Planning and User Involvement & Empowerment’
•Last year we were commended by the Andy Ludlow Homelessness Awards for our offender peer mentor scheme
Through our work, we have developed expert competencies in:
•Public protection through multi-agency liaison when working with high-risk offenders
•Providing training and skill-building opportunities for offenders
•Devising engagement strategies for mentally disordered offenders
•Equipping offenders to cope with the shortage in social housing by brokering their access to private rented sector accommodation
Partner organisations
Single Homeless Project
Hackney Learning Trust
Drop the Tag
Prospects
London Probation Trust
Southbank University
Regions
London
Inner London
Lambeth
Camden
City of London
Hackney
Hammersmith and Fulham
Haringey
Islington
Kensington and Chelsea
Lewisham
Newham
Southwark
Tower Hamlets
Wandsworth
Westminster
Outer London
Hounslow
Croydon
Ealing
Enfield
Greenwich
Harrow
Havering
Hillingdon
Kingston upon Thames
Brent
Merton
Redbridge
Richmond upon Thames
Sutton
Bromley
Bexley
Barnet
Barking and Dagenham
Waltham Forest
South East
Kent
Medway UA
Area covered
1 or more regions
Fields of Work
Advice & advocacy
Alcohol & drugs
Case management
Disability
Domestic & sexual violence
Employment
Finance, benefits & debt
Holistic services
Housing & homelessness
Lived experience involvement
Mental health
Mentoring & befriending
Peer support
Personal development
Physical health
Race
Resettlement
Sentence management
Sex work
Sexual health
Suicide and self-harm
Volunteering
Women-only provision