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Prison leavers need consistent, personalised support to make profound changes. Tailored support that addresses their unique needs and circumstances can help them overcome the barriers they face and build a stable, rewarding life.

The Rainfall Foundation does this and more. By providing comprehensive and sustainable support, we empower them to make lasting positive changes

RECOOP promotes the care, resettlement and rehabilitation of older offenders and ex-offenders, in particular but not exclusively through the provision of support, advocacy, mentoring and advice on finance, housing and health that will enable them to take control of their lives and remain free from offending and prevent them from becoming socially excluded. We offer consultancy, training and direct services aimed at supporting prisons, probation staff and other organisations, including third-sector organisations, to build the range, capacity and skills necessary to meet the needs of older offenders in custody and through the resettlement transition. A number of our services are available through the Prison Education Framework Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS). These include our day centre and buddy support management and training services, in-cell distraction packs and our older ‘Transition’ resettlement course.

Recycling Lives Charity & Social Enterprise reduces reoffending rates by supporting ex-offenders to develop skills, secure jobs and live independently.
Working with men and women in prison and in the community, it offers work and training opportunities, professional wrap-around support, peer-to-peer support and accommodation opportunities.

We deliver first class mental health services and training across the Borough, from our roots as a small service user led charity, we have grown and developed new and innovative services that respond to the needs of our local community. Delivering services that generate positive mental health outcomes lies at the heart of what we do. We promote positive mental well-being through a range of activities which are tailored to focus on people’s strengths and build their confidence and self-esteem as well as lessening isolation and providing a network of support and practical strategies to use as needed. Our Road to Recovery Service uses person-centred assessment and support planning to assist recovery from mental illness. Personalised support includes assessment, goal setting, therapeutic and practical interventions. It may include preparation for work or volunteering, for vulnerable adults.

The Diversion from Custody project aims to increase skills and confidence through developing and running programmes aimed at improving the economic activity of target groups through improving employment skills, opportunities, access to business start up courses and start up finances, developing their entrepreneurial skills and competencies in key areas of business planning and project management.

Providing innovative solutions to problems of social exclusion issues faced by offenders and recovering addicts when looking for employment.
Working exclusively supporting Priority Prolific Offenders in East Sussex.

We provide impartial, independent and confidential information and advice on a wide range of topics including debt, employment, benefits, housing, legal advice, personal/relationships, tax and consumer. We also run similar services to the Resettlement Unit within HMP Highdown in an attempt to reduce re-offending upon release. We work with all members of our local community and have had ex-offender volunteers. Some of our Peer Supporters within the prison service have gone onto become volunteers upon release and subsequently moved into paid employment. We offer a fully certified, supported training programme to all our staff and volunteers. This is modular to allows progression at a pace to suit the volunteer. We also offer training programmes to outside agencies both statutory and voluntary.

We provide Housing and Support for homeless and vulnerable adults in Nottinghamshire. Our service is a stepping stone for people in a crisis situation like homelessness, mental health, cycle of offending etc. We aim to support our service users towards eventually being able to move on to into more independent living.

Resource Creatives design, create and deliver diverse arts based interventions using restorative approaches and creative engagement techniques. We work with freelance creative professionals to deliver projects to adults, children & young people within the criminal justice sector or on the cusp of criminality.

Recent work includes:
- 9month art based project in a Female PIPE Approved Premises which culminated in a book of art, poetry, writing to be sent to all female prisons in early 2019.
- Delivery of a Serious and Organised Crime programme 'Liberate' across Lancashire to Probation Approved Premises, YOT's, schools and PRU's
- Making Positive Choices' workshops to support children and young people keeping away from gangs.
- Child on parent violence programmes to families for Cumbria OPCC & Restorative Solutions
- 'How to use Restorative Approaches in practice': creative training for recently trained RJ practitioners

The Restorative Justice for All (RJ4All) International Institute is a charitable NGO with a mission to advance community cohesion and human rights. We redistribute power in a more equal way by delivering social justice projects, educational programmes and high quality volunteering opportunities to the most marginalised groups of society.

We do this by using the power of education, sports and art, as well as the practices (mediation, conferencing, circles, dialogue, workshops) and values of restorative justice including power sharing, fairness, equality, dignity and respect.

To promote the rehabilitation and resettlement of offenders and ex- offenders by providing advice and guidance to assist them to re-adjust to society and prevent returning to crime; advancement of education and training and to provide housing.

Rethink Mental Illness is a charity that believes a better life is possible for millions of people affected by mental illness. We run services and support groups across England that change people's lives, and we challenge attitudes about mental illness. We provide expert, accredited advice and information, including free resources.

Rideout specialises in the development and delivery of a range of innovative arts-based programmes and projects within the Criminal Justice System.

Right Track work with the hardest to help learners. These learners may be long term unemployed, have long term criminal records or have issues with housing, drugs/alcohol or literacy and numeracy. We work with these learners from around age 14 right up until retirement. We offer practical, hands on personal development and employability training which is designed to properly prepare learners for employment or an apprenticeship in which they can succeed. All our courses and learning sessions are underpinned by nationally recognised qualifications to build the learners' confidence and self belief. We also offer occupationally specific courses such as Business Admin, Customer Service, CIS Card and self employment. Our most important work is teaching strategies that enable behavioural change. Where learners are ready and are motivated and eligible, we can also work with them through an apprenticeship.

Safer London is a leading London charity working with young Londoners and their families affected by violence and exploitation.
Through one to one intervention and targeted group work we’re supporting young Londoners to move onto the positive futures that they deserve. We put young Londoners at the centre of their support, focusing on them and their needs. By building strong, trusting relationships we gain an insight into their world, begin to understand what they need and together find the best ways to keep them safe.
Understanding that young Londoners’ lives are shaped by the world in which they live, we work not only with them and their families, but also their peer networks and directly within the community and the places where they live and spend their time.
With a footprint in every borough in London, we build trusting, professional partnerships to embed our approaches and work towards achieving our vision of a city that is safer for all the young Londoners who live here.

The purpose of the Safer Stronger Cornwall Consortium is to bring together existing organisations, of various shapes, sizes and ages, so creating one flexible and multifaceted organisation capable of bidding and contracting for a number of interrelated purposes. It is intended that organisations’ identities and specialisms be preserved and that SSCC benefit from these for economies of scale, (across Cornwall and beyond) while retaining a rootedness in local communities and local knowledge.

Safer Wales is an independent charity based in Cardiff. We work across Wales and manage a range of different projects which support some of the most vulnerable, and excluded in Welsh communities. We developed the Womens Turnaround service which worked with women who offend, or risk of offending. We manage the Streetlife project, which works with women who are exploited through streetbased prostitution. We provide an outreach team and a supported housing project. We developed the Womens Safety Unit which provides Independant Domestic Violence Advisor to work with high risk victims of domestic abuse and sexual violence. We developed and manange the first service for for male victims of domestic abuse in Wales, Dyn project. We have a human exploitation project which has developed a pathway, and information protocol for people who are trafficked.

We are a social inclusion charity that aims to create better futures for young people and adults in the North West. In 2019/2020, we helped 15,000+ people in the community, prison and women’s centres. We operate mainly in Cheshire, Greater Manchester and Lancashire. Key activities include:
• Digital skills, financial literacy, careers learning, enterprise activities and mentoring support in schools and colleges to raise aspirations.
• Targeted youth services including mentoring and family support for vulnerable children and young people.
• Information, advice, guidance, employment and training support to disadvantaged young people and adults.
• Specialist adult services from offender management and rehabilitation, money skills, debt advice and fuel poverty advice to domestic abuse services.
• Group health and wellbeing activities and peer-led support

We work with young offenders, vulnerable women and men with complex needs.

We provide direct support services within the community for ex-offenders, older people and people in debt. We work to support ex-offenders in the resettlement process, which includes offering supported housing and help with personal and practical development, with the aim of reducing the risk of reoffending.

We have a referral process and accept referrals from various statutory providers, voluntary sector providers and in person. All new referrals complete a referral form and risk assessment before being offered accommodation.


All clients take part in a support planning process. Each client has a support worker and regular reviews of the support plan take place. We use the outcome star to work with clients to help them to identify the various actions needed to address their journey to independent living away from offending.

All clients are able to access our training, volunteer mentoring scheme, opportunities for volunteering and our debt advice service.

The Saracens Foundation is the charitable arm of Saracens Rugby Club. Working across Hertfordshire and North London, our vision is to inspire our community through the values of sport, physical activity and social opportunities as a catalyst for positive change, enabling the fulfilment of potential.