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BLAST Foundation is a Christian "Through The Gate" Resettlement organisation, working with prisoners and ex-offenders and their families of all faiths and no faiths. BLAST aim to be provider of choice, for prisons and probation trusts wishing to reduce recidivism and improve resettlement for prison inmates who want to transform their lives and break their cycle of re-offending. BLAST achieves this through our transformation, employability & business programmes delivered in prison. These programmes combine and are supported by BLASTs mentor and resettlement services, to support ex-offenders and their families in the difficult task of re-integrating in society

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.

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.

We offer a range of services and opportunities that provides inspiration and guidance:
• We encourage education, so we will show young people how to get into college, improve their skills and get qualifications. We help young people develop personally and socially - giving them the strength to reject violence and a life of crime.
• We improve relationships between fathers and sons, motivating them to realise their potential, raise their aspirations and build themselves a brighter future.
• We establish partnerships with parents, schools, community groups and local authorities. That way we can step in and help those young men at greatest risk of being sucked into gangs. We show them where they can get help and stay out of trouble.
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We provide housing support and complementary services to adult and young offenders, having developed specialist support services for MAPPA offenders, domestic violence perpetrators, PPOs, etc. to reduce reoffending. We provide peer mentors to work with offenders, and aim to provide employment opportunities for our customers within our services.

Gangsline is a non-profit organisation established in 2007 to provide help and support to young men and women involved in gang culture. We work with individuals from the deprived parts of our communities and with deeply entrenched social, educational, spiritual and family issues. Central to our ethos and success is a proactive, spiritual and non-enforcement led approach to gangs, and the gang violence embedded our local communities.

Today Gangsline delivers its unique services by providing a proactive and reactive approach that offers support and exit strategies to young men and women involved in gangs, and an effective prevention service to young people on the peripheries of gang activity. Our specialist outreach response team – all of whom are ex-gang members themselves – are uniquely placed to access and work alongside even the most high risk gang leaders and members.

Genesis is a leading UK housing association and provider of care and support services. With 40 years experience our care and support services reach vulnerable people in London, East Anglia and South East enabling full and independent lives. Services include:Integrated Offender Management Services (helping offenders reintegrate into communities),24 hour emergency on call service provision for vulnerable customers, Services for Learning Disability, Mental Health and Homelessness. We run a successful Supporting Treatment and Accommodation and Recovery (STARs) project in Suffolk, providing good quality flats for vulnerable single people who are homeless,unsuitably housed or being released from prison. Housing advice & advocacy runs in conjunction with an intensive support recovery programme which is centred around tailored individual recovery plans. We have indepth knowledge of the accommodation options available throughout the county and understand the barriers facing clients.

GIFT was set up to support young people/young offenders and families into education, employment and training, through holistic intervention and prevention work, improving people's life chances. We also aim to make strategic partnerships with other charitable and statutory organisations in order to make best use of resources and deliver the most effective service.

Our main activities consist of mentoring, mediation, counselling and a supplementary education service. The majority of our work is with young people/young offenders from disadvantaged backgrounds. We aim to provide a culturally sensitive service to the local community, primarily made up of people from Black and Ethnic minority backgrounds with low educational achievement and high unemployment

Our vision is for a just and compassionate world in which everyone feels safe, integrated and respected.

Our mission is to change the systemic conditions that generate violence by developing innovative solutions to create positive peace.

We do this through three strategic change areas:

1) The Criminal Justice System: helping to reduce the level of violence within the criminal justice system by implementing effective interventions that support human development.

2) Community: helping to create safer & inclusive communities by preventing, managing and transforming conflict.

3) Research & Policy: changing policies, practices and perceptions that generate conflict through action-research and reflective practice with people affected by violence.

Reach Dem UK is a voluntary organisation which exists to ensure that no one is ever deemed unreachable by society. We are determined to tell the stories of those young persons who have no voice.

Reach Dem UK was established as a direct result of the hopelessness experienced by so many young people today. We aim ensure that young people are empowered with knowledge to help them make informed decisions about how they live their lives.

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.

Safer London delivers a range of prevention, diversion and intervention projects for young Londoners involved in gangs and youth crime, especially the victims of gang crime and those looking to make a positive transition to crime-free lives.
Our key programmes:
Empower - A multi-strand holistic framework to tackle gang-related sexual exploitation in priority London boroughs. It involves 1:1 advocacy and support for victims, schools-based group work with young women and young men, specialist training for professionals and parenting workshops.
Aspire - A pan-London 1:1 skills development programme supporting young people aged 16-25, predominantly ex-offenders or those on the margins of criminality. The programme focuses on job-readiness skills development to aid transition into sustainable employment, education or training, thereby reducing the likelihood of re-offending.
Safe & Secure - An intensive high-level gang exit, relocation and life-transformational programme.

SPC is a collaboration of socially responsible organisations working and bidding as one for the benefit of the people of Shrosphire inc Telford & Wrekin and beyond. If you are seeking to benefit local communities through your purchasing choices, SPC can provide you with:
One-channel access to quality-approved, contract ready organisations.
Seamless and joined up services benefitting diverse communities.
Access to both large and small service providers.
Better value for money and cost efficiency.
A professional, friendly and quality driven approach. SPC was set up to be the trading arm of the Voluntary Community Sector Assembly who have over 350 members of voluntary, community and social enterprise groups. We are here to make your job easier, give us a call. Julie or Jane

For 40 years Victim Support has provided victims and witnesses with practical help and emotional support they need, giving free and confidential help to over half a million victims a year across England and Wales. We assess who needs support and use our trained staff and volunteers to help people cope and recover. We also run a national supportline, national homicide service, help people at court through our Witness Service and campaign to get a better deal for people affected by crime. Our local work ensures we remain highly responsive to the needs of local victims and is backed up by the strength and safeguards of a national organisation. We also run specialist services for particular types of crime with money we raise through fundraising, local grants or contracts. This includes bespoke local services for victims of domestic violence, hate crime and antisocial behaviour as well as young victims and witnesses and people who want to take part in restorative justice.

Women in Prison is a national charity, dedicated to making a difference to the lives of women affected by the criminal justice system by providing holistic, women-centred support in prisons and the community in order to enable them to meet their resettlement needs and reduce the risk of re-offending. We also educate the public and policy makers about women in contact with the criminal justice system, to promote alternatives to custody and provide a voice for women’s experiences.

Youth Action is an award-winning youth development agency providing a range of community-based services to meet the needs of its clients.
Having worked with a wide number of people over the past 10 years in a variety of mentoring roles, Youth Action now wishes to use its experience of working with the BAME sector and move into the offender rehabilitation arena. We are looking for organisations to partner with in this work.
We seek to influence policies to ensure that they are more youth friendly and therefore young people have better opportunities in life and have a greater voice in their community. We also passionately pursue the organising of bespoke opportunities to meet the varying needs of young people.

In 2013 the Ambition South West Consortium was selected by the National Offender Management Service with the European Social Fund to develop a viable third sector offer to support large scale resettlement programmes for those who have offended.

The NOMS ESF funded SW Enhanced consortium consists of

Construction Youth Trust
Barnardo’s
1625 Independent People
Weston College
Learning Partnership West

and developed from and works in consultation with the Youth Justice Board SW Resettlement Consortium. This includes representatives from police, Youth Offending Teams, the Secure Estate, Probation and the Third sector.

The activities of the Ambition South West Consortium are designed to meet the needs of the present generation, without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their needs. We are committed to the preventative agenda and pick up from the end of custody provision to stop individuals from falling through the cracks and provide them with continuity.