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Our Values: Provide Support Strengthen = PSS

Our Mission statement: Prisoner Support Services highlight welfare, and crime entanglements by recognising people’s individual needs, situations and goals. Through this recognition, people can behave responsibly and contribute to society. Removing barriers and limitations will Provide adequate support, Supporting our service users to enable people to mobilise their ideas, and goals and be strengthened to move forwards towards aspirational living.
This will allow social change.

We provide practical support to Britons held in prison overseas. We also help them resettle in the UK when they return here upon release, and we provide practical and emotional support to their families and friends throughout the process.

The Prisoners' Advice Service provides free legal advice and representation to adult prisoners in England and Wales regarding their rights, and regardless of the individual prisoners' means. PAS aims to educate and empower prisoners regarding the law and their legal and human rights.

Since 1989, PET has supported prisoners to engage in rehabilitation through learning. We do this by providing distance learning courses, advice and support in subjects and levels not available in prisons. PET also promotes and argues the case for prisoner education, and undertakes research informed by prisoner learners, to improve policies and practice.

Prodigal Arts uses art mentoring and creative workshops to support people in prison and those who have left custody, helping to create positive and lasting change.

Through mentoring, training and creative opportunities, we help people develop self-worth, recognise their artistic talents and build confidence. We also support individuals to generate income from their work through exhibitions, online sales and other opportunities.

Working independently and in partnership with other organisations, we aim to support rehabilitation and reduce disadvantage by providing access to art materials, equipment and training. Based in the South West, we work both in prisons and within the community.

Prodigal Bikes works with ex-offenders, children excluded from mainstream schools and the long-term unemployed. We overhaul and upgrade mountain bikes together. We provide workshop facilities, bikes and training to allow the people we work with to learn basic Engineering skills, with a view to them pursuing further training and gaining employment in this sector.
Most of overhauled bikes are then shipped to remote pats of Africa where they are given primarily to schools to allow children there to get to school more easily, giving them a better start in life. Bikes too complex for rural Africa are given to refugees here in Somerset.
We believe the sense of achievement in making a large difference to the lives of some very poor people in Africa will make a huge difference to the people we work with, helping them to beat the cycle of reoffending, and find better more sustainable lives for themselves.

We operate a social enterprise household mill shop, recycling centre and 'unpaid work'/'conditional caution' supervision.

Based in Elland, Halifax, Calderdale, West Yorskhire. Cover Calderdale, Kirklees and Bradford.

Opportunities for unpaid work include retail, warehouse, driver's mate and recycling/reuse tasks.

This supports our charity that provides:
- support for families & individuals affected by addiction.
- personal development training (Self Esteem/Confidence Building, Conflict Resolution and Anger Management, Admittance, Acceptance, Amends, Problem Solving, Dealing with anxiety, stress & depression, Emotional development, Goal setting and attainment)
- Home Starter Packs for people fleeing domestic violence, leaving prison, homeless etc.

PRHA has provided housing & support since 1850, registering as a RSL in 1975. We support single homeless people, rough sleepers, those with mental health support needs, substance misuse issues, families, care leavers, older people and ex-offenders, delivering specialist services to some of the most socially excluded people in East London. We operate in the LB Hackney, Tower Hamlets, Islington & City of London. We provide a range of hostel accommodation, floating support, specialist services & general needs housing.
We have services specifically for people involved in the criminal justice system: Two mental health Link Worker projects (link people with mental health issues back into support), probation based housing advice service, a women's one-stop shop & a user-led peer support service. We coordinate a Community of Practice for frontline workers to discuss good practice in working with people with complex needs.

Women's Turnaround is part of PSS, a voluntary organisation providing health and social care. The project is a safe female-only service offering individual and group work support to female offenders and women at risk of offending. We provide practical, personal and emotional support, including one-to-one support, group work, counselling, and signposting to a broad range of services.

Family Impact for Prisoners’ Children at PSS, (Person Shaped Support) supports children with a parent in prison, or children whose parents have been in prison. Ours is a ‘whole family’ model. We provide: Advice on what to tell the children about the imprisonment, 1:1 support for children to discuss their feelings regarding contact and peer group support for children where they can meet others who share their experience. We work in partnership with schools, prisons, probation and social services. We take children on prison visits where there is no other suitable adult to do so. Parents, including both the parent/carer and the prisoner parent post-release, can join our Family Recovery Programme. Parents consider the impact imprisonment has had on the family and consider their parenting approach through our Nurturing Programme. Prisoner parents post-release are helped to reintegrate back to family and community life. We run an award winning support group for family members.

Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday 9:00am - 5pm. Friday 9:00am - 7:00pm.
Women only Project offering advice and support to adult female offenders. The Liverpool Womens Turnaround Project is a safe female only service offering a drop in, individual and group work support and counselling to adult female offenders. The project works closely with a number of agencies, such as CAB, drug and alcohol agencies, local training and employment agencies, mental health services, probation and the courts.

The project offers support with: Mediation and advocacy; Housing, Benefits and Debt Management; Employment, Education and Training; Parenting, Drug and Alcohol Support; Offending Behaviour, Domestic Abuse and 1:1 support. Group work - Positive You, Family Life, Freedom Programme and Understanding Your Emotions.

Provision of challenge psychotherapy for violent male offenders who need to understand their own 'psychology' and make changes accordingly. Some services funded by LSC or families. Willing to provide voluntarily in appropriate circumstances.

Clinical psychology exists in an ivory tower, which means that only a select few have access to our provision. Services, knowledge and provision are inaccessible to marginalised communities. Traditional mental health services can’t always or struggle to meet the needs of people who experience community violence directly or indirectly. Traditional mental health services are frequently staffed by professionals who lack the lived experience or cultural competence to fully understand the nuances of community violence, which ultimately leads to a disconnect between providers and the people they aim to help. So we’ve set up Psychologists the streets deserve because we strongly believe that we are clinical psychologists that communities can trust and relate to. We are psychologists that the streets deserve and feel that they can access. We specialise in trauma and PTSD and understand that trauma from community violence impacts not only individuals but families, communities and society.

PTSD Resolution provides therapy for the mental welfare of Forces’ Veterans, Reservists and their families. Treatment is free, effective and delivered promptly and locally through a network of 200 therapists nationwide, and also by phone and the internet.

Founded in 2009, the charity is accredited by the Royal College of Psychiatrists to the Quality Network for Veterans Mental Health Services (QNVMHS). With over 4,000 referrals to date, it delivers therapy in an average of seven sessions, where the client and therapist agree that no further therapy is required.

The charity is one of the only organisations to provide therapy to veterans suffering with addiction issues and to family members, including partners and children, who may be affected by trauma from living with a traumatised veteran.

PTSD Resolution has a ‘lean’ operation, with no salaried staff or assets - funds are used to deliver therapy and for essential research and public information.

We aim to help people experiencing homelessness rebuild their lives and achieve their full potential by providing a range of support services tailored to their needs. By doing so, we aim to reduce homelessness and help vulnerable individuals become self-sufficient and independent.
At the heart of everything we do is our commitment to treating every person who comes to us with compassion, respect, and dignity. We believe that by providing a welcoming and supportive environment, we can help individuals to rebuild their lives and achieve their full potential.
We acknowledge that homelessness is something that can happen to anyone and we are committed to developing opportunities to work with our service users to improve their life chances.
We believe that everyone has the right to live in a decent, suitable and affordable home and should have access to services that support and enable them to live independently.
We want everyone to be afforded access to to safe, secure housing and accommod

Since 1867 QSA has taken action against poverty with practical projects in east London and across the UK. We believe that people in poverty are the real poverty experts so we work with them to deliver real change. Quaker values sit at the heart of what we do as an independent charity.
Our main areas of work is in Finances, Furniture, Funerals, Fulfilment and to Fight for what’s fair.
We stand up and speak out when we see the injustices of our unequal society.

Adds Up is one of finance projects that provides financial education to those involved in the criminal justice system.

We provide practical support to women involved in off-street prostitution and victims of sex trafficking. This includes one-to-one case work, counselling and wellbeing sessions, mentoring, befriending and not-time bound pastoral care.
We provide long-term, practical and confidential support regardless of who you are or the journey you've been on.

We also work to change the conversation around prostitution, and help organisations who support women to deliver professional and consistent support and the highest standard of care.

Prison leavers need consistent, personalised support to make profound changes. Tailored support that addresses their unique needs and circumstances can help them overcome the barriers they face and build a stable, rewarding life.

The Rainfall Foundation does this and more. By providing comprehensive and sustainable support, we empower them to make lasting positive changes

The Rape & Sexual Abuse Counselling Centre (RSACC) was established in 1990 as a free and confidential specialist service for women and girls in Darlington and County Durham who have experienced all forms of sexual violence. RSACC’s primary objective is to relieve the distress of individuals who have suffered any form of sexual violence, sexual abuse, domestic abuse or harassment and to educate and raise awareness of the consequences of sexual abuse with a view to preventing violence against women and girls. We provide services across Darlington and County Durham.

We support female and male survivors of sexual violence and abuse & their families.
We offer:
• independent support when child and adult survivors report to the police
• counselling (inc. women only space), specialist counselling and group support for asylum seekers/refugees
• social groups (inc. women only)
• coffee morning
• helpline
• self-help info
• photographic evidence of injuries
• training/awareness