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CIFC is a funder-only coalition bringing together funders with a focus on social justice and grant making that supports women and girls. Our members fund work relating to women and girls in the justice system, their rights, and initiatives addressing complex or multiple unmet needs.

As a community of practice, we work together to increase the quality, scale and impact of our funding. This includes co-funding initiatives and priority areas, connecting and amplifying each other's work, and sharing expertise and learning to strengthen our individual and collective grant-making practice.

We also advocate alongside organisations supporting women and girls, seeking improvements to statutory funding and to local and national legislation, policy and practice.

Create makes society fairer by connecting the most disadvantaged people to the power of the creative arts.
We know unleashing creativity ignites imaginations, develops confidence and builds relationships. Like setting off a firework, our professional artists light the touch paper and our participants discover new found self-belief and a desire to try more, do more and be more.
We’re a national charity that champions local priorities by collaborating with our partners to tailor every project to each individual’s needs.
We know that music can help ease the anguish of a parent with a terminally ill child, that drama can build an isolated young carer’s self-esteem and that storytelling can strengthen the bond between a young offender and the loved ones waiting for them at home.
One spark of creative energy opens up a world of positive opportunities. Create lights that spark.

Creating Enterprise, part of Cartrefi Conwy, is an award-winning building and maintenance contractor based in North Wales. We have recently been named Fastest Growing Construction Company in Wales, Fastest Growing Company in North Wales and third Fastest Growing Company in Wales.

We provide a wide variety of property maintenance services to the public and private sector and specialise in Modular Construction, building timber frame Passivhaus homes.

As a social enterprise, we’re able to demonstrate a strong social value as we invest our profits back into employment initiatives via our Creating Futures Academy.
The Creating Futures Academy helps local people find and access training, volunteering and employment opportunities.

It doesn’t matter if you’ve never had a job before, you’ve been out of work for a while or you’ve recently been made redundant – we’re here to help you kick-start your future whatever direction you choose.

Creative writing, poetry & script Writing engaging services users with mental health & offending histories in HMPs. Emphasis service user engagement & facilitating partnership work with HMP psychology & health & prison staff

Creativity Works is a pioneering creative community development charity working across the South West. Our quality participatory arts projects include a strand which engages with women undergoing times of transition who are involved with the Criminal Justice System and have (or are at risk of having) mental health issues.

Crest Co-operative are a social enterprise based in North Wales we operate a number of different community businesses and work with offenders on behalf of Wales Probation providing Community Payback. We also deliver back to work programmes specifically for ex-offenders helping them find employment employment locally and at the same time working with them to improve their skills and soft skills.

We believe that people and their communities have the right to live without crime and without the fear of crime. Our mission is to provide a means to detect, reduce and prevent crime through the provision of information about crimes and criminals to the law enforcement agencies from anonymous sources. “We welcome people from all walks of life, including those with offending histories, who would like volunteer their skills and experience with us, helping to promote our services and empower people to take positive action to stand up to crime.

We encourage people to give information about crime to us, through our 0800 555 111 phone number or online via www.crimestoppers-uk.org

The CCRC is an independent public body set up to review alleged miscarriages of justice. We are a statutory body created by the Criminal Appeal Act 1995 and are funded by the Ministry of Justice.

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.

Crisis is the national charity for single homeless people. Our purpose is to end homelessness by rebuilding lives through housing, education and employment services. Our services for homeless ex-offenders aim to reduce reoffending by improving skills, employability and housing stability. Through a highly personalised approach, we provide one-to-one employment coaching, vocational training, job search skills and up to six months in-work support. Our pioneering job coaching model empowers clients to address the personal and structural barriers preventing them from achieving sustainable employment, thereby reducing their likelihood of re-offending. Clients have access to housing coaches who help them to find accommodation in the private rented sector (PRS).

In the past year in London, 52 people secured employment and 15 found sustainable PRS accommodation. Since the service began in April 2010, of the more than 300 people supported, only one has re-offended while using the service.

Croydon Voluntary Action promotes, supports and develops effective voluntary action, community development and community involvement for the benefit of the whole community within the London Borough of Croydon. As the key local umbrella infrastructure body serving all Croydon's communities, we run a wide range of services for small groups, social enterprises, larger charities and volunteers at all stages of development.
New Routes Project supports offenders and those at risk of offending. Working alongside the Probation Trust we provide triage services to women in the CJS from before attending court to leaving prison.
Mentoring for ex/offenders who have been identified as probation service users or at risk of offending. Referrals are taken from prison as well as probation for individuals living in Croydon. Within both services ongoing support is paramount to assist with rehabilitation. Recently our project has expanded to develop services provided at the Probation 18-25yr old HUB

Cruse Bereavement Support aims to promote the well-being of bereaved people and to enable anyone bereaved by death to understand their grief and cope with their loss. Services are free to bereaved people. The charity provides support and offers information, advice, education and training services. Also, go to www.rd4u.org.uk, which is a website designed for young people by bereaved young people.

SERVING COMMUNITIES SINCE 1964

Community Transport is a national charity delivering three very different services to local communities. These are promoted under the following distinct brand names in the Midlands, North West and North East.

CT Passenger - providing a speacialist and caring transport service to improve people's quality of life
CT Furniture - Providing second-hand furniture at affordable prices

Cumbria Gateway is a progressive and innovative Social Enterprise based in Carlisle, providing user-led, person centred health and social care services within the substance and alcohol misuse field. The project has evolved primarily as a response to gaps in service delivery.
This is the cities only peer led recovery facility that offers Supported housing, recovery centre and training voluntary/employment opportunities to its clients. The facility provides clients within a range of services that teaches them necessary life skills. This collaborative approach to empowerment is the keystone to developing self-sufficiency in the clients.

We provide local community and voluntary organisations with key skills, knowledge, grants and resources to respond to the needs of local people. We have a large conference room for hire, low cost desk space and computers you can drop in and use for free.

Cycle of Life is a Liverpool-based social enterprise that removes barriers to cycling for diverse, underserved communities, using bikes as a tool for social change, empowerment, and crime prevention. Founded in 2020 and incorporated as a company limited by guarantee (No. 13170533) in 2021, we operate from the Kuumba Imani Millennium Centre in Toxteth (Liverpool L8 1TH), focusing on young people aged 14-25 from low-income, ethnic minority, and refugee backgrounds who face risks of criminal exploitation, anti-social behaviour, and social isolation. Our mission aligns with criminal justice goals by providing alternatives to unlawfull activities, building resilience, and facilitating rehabilitation through inclusive programmes that uses cycling and physical activity to promote employability, mental wellbeing, and community integration.
We deliver targeted services for young people in contact with or at risk of the criminal justice system, including referrals from youth offending teams, soc

Cyfannol Women’s Aid provides specialist, trauma-informed support to people across Gwent who have experienced domestic or sexual abuse, harm or violence. Through our sexual exploitation service, we support women who are at risk of, or experiencing, sexual exploitation, tailoring support to each individual’s needs and circumstances.

Working closely with police, probation, health, housing and other statutory partners, we promote harm reduction through a coordinated multi-agency approach. We also deliver in-reach support at HMP Eastwood Park, engaging women before release and supporting safe resettlement into the community.

Through outreach, advocacy, safety planning and practical support, we help women reduce vulnerability, improve stability and access the services they need to recover and rebuild their lives.

The Care Society is an award winning local charity based in Ceredigion providing housing, homelessness and support services throughout Mid Wales. Locally we have been responsible for significant reductions in homelessness and repeat homelessness.
We help a wide range of people including the socially excluded and the most vulnerable members of society to lead more active and worthwhile lives, tackling poverty and reducing pressure on local health and public resources.

Working in partnership with the Local Authority and other partner agencies we offer advice and assistance on many matters including finance & debt, substance misuse, health & welfare, mental health issues and employability.

We have the following services - Night Shelter & Emergency Accommodation unit and wardening, Support and Outreach workers and a Social Lettings scheme. We also have a charity shop with the local shop mobility scheme running from it.

DoD is a nationally recognised leader in site-sensitive performances. It’s a rarity to have site responsive work that can tour across the UK & the company addresses this with its model of partnering with an arts venue and an affiliate local organisation as performance space. For more than a decade, they have been collaborating with a wide variety of people from non-arts backgrounds to realise projects & performances.

The core aims of Dante or Die are to:

• Present inspiring, unexpected performances in areas where there is little existing contemporary theatre offer
• Develop new audiences through participation & local community outreach; and by engaging with non-traditional venues & offering new cultural experiences in each location

• Develop producing skills of local people

darts is a community arts organisation with 25 years' experience in the most disadvantaged areas of Doncaster borough. We aim to work with those with least access to the arts, focusing on those excluded and marginalised. Our objectives are to use creative participation as a tool to build confidence, skills and resilience, remove barriers to engagement and reduce social isolation, improve community cohesion and health and wellbeing. For the part three years we have delivered creative activities in Approved Premises across South Yorkshire, aiming to reduce the reoffending levels of high risk offenders.