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The Upper Room has three linked projects and its mission statement is ‘improving lives’:
UR4Driving aims to reduce recidivism among 30 ex-offenders a year by teaching them to drive in return for 80 hours of voluntary work and. Since 2010, 166 people have obtained a licence, approximately half of them have found work but only 30% have re-offended after completing the course.
UR4Meals feeds 60-100 people, 5 days a week, as well as providing clothing and bedding, volunteer opportunities, support with health and housing and onward referrals.
UR4Jobs is a pioneering and multilingual employment support service for economic migrants. It aims to break their circuit of un-employability and homelessness by providing a personalised mix of administrative expertise, entry level skills training, bilingual counselling and access to jobs.
UR4Driving aims to reduce recidivism among 30 ex-offenders a year by teaching them to drive in return for 80 hours of voluntary work and. Since 2010, 166 people have obtained a licence, approximately half of them have found work but only 30% have re-offended after completing the course.
UR4Meals feeds 60-100 people, 5 days a week, as well as providing clothing and bedding, volunteer opportunities, support with health and housing and onward referrals.
UR4Jobs is a pioneering and multilingual employment support service for economic migrants. It aims to break their circuit of un-employability and homelessness by providing a personalised mix of administrative expertise, entry level skills training, bilingual counselling and access to jobs.
Contact
Address
St Saviour Wendell Park Church,
Cobbold Road,
Greater London,
W12 9LN,
United Kingdom
Work Tel. No.
0208 740 5688
uradmin@theupperroom.org.uk
Website
In Brief
Charity Number
1004354
No. of Paid Staff
6
No. of Volunteers
100
Does the organisation involve volunteers with experience of the criminal justice system?
Yes
Primary Field of Work
Training
Custody or Community
Community
Organisation type
Voluntary and Community Sector
Regions
London | Inner London | Lambeth | Camden | Hammersmith and Fulham | Kensington and Chelsea | Southwark | Westminster | Outer London | Hounslow | Ealing | Harrow | Brent
Fields of Work
Advice & advocacy | Counselling | Employment | Holistic services | Housing & homelessness | Mentoring & befriending | Sentence management | Other | Physical health | Training | Volunteering
People you work with
Foreign nationals | People with disabilities | Racially minoritised people | People convicted of serious offences | Women | Young people
Probation Areas
Greater London