Partnership Finder

Accord’s mission is to improve the lives of people by promoting their independence and choice through quality housing, care and support. Underpinning this mission are a set of values which we believe signpost us as a provider of choice for statutory, private and voluntary partners in the delivery of holistic
Our vision, flowing from these values, is to deliver services in a way that gives people greater choice and control and preserves their independence.

This will include:
• Extending choice through new supported housing options and across all tenure.
• Delivering care, support and other services in local neighbourhoods.
• Meeting the health needs of people in their communities, in homely environments.
• Creating an environment where people are valued and included at all levels.
• Building the confidence and capacity of people.
• Recognising the diversity of people and their needs.

Accord is a leading specialist in provision of health, social care and housing services.

Cardboard Citizens is a professional theatre company making Forum plays with and for the homeless or those at risk of homelessness. We run regular workshops and perform in hostels and prisons. Alongside these activities, we offer tailored information, advice and guidance with a focus on education, employment and training, but we also signpost to other agencies. We also have a youth theatre programme for 16- to 25-year-olds. You can refer to us at any time of year and also book us for free Forum Theatre performances in your prison.

We also provide The Art of Engagement training to organisations and staff, using tried and tested theatre-based techniques to enable staff to engage in a more meaningful way with their clients.

The charity Changes provides healthcare in the community, including supported housing, for people in recovery from drug and alcohol addiction, including ex-offenders. The award-winning Community Interest Company, Changes UK, provides the recovery community with the skills and experience required, through a range of social enterprises at Recovery Central, to achieve independence. This dual model helps people in Abstinence-Based Recovery to re-build their lives through volunteering, training and employment, within a therapeutic framework. We challenge the stigma of addiction and the prejudice towards the recovery community. Abstinence-Based Recovery is not just about stopping negative behaviour, it is also about making a positive contribution and engaging with society. At Recovery Central, we demonstrate that, with the right support, people do recover and can be an asset to society, not a burden.

Child Action Northwest has developed a range of dynamic projects and services to protect, support and empower children, young people, families and communities.

ESCAPE Family Support provides support and interventions to drug and alcohol users and their families in Northumberland, including those involved in the Criminal Justice System.

Relate Cymru is an all-Wales, independent charity and part of the Relate Federation. Our vision is a future in which healthy relationships are actively promoted as the basis of a thriving society in Wales.

We deliver high quality services throughout Wales, face to face, online and by phone; including:
- Relationship counselling for adults, couples and families (addressing couple and family dynamics around conviction)
- young people's counselling (including the effects of parental conviction)
- training courses (including pre-release family dynamics, tackling abusive behaviour in children and staff training)
- Domestic Violence Perpetrator Programme
- Mediation for parents and families (North Wales)
- Child contact services (supervised and supported) (North Wales)

Sheffield Cubed has over 90 third sector members. We offer Tier I Providers a single point of contract for a diverse range of excellent Third Sector providers in the city. We deliver innovative and collaborative approaches to service delivery which are responsive, flexible and accountable to local people and communities. Through Sheffield Cubed, Commissioners are able to achieve city-wide in addition to locality, community of interest knowledge and specific specialisms through a single contracting point. Sheffield Cubed can provide a holistic, bespoke community based service across Sheffield with extensive reach into neighbourhoods where local organisations tailor their services to meet individual needs. Alternatively through Sheffield Cubed we can offer spot purchasing of specific services or access to specific communities of interest as required. As a consortium of third sector providers we can provide support to all offender groups across all pathways.

The IARS International Institute is a user-led charity with a mission to give everyone a chance to forge a safer, fairer and more inclusive society. IARS achieves its charitable aims by producing evidence-based solutions to current social problems, sharing best practice and by supporting young people and the community to shape decision making. IARS is an international expert in user-led research, evaluation, human rights and inclusion, citizenship, criminal justice and restorative justice. We deliver our charitable mission by:

- undertaking user-led research and advocacy;
- developing and delivering user-led training programmes; and
- assisting other organisations to develop robust theory of change models and evaluation frameworks to demonstrate their impact.

We deliver projects nationally and internationally throughout Europe across three main areas - justice, gender and equality, and youth.