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Adelaide House Female Approved Premises is an award winning establishment, one of the eleven independently managed Approved Premises(IAP)in the country - operationally indistinguishable from the National Probation Service(NPS)estate. We are run by a small charity based in Liverpool - Liverpool Diocese Council for Social Aid and have been in existence and working with under privileged women since 1823. We are a national resource being one of only six female AP facilities in the country and we primarily provide enhanced supervision, structure and support for high risk of harm and/or complex need women in the Criminal Justices System either on release from prison as a condition of licence or as a residential requirement of a Community Order. We also have a small number of voluntary beds which women at risk are able to access including an Emergency Domestic Violence Victim bed. We deliver a wide range of services working in partnership with both statutory and community agencies.

We are a women's community service, with a busy centre offering a one-stop-shop approach for women and their children. We offer community sentences as alternatives to custody by way of specified activity requirements,community payback and mental health treatment requirements. We offer family support and safeguarding, with a creche on site. We have prison in-reach to HMPs Eastwood Park, Drake Hall and Foston Hall offering resettlement support through the gate, with outreach on streets to sex workers. We offer accommodation floating support with partnerships with various housing providers. We have our own Independent Domestic Violence Advisor on site and offer in-house training courses on DV as well as many other topics. The project is well established having been in existence for 28 years. We have a strong team of volunteers and Catholic Sisters who offer a range of skills, personalities and strengths. We also provide enrichment activities in the CAMEO unit at HMP Foston hall.

The Arkbound Foundation works with people from disadvantaged backgrounds to help them get into publishing and journalism. We can provide mentorship, supervised work placements, workshops and other support.

Calico Enterprise delivers a range of housing support and employability services to socially excluded groups in the North West. Our housing support services include generic support services in Blackpool and across East Lancashire, including provision for offenders and family support and rough sleeper services in Bury. Our Elizabeth Street project in Burnley provides an accommodation based support service for single homeless people, including those released from custody. We have staff based within the Integrated Offender Management Service in Lancashire. Our support services work with offenders on a range of issues including housing, employment, training and education, physical, mental and sexual health, substance misuse, thinking skills, finance, benefit and debt, family relationships, developing life skills and building self-confidence etc. We have a painting and decorating social enterprise, a number of apprenticeship schemes and we deliver the National Careers Service in Lancashire

Cheshire West Citizens Advice is the largest independent advice service in Cheshire and one of the largest Third Sector advice agencies in the North West. It is the second busiest CAB in the North West and the seventh busiest in England and Wales.
Cheshire West Citizens Advice provides free, independent, impartial, confidential advice and is committed to promoting equality and the redress of inequality. On average we deal with over 14,000 unique enquiries/issues annually including: debt, finance, fuel poverty, income maximisation, housing, homelessness, employment, consumer, legal, family law, relationships, immigration and welfare benefits.

Citizens Advice Lindsey offers advice on a range of topics to everyone regardless of age, race, gender, disability, sexuality, or religion.
We are part of the largest advice network in the UK:
Our advice is Independent. We will always act in the best interests of our clients, free from external influence.
■Our advice is Free. There is no charge for any part of our service.
■Our advice is Confidential. We do not pass on any information that a client entrusts to us, unless we have first obtained their permission.
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At Citizens Advice Lindsey we are developing our services in many ways. We are committed to reaching residents not only in town centres but in rural and coastal villages.

Criminon UK is a registered charity delivering distance learning life skills courses in many UK prisons. We are members of LASER Learning Awards (formerly the Open College Network South East Region), and have four courses accredited. Our accredited course "Understanding and Overcoming Addiction", aligns with learning outcomes of the NOCN National Qualification Unit's 'Introduction to Drug Awareness', Level 1. Our other accredited courses deal with literacy at Entry Level 2 and Level 1 and a simple guide to better living and self-respect at Entry Level 2. Further life skills courses we offer deal with Parenting, Communication and Personal Integrity. We also offer a Mentor Course which gives the offender the skills to help others with their literacy and allows them to give something back, helping them achieve greater confidence and self-respect.

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.

Exeter Community Initiatives (ECI) is a local charity that was started in 1993. The initial aim was to help local people facing poverty and homelessness, through projects such as St. Petrock’s. Since then our work has expanded to include Children’s Centres; projects that help the unemployed back to work; schemes to promote community cohesion and a mentoring service to support independent living. We work with Police, Health and Social Services to identify and support some of the most vulnerable families in the city.

We provide:
Family Support and group activities for any family in central Exeter with children under 5.
Adult mentoring through our Transitions project. We train and match volunteers to help adults make a transition into independent living.
1:1 support to families with children of any age who are struggling to cope with parenting or emotional and practical issues.
Employability and life skills for excluded young people.

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.

LGBTQ+ Community Support.
Support LGBTQ+ Prisoners whilst in prison and when resettling back into the community after release.

Run a LGBTQ+ Community hub every Saturday morning along with regular social events throughout the South-West.

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.

1:1 support (mainly delivered in the homes) where a support plan is developed and regularly reviewed. Signposting to specialist service provision eg debt, housing, domestic abuse, court etc. The GROW worker may advocate on behalf of the service user or support her to advocate for herself. Supporting families at a range of social care meetings - child in need (CIN) meetings, Common Assessment Framework (CAF) review, child protection meetings, Team around the child meetings, Looked After Child (LAC) meetings etc.
Facilitating a number of informal support groups, mainly for isolated women with mental health issues impacting on their lives.
We can offer a wide range of formal and informal training courses to support women and families e.g. confidence building, assertiveness, communication, job search etc. Facilitating a number of maternity service projects. Footprints- For mums who have had a baby die during pregnancy,at birth or shortly afterwards. Maternity Services Liaison Committee.

We are primarly an Advice and Advocacy organisation that provides specialist advice in the areas of Debt, welfare benefits, employment and housing. We also have specialist projects assisting individuals with learning difficulties, mental health issues, forces families and those with life limiting conditions. We in addition are part of partnership with all CAB's in North Yorkshire, Foundation Housing, Mencap and Local Advocacy services. We have provide regular advice services to the local prison and continue to have a strong relationship with support agencies in our area.

ME1 provides life coaching and personal development support to disadvantaged young people and vulnerable adults from various backgrounds and with different abilities engaging in group Empowerment and Motivation workshops to raise awareness and build knowledge that will increase individual's life skills and personal achievement to support thier transition to adulthood or independent lives and to become a active fully function participating citizen in society.
ME1 works to promote positive thinking and behaviors , reducing any negative barriers in individuals life by giving tips and tools to cope with their daily lives.

Merton & Lambeth Citizens Advice Bureaux (MLCAB) provide information, advice and casework across the London Boroughs of Lambeth and Merton. It does so from its three main sites in Morden, Mitcham and Streatham Hill, at 15-20 outreach locations, via e-mail and by telephone.

MLCAB also seeks to exert a responsible influence on the development and application of policies and working practices. It dose so by collating and submitting evidence of its customers' experience.

MLCAB is a volunteer based organisation with volunteers being supported by a paid staff and management structure. MLCAB seeks to work with those who wish to do so to develop career paths and follow routes into work.

More detailed information is available on MLCAB's website www.mlcab.org.uk

MhIST provides a specialised advocacy service focusing on the needs of people with mental health problems. Our advocates work in the community, in residential settings and in hospital. We have developed a service which provides for BME communities, people who live in care, nursing and residential settings, older people, LGBT communities and IMHA, as well as our mainstream work.
Secondly we provide self help support groups for people who experience - Bi polar affective disorder; Depression; Self Harm; OCD; Craft and Social and Substance abuse issues. Other group support is through Reiki Meditation; Drama Therapy and Mindfulness.
Our third offering is Talk therapy where we provide a variety of different talk therapies such as CBT, NLP, TA, Integrative approaches.
We provide Information to service users and carers via a range of linked web sites, through hard copy information leaflets and through 1-to-1 discussion.
We provide volunteering and back-to-work opportunities.

NAPAC (the National Association for People Abused in Childhood) NAPAC is the UK’s leading national charity offering support to adult survivors of all types of childhood abuse, including physical, sexual, emotional abuse and neglect. We also deliver training to professionals who work with adult survivors and sometimes run support groups.

No Limits helps young people to help themselves through the provision of information, advice, counselling, advocacy & support services to children & young people (aged under 26) and their families. We operate through drop-in centre's )Southampton), weekly drop-in sessions & education programs in schools & FE Colleges (Southampton & Eastleigh)& specialist support in Hampshire, Portsmouth & Southampton including Floating Support, Resettlement of Young Offenders, Advocacy & Independent Visiting for Looked After Children (including Swanwick Lodge Secure Unit), Sexual Exploitation service, Mentoring - young parents, care leavers, young carers & those coming out of YOIs, Substance Misuse services, LGBT project, Private Rented Sector Tenancy scheme, Family Workers (Troubled Families).
We support 6000 young people a year, 50% of whom are vulnerable eg young offenders, homeless, mental health issues, care leavers etc.

We offer intensive support to women with multiple and complex needs and who are involved in or vulnerable to street sex work. One25 reaches out to women trapped in street sex-work and supports them in breaking free and building new lives. The charity provides night outreach, afternoon drop-in with visiting professionals, lunch, hygiene facilities and a daily life-skills programme; plus eight caseworkers specialising in housing, drug treatment, criminal justice, mental health, and complex needs.We also run the Pause Bristol pilot, supporting women who have had 2 or more children removed into care.