Partnership Finder

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.

Pact is a national charity that provides support to prisoners, people with convictions and their families. We support people to make a fresh start, and minimise the harm that can be caused by imprisonment to people who have committed offences, to families and to communities.

Pact works in over 65 prisons and 8 CRCs and provides prison-based family engagement workers, visitors’ centres, visitor support, supervised play, catering and family activities, relationship and parenting education programmes, court and community family support, ‘Through the Gate’ family resettlement support and community based mentoring and befriending programmes.

We also run the HMPPS contracted National Prisoners' Families Helpline which can be reached 7 days a week on 0808 808 2003.

160,000 children each year have a parent in prison. At Spurgeons, our aim is to improve the lives of those children and their families who are affected by a parent being in prison. Our prisoner and family support services across England allow children to visit their loved ones in a friendly environment and our mentoring and support programmes give young people the change to reduce negative behaviours and build a better future.
We work in the heart of communities, delivering a range of high quality, flexible services for those affected by imprisonment and offending. These include; running Prison Visitors’ Centres; mentoring - pre and post release; family days; parenting Programmes in prisons; Family Support Programmes for offenders and their families; through the gate support and family re-integration; community support services for families of offenders; and training for partner organisations.

Tomorrow’s Women Wirral (TWW) is a Charity for all women aged 18+ It has a commitment to reduce offending and provide support and assistance to those women who have never entered the Criminal Justice System but who want to make positive lifestyle changes. The women who attend are not judged and integrate to support and share skills and experiences. We are open Monday-Friday and have a full timetable of courses that address women’s needs. See attached. We have approx 700 visits per week and have received 5600 referrals since opening.

TWW offers space in a safe women only environment so 180 partners/agencies can access and work with women, who may have multiple complex problems, who they have trouble reaching.

TWW hosts Purple Futures and National Probation Service who have a dedicated team of offender managers based within who supervise all female offenders subject to Community Orders and Licenced conditions.