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The Uk has a clear problem when it comes to people from low income areas, also black and ethnic minorities leading to high offence/ prison sentences , high crime , low employment , violence and poor mental health. Our charity makes a big difference to peoples lives providing an extended family, fitness, new employment opportunities, mental toughness and a fighting spirit. Formally based at the Day Lewis House in Thornton Heath and now in Gloucester Road Croydon, the Thai Boxing Community Centre (TBCC) has been a cornerstone of the local community for over 10 years, helping our members to develop their fitness, mental and personal wellbeing, whilst instilling disciple within themselves and respect for others through the practice of Muay Thai. Since 2009 we have been reaching out to the local community through a number of projects which have all been successful.

We raise awareness of the effects of serious violent crime and bereavement in schools, colleges and universities, ensuring an early intervention and prevention. Through team building activities we provide opportunities for young people to connect with others, increase confidence and self-esteem and improve community development. We deliver much-needed support, advice and practical help to the families and friends of those who have lost loved ones to knife crime, murder and manslaughter. Working with various public sector organisations & Government agencies on initiatives to help prevent more devastating deaths amongst young people we deliver restorative practices promoting conflict resolution. Our advocacy and support services help victims navigate the criminal justice system .

For over 40 years, The Prince’s Trust has been working with disadvantaged young people, aged 13-30. We help them develop the skills and motivation to re-engage with society, secure employment, return to education, gain qualifications, and ultimately, become economically active.

Our programmes offer personal development opportunities that bring tangible and lasting benefits to both the young people we support, and the communities in which they live. We provide quality services that deliver the best possible outcomes to those who need it most. Within our core target group are those who are:
- Unemployed, particularly those out of work for six months or more.
- Educational underachievers, including those who have been excluded from school or are at risk of being excluded.
- Those facing complex barriers to work and education such as offenders/ex-offenders, those with mental health issues, lone parents, those in or leaving-care or disabled young people.

The Pythian Club have a team of volunteers who have been receiving referrals from the City's Golden Ticket scheme. Gedling Borough Council, The Toy Library Scheme and Nottinghamshire County Council, they have been picking up and delivering prescriptions, doing shopping and delivering food to vulnerable people and low income families who are struggling with buying the essentials. We have also been doing telephone welfare checks on vulnerable and isolated people.

We have been given funding to provide children and families with physical equipment, arts and crafts materials, books etc and we have been delivering these around Nottingham and Nottinghamshire. This has been warmly welcomed by local communities

We are working with local Housing Associations and other organisations in putting together packs to be distributed to local people; especially those with children, which include items to help them stay active.

We run sports, music and dance sessions for the community too.

The Society is a diverse and innovative registered Housing Association working in Southampton, Portsmouth and across Hampshire, with experience in working in fields of homelessness, drug and alcohol misuse and mental health. We have a great track record of clients reducing or giving up substances.
Our current contracts are for the provision of treatment programs in Southampton, the HIOMS in Hampshire and a psycho-social and community rehab service in Portsmouth, We also provide specialist housing for offenders and a specialist team working with the CRC

We have great range of diversionary activities including partnership with local football clubs and a great volunteering scheme. We also have specialist housing for clients leaving prison with drugs issues, which has strong statistics in crime deduction.

We also have a range of hostels and other housing for people who are homeless or have substance misuse problems, including wet accommodation.

Tomorrow’s Women is a Charity for all women aged 18+ to make positive lifestyle changes. Working with female offenders, and those on the periphery, it is committed to reducing offending in adult women.
An award winning charity, with a multi-agency approach they support women through targeted interventions to address underlying support areas for each woman.
Open Monday-Friday 9am - 3:30pm they work across Wirral and Cheshire West & Chester. TW have achieved outstanding outcomes with women into employment, recovery and away from (re)offending through service engagement, learning opportunities & addressing behaviours in an all-female safe community hub.
Tomorrow's Women hosts the National Probation Service & Merseyside Community Rehabilitation Company whose dedicated team of Offender Managers supervise all female offenders subject to Community Orders and Licensed Conditions.
Referrals can be made via professionals or women can self-refer.

We are a counselling and training organisation that offers a professional, affordable counselling service to anyone aged over 16 who is needing help to get through a difficult time. We also offer accredited counsellor and professional development training to Diploma level. We hire out our training and counselling rooms to other organisations.

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.

YMCA Exeter's Perspectives Project exists to empower, educate and mentor young men caught up in the Criminal Justice System.

Working with young men on community orders, suspended sentences or post-sentence supervision there are three key strands to our work:

Learning: We run small group community based courses for ex-offenders that focus on personal and interpersonal skills.

Mentoring: In association with Dorset, Devon and Cornwall CRC, we offer one to one mentoring support for young men on probation as part of their community order. Mentoring addresses: housing; food and finance; mental health and wellbeing; purpose and identity; support networks and contributing to society, including employment.

Therapeutic Activity: We run a Social and Therapeutic Horticulture Programme on our community allotment. This programme provides physical and mental space for enrichment and a supportive community through growing and sowing together. We also run cooking classes in the winter.

YMCA North Tyneside is a registered charity that supports
children and young people to be healthy, happy and connected. We focus specifically on young people through our supported accommodation (homeless young people with multiple and complex needs) and our youth and community work in local areas of high deprivation, some of the highest in the country. We support all ages in the community through our Nursery, Gym and Cafe. Our award winning (Youth Matter Awards, 2019) Supported Accommodation project has doubled in the last 18 months. We support young people who are homeless or at risk of homelessess across North Tyneside and neighbouring boroughs of Northumberland, South Tyneside and Newcastle. Our young people have multiple and complex needs such as mental health problems, learning disabilities, autistic spectrum disorders, attachment disorders ADHD and ADD. Many are young offenders and some have been in prison.

Youth Action is an award-winning youth development agency providing a range of community-based services to meet the needs of its clients.
Having worked with a wide number of people over the past 10 years in a variety of mentoring roles, Youth Action now wishes to use its experience of working with the BAME sector and move into the offender rehabilitation arena. We are looking for organisations to partner with in this work.
We seek to influence policies to ensure that they are more youth friendly and therefore young people have better opportunities in life and have a greater voice in their community. We also passionately pursue the organising of bespoke opportunities to meet the varying needs of young people.

Esteem Development works with organisations whose clients are vulnerable people; they may have an offending background and are often linked with probation services.

Esteem Development organises and delivers outdoor programmes that help build confidence, teamwork and leadership skills. These programmes provide accredited qualifications through the Open College Network enabling participants to really improve their employability skills. Esteem Development has an excellent track record of engaging difficult ‘hard to reach’ offenders. We recognise that many of Esteem programme participants have had a very poor experience of education. Often for the first time in their lives participants work as a member of an effective team and gain recognition for their achievements.

NXG runs innovative social enterprises that help create work and training opportunities within prisons. These include textiles, graphics workshops, woodwork, barbering, and poultry farming, just to name a few . Our workshops are based on the need for meaningful work in prison, which would allow inmates to gain work experience, as well as employability skills that would increase their chances of getting into employment and ultimately break the cycle of reoffending.

Individuals working on a given workshop will learn craft skills that would enable them to work in a similar enterprise or set up their own business providing similar services upon release. Progression support is provided by partners, resettlement programmes and NXG staff support learners to access jobs, education or training.