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Cell Workout Enterprise grew from the book I wrote whilst in prison 'Cell Workout' that is prison fitness publication which I self published and set up as a business through the Prince Trust.

Since releasing the book a year ago it has had a massive positive impact in prison with inmates in both young offenders, adult and female prisons. I have been asked to visit many prisons to deliver Cell Workout Workshops, which consists of taking inmates through workouts, my personal, inspirational story for people. Promotes the physical and mental benefits of exercise to maintain a positive frame of mind. To encourage education and self-achievement.

My mission is also to provide a cautionary tale to prevent people getting in trouble, to deliver the message of just how easy it is to go to prison and end up with a criminal record. Like myself, few people realise how their lives and the lives of their families will be affected and possibly changed forever.

We are the UK’s only Registered Charity dedicated to transforming the food served in British prisons. We work with prisons on the subject of food - to improve the lives of those eating it and support the people making it. Our aim is to positively impact the health and wellbeing of prisoners, by delivering practical food-based education, promoting healthy eating and designing exciting food and drink initiatives.

Our projects and activities cover every aspect of food, cooking, eating and hospitality. We work with prisons on a bespoke basis, co-designing original initiatives that enable prisons to champion wholesome, tasty and exciting food. Our work is shaped around each unique establishment and united by our philosophy of wholesome food for everyone in society.

Geese Theatre Company is a team of professional theatre practitioners who present interactive drama and facilitate workshops, staff training and consultation in prisons, secure mental health settings, young offender institutions, and in the community with probation services, youth offending teams and related agencies. A registered charity based in Birmingham, Geese works throughout the UK and overseas and has gained an international reputation for innovative work with vulnerable and socially excluded groups, becoming widely acknowledged as one of the key organisations championing the role of arts in the criminal justice system and wider social welfare arena. Our work provides solutions to a range of criminogenic issues, primarily focussing on attitudes, thinking and behaviour and addressing themes such as domestic abuse, sexual offending, violence, resettlement, substance misuse and offending, self-efficacy, and employability.

The PPT supports prisoners, ex-prisoners and prison staff in their spiritual lives through meditation, yoga, silence and the breath. We recommend breath-focussed stretches and meditation sensitively tailored to students' needs. To this end, we send free books and a CD to prisoners so they can start a practice in their cell, we have a team of specially trained volunteer letter writers who correspond with prisoners who want support in their practice; we offer taster workshops so prisons can judge if they want to include weekly yoga classes as part of their regimes; and we train qualified yoga teachers for the specific challenges of working in prison.

There are currently 143 weekly yoga and meditation classes in 75 institutions across the UK and Ireland. Most of these are prisons, though we also work in approved premises, IRCs and secure hospitals. 32 of these classes are for prison officers and staff.

We maintain contact with over 5,766 prisoners in 223 institutions.

We are a national caseworking charity for serving and ex-service men and women and their families in times of need. We require only one day's paid service in the British Armed Forces to be eligible for our help. We try to offer emotional, practical and financial support. We have a network of trained volunteer case workers throughout the UK.

St Mungo’s supports over 10,000 homeless and vulnerable people in London and the South each year. Our work focuses on three main areas: • Providing emergency services e.g. emergency shelters, hostels and outreach teams. • Supporting homeless people in their recovery – this includes drug and alcohol treatment, providing access to physical and mental healthcare and developing independent living skills. • Preventing homelessness – our support teams work with a range of vulnerable people e.g. former rough sleepers and ex-offenders. We also offer high support housing to nearly 400 people at risk of sleeping rough. In 2011/12, our Offender Management Services saved over 1,000 tenancies.

The Ubele Initiative is a social enterprise with a mission to contribute to the sustainability of the African Diaspora community. Through social leadership development, community enterprise and social action, we incubate projects across the UK.

We creates partnerships with local, regional, national and international organisations to create innovative solutions for some of our most pressing social, economic and political concerns.