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Employment, housing, education, complaints, community asset acquisition, welfare rights, criminal justice reports, human rights, access to healthcare and community care.

Founded in 1991, we provide housing, support and domiciliary care to people recovering from drug or alcohol misuse | with mental health support needs | who have a learning disability | who are vulnerable young people | who are vulnerable families including single parents.

We do this by providing good quality housing, whether owned by us, leased from or managed on behalf of others. We encourage independence by helping with budgeting, finding work, training or education, finding and keeping permanent accommodation, overcoming social isolation and engaging with the community.

Birmingham Community Development Scheme (BCDS) is a specialist organisation in Birmingham that provides mentoring to young offenders, ex-offenders and the long termed unemployed. BCDS specialized in the delivery of behaviour modification workshops, employability workshops, job clubs, CV and cover letters workshops and other programmes for young people who are at risk of offending and people who want to get back into work.

Blenheim CDP has been providing support services for drug and alcohol users, families and carers across London for 50 years. Our mission is to end dependency by enabling people to change. We provide tailored services to enable positive and meaningful change to support social reintegration. Our services include:

• Structured Day Programmes
• Specialist Stimulant Services
• Drug and Alcohol Direct Access Services
• GP Shared Care
• Needle Exchange
• Criminal Justice Services
• Primary Alcohol Services
• Children and Family/Carer Services
• Young Peoples Services
• Outreach and Engagement
• Learning and Development

Chepstow House (part of Brighter Futures) offers support to reduce adult reoffending amongst women in Stoke-on-Trent. Self referrals are accepted.

Support is provided through Support Workers, peer support groups and activity, courses and learning opportunities, and complementary therapies as well as access to a range of professionals including mental health and physical health nurses, and CAB advisors.

Chrysalis was formed originally in 2003 to provide Specialist Structured Support, Detoxification, Harm Reduction & Treatment Services as well as Relapse Management Services that had been specifically designed to address Dependency, Associative Mental Health Issues and to attend to the Resultant Chaotic & Repeat Homelessness experienced by sufferers as a result. All services are delivered within our Good Quality Community Based Supported Accommodation Projects. Since opening our services have grown, evolved, changed and adapted to meet the challenges unique to our sector and to respond and adapt more effectively to the needs of our service users.
Chrysalis now offers a number of Specialist Support Programmes delivered within a framework of Good Quality Supported Accommodation.
Chrysalis is a Non-Profit Private Registered Provider of Social Housing Registered Number 4751 and a member of the Housing Ombudsman and the National Housing Federation.

Contracts Matter is a Consortium of approx 20 charities and social enterprises. It is resourced by NOMS CFO Capacity Building programme and includes partners such as The Cyrenians, Shaw Trust, Margaret Carey Trust, User Voice and other organisations that provide a range of specialist support services.
The Consortium has been set up to secure opportunities and deliver services primarily in the North East of England but many partners have experience of delivering services across the country.

Conviction promotes the sound administration of justice and proper administration of the law for the public benefit by providing advocacy and assistance to members of the public, informing and educating policymakers, monitoring the abuses of Human Rights and obtaining redress for victims of human rights abuse within the criminal justice system in England & Wales.

East West Organization offers a unique choice of holistic interventions for the prevention, treatment and recovery from addictions and attachments. The charity also provide a range of educational and preventative services for children and adults including mindfulness meditation to deal with relapsing conditions, such as stress, anxiety, anger, low self-esteem, pain and depression which can often lead to alcohol, illicit drug and medication dependency.

Forward Assist Ltd is a registered charity dedicated to supporting former servicemen and women in England and Wales.
Forward Assist's ‘veteran specific’ projects offer support and guidance to former servicemen and women experiencing difficulties in adjusting to a new life as a civilian. Forward Assist support programmes include activities for all ages and physical & mental abilities. These activities are particularly relevant for former servicemen and women who are unemployed, experiencing homelessness, have experience of social exclusion or have involvement with the Criminal Justice System and are aimed at reintegrating veterans into civilian life.

Our Re-Unite project provides holistic support services for mothers exiting prison who wish to re-establish bonds with their children. Our focussed in reach assessment is carried out 6 months prior to release to effectively assess needs and risks. We access good quality accommodation for referrals and with dedicated adult and child support workers we provide gender sensitive and self-directed support to address practical needs (tenancy sustainment, budgeting and money management, physical health, employment/training, substance misuse) and emotional needs (mental health, social networks, self – confidence, parenting). Our aim is to re-establish mother and child in a stable relationship and enable the women develop their skills in order to live independently in the community engaging in healthy relationships and preventing them from re-offending. Our latest evaluation has shown that our re-offending rate at less than 3% and over 90% have successfully gained custody of their child.

We help individuals, organisations, agencies and employers in the statutory, private and voluntary sectors, to understand the extent and nature of discrimination and inequality experienced by individuals and groups in fields such as the criminal justice system, housing, employment, education, health and social care. The aim is to encourage them to implement policies and practices which will eliminate discrimination and promote equality of opportunity, and good relations, between all persons.

Lancashire Women’s Centres is a leading charity for women and girls in Lancashire with over 4000 women accessing their services over the past year and 130 active volunteers. Their vision is where all women and girls in Lancashire are valued and treated as equals. Lancashire Women’s Centres empower women and girls to be able to transform their lives by bringing them together to: find their voice, share experiences and understanding, develop their knowledge and skills and challenge stereotypes and misconceptions about them… so that they can have choices in becoming the individuals they want to be.

We have specific provision to address the needs of women in the criminal justice system. We offer an evidence based mental health service and in house interventions across all pathways to offending. We deliver a complete pathway from crisis into education, employment and training.

Money A+E is an award winning social enterprise that provides money advice & educational services to BAME (Black, Asian, minority ethic) & disadvantaged communities in London.This is achieved through 1-2-1 benefit & debt advice, financial education workshops, money mentoring programmes and bespoke training. Our services are delivered to young people & adults in Schools, Universities, Community Hubs, Social Landlord's offices, Partnered local Voluntary Organisations & Local Authority Community spaces.
Through our services people:
- increase their understanding & ability to manage money better
- take control of their debts & financial challenges
- improve their chances of sustaining tenancies & avoiding homelessness
- reduce stress & improve general wellbeing
- grow in confidence & believe in a better financial future

North Wales Women's Centre is a safe place for the multi-service provision of information, support, advocacy, training and referral on issues relating to work, health and well-being. We also provide confidential crisis support around issues such as homelessness, domestic abuse and difficulties which may result in, or have resulted in, women breaking the law.

We are a specialist domestic and sexual abuse service provider with emergency accommodation, community support, helpline, groups and counselling. We also work with children and young people, and support the parenting role. We have a drop in centre for immediate help, where we provide legal clinics, access to support with alcohol and mental health issues, and all abuse related work. We take a holistic view of support needs and will work with the issues around the abuse but also provide services for all other life issues. We work primarily with women and children but also have services for male victims. We have a 24 hour helpline and so are available easily and at any time. Our ethos is that we will provide as many of the services needed under one roof wherever this is possible. We recognise that life has many challenges and that working in isolation is not the answer - we have a partnership ethos throughout our organisation.

The People in Partnership Consortium (PiP) is a consortium of Voluntary and Community Sector (VCS) organisations in Wolverhampton. It is a Social Enterprise made up of VCS non-delivery partners that bids for and delivers public sector contracts through a supply chain of quality assured local VCS member organisations. PiP can also be seen as a new public service funding and delivery model for Commissioners and an investment opportunity for Investors.

ACTIVE*8 -working with Complex Needs women. For women with complex needs to be able to access the services they need, engage in productive dialogue around their concerns to enable them to feel safe and secure, whilst improving their quality of life.
FYRST STEP OOB - Working with prolific offenders from HMP Holloway and Pentonville. It is a Teir 2 Treatment Service supporting vulnerable and chaotic people being released from Prisons who need support to arrive at their treatment service. The programme focuses on people who are defined as "Revolving Door Offenders" who come from Boroughs outside of Islington. The service works in partnership with both prisons; CARATS<CJITS and DIP Teams across 31 boroughs.
IMACE_ Mentoring and Befriending Project. The project enables people to re-establish ties with their local and wider community. Members will include people returning from drug and alcohol treatment, prison or mental health establishments. Through one to one peer mentoring.

PLIAS offers resettlement for offenders and ex-prisoners through information, advice and guidance. This includes employment and job search, education and training, IT, CV writing, interview techniques, confidence building, mentoring and counselling, one-to-one personal development and life coaching.

Praxis works with vulnerable migrants, providing a wide range of assistance, skills training, employment support, interpreting services, and advice and guidance on a range of issues including rights and entitlements.