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Wandsworth Citizens Advice Bureaux is an independent charity that provides information, advice and support needed by local people to enable them to manage their affairs and live independent and resilient lives. We also work to improve the policies and practices that affect people's lives.
We offer general advice on welfare benefits, money/debt, housing, employment, consumer, immigration and nationality, family and personal matters, taxes, health and education, plus advice on discrimination across all these subjects. We also provide self-help information services and resources and work to increase the capability of local people to avoid and prevent problems like debt. WCABx also offers a range of volunteering opportunities, backed by excellent and recognised training.

The cores values of the charity are addressing stigma and improving the lives of people affected by homelessness itself or at risk of homelessness. The charity fills important gaps in local statutory, agency and charity services along with an understanding that is used widely across many client groups including ex offenders. The charity offers open-hearted, compassionate services delivered by outreach teams and drop in sessions. We offer further wrap around support to many the many aspects of homelessness. We are mindful the average life expectancy of a homeless man is 45.9 years and 41.6 years for a homeless woman.

Warrington Voluntary Action supports the development of a vibrant, thriving and sustainable third sector to meet the diverse and changing needs of local communities.

To do this we:

Provide information, guidance and resources enabling local voluntary, community and faith organisations to deliver effective quality services.
Promote, support and develop volunteering for individuals and local communities to make a positive difference.
Develop and champion excellence in volunteer management
Initiate and nurture the development of new groups, schemes, enterprises or activities to meet identified needs.
Support local networks and forums to facilitate and encourage effective partnerships and strengthen cross sector working.
Enable effective representation and involvement on key strategic partnership bodies to ensure third sector organisations have a strong voice.

We are a horticultural social enterprise using horticulture as a therapeutic tool, helping volunteers regain their confidence and learn new horticultural and life skills. Volunteers also come from the community at large, and we provide a friendly supportive environment where people can make friendships and community links.

Supporting those in the criminal justice system and their families, and preventing and diverting young people and adults at risk of entering the CJS. We provide advice, guidance, advocacy, mentoring and cognitive behavioural therapy. Our trauma-informed service addresses conflict, violence and the destructive coping strategies young people and adults employ to protect themselves from emotional, mental and physical pain. Way4ward provides specialist high intervention coach mentoring and inspirational workshops to improve mindfulness, distress tolerance, deescalating irrational emotions, overcoming barriers to healthy emotions, and coping with resistance and conflict.

We Are With You was originally founded in 1967 as a parents' self-help group called the Association for the Prevention of Addiction (APA). APA became a Registered Charity and Private Company Limited by guarantee on 06 February 1991. In 1997, APA was re-branded and re-launched as Addaction and then further re-branded as We Are With You.

The charity provides substance misuse treatment recovery services to adults, young people and their families. We manage over 120 services across the UK, employing over 1200 staff and providing services to 30,000 persons per year.

We provide accommodation, outreach services, group work, drop-in facilities, a 24-hour helpline and practical support such as clothing and furniture. We are a feminist organisation. In addition, we also take referrals from outside the North East, depending on the individual or family circumstances.

A registered local charity providing mental health support and wellbeing services within in women only space, to women aged 16 years and above living in the Wakefield District. These include: Counselling and trauma focused therapy, support services for women with multiple and complex needs, self-development and wellbeing groups, issue specific courses, Complementary therapies, volunteering and peer support opportunities.
Well Women Centre Restore Project, works with both statutory and non-statutory women who are involved with the criminal justice system or who are at risk of offending. Offering tailored packages of support, to provide a holistic non-medical approach to women’s health and well-being, with the emphasis on supporting and empowering women. The Restore Project won the Howard League for Penal Reform communities award in 2018 for their work with women in the criminal justice system.

Wellbeing in Action exist to remove and prevent harm to people's physical, mental, financial, social and community health and wellbeing, through practical solutions that enable people to live their best life. We especially focus on supporting women who have faced trauma, including abuse, and their families. We provide a range of befriending services, specialist trauma therapy facilities and use social action to distribute aid such as household items, clothing, baby equipment and provide support as people rebuild their lives. We work on the basis of a transaction of kindness where every person has a time they need to reach out for help, and all equally have times they can extend to others. Maintaining pride, dignity and being a member for life, rather than being "treated" or "fixed" is part of our ethos. Our motto is 'If we can, we do' and we roll our sleeves up to meet individual needs that make a difference.

West End Women and Girls Centre is a youth and community centre for women and girls in the west end of Newcastle. We aim to empower women and girls who have been traditionally disenfranchised from access to existing services, to effect positive change in their leisure, work and social environments. We do this by providing group work where women and girls can meet, have fun, learn new skills and look at issues relevant to their lives, building confidence in a safe and supportive environment. Individual support is also provided offering information, advice and advocacy.

West End Women and Girls Centre facilitate Women's Hubs, Provide domestic abuse services and also manage the community pay back scheme in the Centre.

We provide a range of interventions and services for those affected by substance misuse, from needle exchange to harm minimisation and 12-Step abstinence approaches. Enhancing these interventions are diversionary activities projects. We also deliver CARAT services in the Welsh public prison estate.

We work with a wide variety of clients including ex-offenders. We have an open door policy and aim to see anyone one who wants assistance. We believe that if we can't help ourselves then we can find someone who can.

We are a domestic abuse organisation with safe refuges and we do group work and ongoing support re developing non abusive relationships.

WYCCP helps to reduce re-conviction rates among prisoners leaving HMP Leeds who are returning to West Yorkshire. A team of specialist resettlement workers support the men pre- and post- release. Our volunteer programme recruits and trains volunteer link workers to support ex-offenders, help them resettle in their communities and move towards crime-free lives.

WDP is a leading provider of substance misuse related services across London and the South East. We work within the community, courts, prison and police stations to assess, refer and treat individuals to support them to live healthy, productive lives which are free from dependency

Why me? are a national charity which campaigns for and delivers Restorative Justice.
Restorative Justice empowers people affected by crime and other harmful behaviour to communicate with the person responsible, through a face to face meeting where appropriate, or indirect methods such as video shuttle or letter writing if preferable. This is facilitated by trained professionals who speak to both parties in advance to prepare them for the meeting. Restorative Justice can be used to address any type of crime, as long as both parties consent, and the facilitators agree that it is safe to do so. It does not have to be a substitute for other measures, and can take place while people are serving time in prison.

Restorative Justice gives people who have been harmed the chance to talk about the impact of the incident and seek answers about why it happened. Victims of crime often feel excluded, confused and revictimized by the criminal justice process. Restorative Justice brings them back to

Willowdene Farm, established in 1988, a premier provider of rehabilitation and training in the UK passionately believes that every individual has the right to live the life they were designed for; able to discover their true self and explore a new purposeful lifestyle, able to rejoin their community and become a purposeful and active member of society. Over the last 25 years, Willowdene has adapted to the needs of its students and the changing commissioning landscape. RITE Social Enterprises, established in 2012 is a pioneering an innovative model for supporting and delivering the core activities of Willowdene.

Wiltshire Citizens Advice offers holistic advice delivered by quality assured trained advisers. Information is given on the law, rights and obligations and services available. Clients are offered an initial assessment to initially explore their problem and find the best way of helping them. This could be information or signposting or an appointment with an adviser.
Advice areas are:
• Welfare Benefits • Money and Debt advice
• Consumer issues • Family and personal matters
• Employment • Housing
• Taxes • Immigration and nationality
• Education • Health
• Discrimination

We are a social enterprise providing specialist provision for young people involved with the youth justice system. We offer three main services: one-to-one support & supervision; group work programmes; specialist mentoring. We work with individuals around the clock including evenings and weekends and help to connect them with local community resources that are open outside usual office hours.

WISE is a charitable trust based in High Wycombe, established in 1991. It is an ethical Muslim-run organisation serving the community to promote the progress and prosperity of all. It aims to empower Muslims with the tools to practice their faith, face challenges of the modern world and make a positive contribution to society. Through this work, WISE have recognised the need to expand its services to people regardless of faith. In order to deliver on this need, WISE established The Hive community facility in 2018, which serves as a hub for activities run by members of the community, local agencies, and more. The Hive has served to build bridges with the wider community, promoting and strengthening social cohesion.
WISE provides prayer services, pastoral and charitable support, educational and fitness classes, career advice, counselling service and partners with others to support those with mental health concerns and tackle issues facing BAME communities.