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Join ClinksRECOOP promotes the care, resettlement and rehabilitation of older offenders and ex-offenders, in particular but not exclusively through the provision of support, advocacy, mentoring and advice on finance, housing and health that will enable them to take control of their lives and remain free from offending and prevent them from becoming socially excluded. We offer consultancy, training and direct services aimed at supporting prisons, probation staff and other organisations, including third-sector organisations, to build the range, capacity and skills necessary to meet the needs of older offenders in custody and through the resettlement transition. A number of our services are available through the Prison Education Framework Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS). These include our day centre and buddy support management and training services, in-cell distraction packs and our older ‘Transition’ resettlement course.
Contact
Address
St Swithun's House
21 Christchurch Road
Bournemouth
Dorset
BH1 3NS
United Kingdom
Work Tel. No.
0300 123 1992
info@recoop.org.uk
Website
http://www.recoop.org.uk
In Brief
Primary Field of Work
Other
Custody or Community
Custody
Community
No. of service users
1000
No. of Paid Staff
12
No. of Volunteers
20
No. of peer mentors
60
Organisation type
Voluntary and Community Sector
Legal status
Company limited by guarantee
Year of Formation
2010
Organisation's Income
£250k - £500k
Contract History
Supporting information
RECOOP’s mission is to help and promote the care, resettlement and rehabilitation of older individuals with convictions. RECOOP aspires to be the leader in the delivery of knowledge and expertise to older people who come in contact with the CJ system, supporters and the staff who work with them. We will continue to use the views of the people we work with to influence and direct the services that should be delivered.
RECOOP has been pioneering new, effective ways to support this group. We are gaining increasing national recognition for our work and have contributed to seminal policy documents, most recently HMPPS’s Model for Operational Delivery (Older Prisoners).
We are one of very few organisations working specifically to support the needs of this population. Our
services have been recognised as good practice by HMIP, IMBs (Independent Monitoring Boards) and
HMPPS. Our peer support Buddy Prison Service recently won an award at the National Social Worker of the Year awards 2019.
RECOOP has been pioneering new, effective ways to support this group. We are gaining increasing national recognition for our work and have contributed to seminal policy documents, most recently HMPPS’s Model for Operational Delivery (Older Prisoners).
We are one of very few organisations working specifically to support the needs of this population. Our
services have been recognised as good practice by HMIP, IMBs (Independent Monitoring Boards) and
HMPPS. Our peer support Buddy Prison Service recently won an award at the National Social Worker of the Year awards 2019.
Partner organisations
BCHA
Shaw Trust
HMP Leyhill
HMP Eastwood Park
HMPPS
Ixion Holdings
Regions
East
East Midlands
London
North East
North West
South East
South West
Wales
West Midlands
Yorkshire and the Humber
Area covered
National
Fields of Work
Advice & advocacy
Case management
Covid-19
Disability
Education
Employment
Family support
Finance, benefits & debt
Housing & homelessness
Infrastructure
Mental health
Mentoring & befriending
Other
Peer support
Personal development
Physical health
Prisons
Resettlement
Service user involvement
Suicide and self-harm
Training
Volunteering
People you work with
Ex-service personnel
Lesbian, gay, bisexual people
Men
Older people
People with disabilities
Prisoners with short sentences
Remand prisoners
Serious offenders
Sex offenders
Transgender people
Women