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We aim to affect cognitive and behavioural change by working with perpetrators (male and female) to end the cycle of domestic abuse. By holding them accountable for their actions, we have seen changes in their attitudes which have had significant effects on the family dynamics and has kept survivors safe.
The Respect programme and the Freedom programme for perpetrators are completed over 12 weeks on a 1:1 basis. These programmes help perpetrators by raising awareness, supporting behavioural change and increasing accountability by focusing on interventions in the early stages of abuse. We also focus on improving any deficits in conflict management and poor communication by promoting the social skills and training to reduce violent behaviour.
By examining and challenging the attitudes, beliefs and actions of perpetrators, these programmes describe how survivors and their children are affected by being exposed to abuse. We work with their families to ensure that changes are implemented.

No Limits helps young people to help themselves through the provision of information, advice, counselling, & support services to children & young people (aged under 26) and their families. Through our open access Advice Centre in Southampton, weekly drop-in sessions & education programs in schools & FE Colleges & specialist support in Hampshire, Portsmouth & Southampton including: Community Support, Resettlement of Young Offenders, coming out of YOIs, Substance Misuse services, Safe Havens out of hours crisis support, Therapeutic groups, Employment support, Young carers and advocating young people's rights.
We support more than 7000 young people a year, many of whom are vulnerable, eg young offenders, homeless, mental health issues, care leavers etc.

No Offence! facilitates open access to and exchange of crime and justice information, locally, regionally, nationally and internationally.

No Offence! is a social enterprise, community interest company, not driven by private profit.

Our innovative and engaging approach facilitates the sharing of this information by instigating, supporting and encouraging communication and debate, which promotes wider understanding of complex criminal justice issues across society. By challenging barriers to positive change and influencing future policy, our objective is simple: to make a difference.

We have created a criminal justice information exchange service, which has become a centre for excellence, for the significant benefit of all who engage within the criminal justice sector.

No Place Productions are a grass-roots not-for-profit organisation dedicated to creating & delivering unique, gritty theatre performances, digital creative experiences, & drama based learning programs which explore pertinent, social issues.
Based within the North West, we work all over the UK & Europe within the community & custodial sector, including prisons, probation centres & drug rehab facilities to engage with people with fewer opportunities.
With our experienced team of multi-skilled, diverse artists, we use practices to give people with fewer opportunities a voice, tackling issues at the forefront of the social & economic climate by delivering hard hitting creative programs with an unparalleled realism – our trade mark. It is this unique delivery which provokes real reflection, discussion & genuine potential for positive change.
Our vision is to help to build a safer, fairer society, in which everyone has the opportunity to appreciate & realise their own personal potential.

We are a social enterprise using music and technology with people who are disengaged from the mainstream through problems such as mental health, addiction, offending, challenging behaviour or chaotic lifestyles.

Our programmes work on a one to one basis with the hardest to reach learners and the key outcome is increased confidence as well as re-engagement with professional or education services and, potentially, progression to other appropriate opportunities. Clients learn the skills that they need to create music they view as relevant to them – it could be grime, dubstep, trance, hip hop or any other genre. Many clients undertake Arts Awards which are meaningful qualifications which can be used to build up credits towards a college place.

Noise Solution uses cutting edge music technology and has an absolute focus on excellence in provision. As a result we have consistently impressive results with clients for whom there are often few choices left.

The main goal of our work has been to build the capacity of voluntary/community groups to help them become more "business like" in their development and delivery or work.

Key to this work is the ability to build networks of smaller organisation. Often small and micro organisations do not have the capacity to have specific skills and dedicated resources such as an IT department. But through collaboration organisations and individuals can offer their services to each other thereby bringing a wider base of experts

North Bristol Advice Centre provides free confidential advice and information to people living in North Bristol and South Gloucestershire. We run a weekly debt advice session in Horfield Prison. We provide specialist debt and welfare benefits advice across our communities and from our main office in Lockleaze. We also run IT drop in sessions and a project for older isolated people. We are about to launch a social enterprise running a community cafe and employment support business hub.

North Wales Women's Centre is a safe place for the multi-service provision of information, support, advocacy, training and referral on issues relating to work, health and well-being. We also provide confidential crisis support around issues such as homelessness, domestic abuse and difficulties which may result in, or have resulted in, women breaking the law.

The Northern Inclusion Consortium is a company established by 4 well respected charities that help people with complex needs. DISC, The Cyrenians, Groundwork North East & Cumbria and Mental Health Concern all provide innovative solutions to combat the problems associated with homelessness, joblessness, offending, drug and alcohol, and poor physical and mental health.
The consortium has been set up to provide more user focussed, joined up, cost effective services that will benefit not only the people we serve but commissioners and other VCS organisations.

Our core purpose is to help very disadvantaged people and communities with complex needs to improve their lives. We use informal learning and mentoring to build confidence and skills, and help people find solutions to their problems.
We are experts at helping our clients in the most challenging circumstances progress to more mainstream learning provisions or other services.
Our services are carefully tailored to the circumstances of disadvantaged people and communities . They are usually community based, often 1:1. We are successful with those who are hardest to achieve sustained engagement with. We are expert at helping people achieve accredited learning almost with them realising it. Our clients are often astonished at what they can achieve.
Our services are cost-effective, flexible, response and innovative.
If you work with people who need our support, we can confidently:
Create innovative solutions that are quick to establish
Offer excellent monitoring and reporting on outcomes.
Offer strong value for money for the outcomes achieved.
Provide highly qualified and experienced staff, who are closely supported to meet national standards
We are renowned for providing inspirational learning and support to enable people to reach their full potential.
Many people in our communities have missed out on or had a negative experience of education. For many this leads to low self-esteem and confidence, isolation, inactivity, unemployment and poor health. Services often fail to meet the needs of this group, leaving large sections of our communities with little or no optimism for the future.
Addressing inequality in learning opportunities means addressing human dignity, yet it also constitutes the best social and economic investment for any society.
We believe in people before they believe in themselves by being:
Non judgmental
Respectful
Inclusive
Caring

We provide information advice and support to voluntary and community groups within the area. We provide a number of projects that meet identified need. Our holistic approach to addressing issues related to disadvantaged people has brought positive change to individuals and the local community. Our work with individuals has been recognised with a Royal visit by HRH Prince Charles and a ministerial visit in relation to the work we have done with unemployed individuals.

Notts YMCA has been serving its communities for 140 years. We currently run hostels in Nottingham and Mansfield, a dedicated health and fitness centre, two community cafes and two community centres. We engage over 2000 young people each year through a comprehensive youth programme.

To support young people and our hostel residents in their transition to long-term sustained independence, we own houses across Nottingham and Mansfield where they can put their life-skills into practise, and enjoy being part of a wider community. We have a dedicated Training Skills and Development Department, supporting our residents with quality employment and skills programmes both through outreach and in house delivery.

Our Four Core Values – Caring, Honesty, Respect and Responsibility – lie at the heart of what we do and we’re committed to working with disadvantaged and marginalised communities to educate and empower people, promoting health, wellbeing and equality of opportunity for all.

Nova Wakefield District is a consortium of 70 local VCSE organisations operating in Wakefield District. We operate on a hub and spokes model: the small staff hub bids for and manages contracts, whilst our member organisations deliver the work on the 'frontline'. This allows us to bring in very small, specialised organisations into the supply chain. We therefore cover a huge range of service areas pertinent to offending. These have been indicated in the description of our organisation.We also provide capacity-building support to our members, ensuring the quality of their organisations and the services they provide.

St Georges Crypt is a Christian Charity which has been based in the heart of Leeds since 1930. We provide practical care and support to homeless, disadvantaged and vulnerable adults, regardless of their race, religion or circumstances.
Our main services include providing a hot meal to approx 70 people, an overnight care centre with 15 bedrooms and up to 20 temporary beds. Resettlement to move people on into their own accommodation. Two residential projects - Faith Lodge which is a place of recovery and Regent Terrace for dependant drinkers.
Nurture is our social enterprise providing professional catering, we offer service users, ROTL and ex-offenders the opportunity to gain experience, achieve qualifications and possible employment. To date we have found employment in our organisation for 12 people from prison and 2 from Probation. On October 2014 Nurture won the award for Employer of Offenders 2014. We are hoping that winning the award will help us secure funding.

NYMAZ is a youth music development charity which champions the transformative potential of music for children and young people. We know that music has the power to change lives – it can raise aspirations, enable personal and social development, and enhance career prospects. Working with our trusted partners, we deliver high quality music-making activities across North Yorkshire to those in challenging circumstances, including rural isolation. We are also committed to strengthening the sector through workforce development, building strategic partnerships and advocating for the benefits of participatory music.

Oak London provides a residential course and mentoring programme for young men aged 18+ who have faced challenges. We are especially inclusive of young men who are at risk of offending or reoffending. Our programme is always small and participant centred. It provides the means to inspire positive decision-making and hope-filled futures.

The programme consists of five parts:
1) Enrolment - the suitability and buy-in of the participant is assessed.
2) Residential - a 4-5 day retreat in Bristol which includes a balance of deep reflective exercises (workshops on themes such as forgiveness and reconciliation, hopes and dreams, masculinity) and community-building activities (e.g. exercise, cooking and eating together).
3) Follow-up sessions - these underpin the routines and learning from the residential course. Here we provide assistance in guiding and signposting your next steps.
4) Community project - designed and run by the participants.
5) Mentoring - weekly for 1 year.

Oasis Community Housing is a Christian homelessness charity working across Tyne & Wear and London. For over 40 years, we have supported people experiencing homelessness, at risk of homelessness, or facing multiple disadvantage, helping them access safe accommodation, improve wellbeing and build greater independence.

We provide homelessness prevention, supported accommodation, Housing First, outreach, drop-in services, tenancy sustainment, financial capability and debt advice, alongside practical support such as food provision, showers, laundry facilities and digital inclusion. Our work is trauma-informed, relationship-based and tailored to the complex needs of the people we support.

Many of the people we work with have experience of the criminal justice system, including those leaving prison and under probation supervision. Working closely with statutory and voluntary sector partners, we help people secure accommodation, access health and support services, develop life skills and build stable, independent lives.

Offploy is on a mission to make the world a safer place by supporting people at risk of offending to maximise their life's potential.
We run peer-mentoring and support services commissioned by private funders, DWP, MoJ and our own retained surplus.

Offploy also provides HR consultancy services and training to employers to support them to actively hire people with convictions.

Our in-house CRM instantly tracks our impact, reports information to commissioners and ensures our colleagues can spend less time on admin and more time on supporting people.

Offploy sees over 800 people per year access our service across England and Wales.

We offer intensive support to women with multiple and complex needs and who are involved in or vulnerable to street sex work. One25 reaches out to women trapped in street sex-work and supports them in breaking free and building new lives. The charity provides night outreach, afternoon drop-in with visiting professionals, lunch, hygiene facilities and a daily life-skills programme; plus eight caseworkers specialising in housing, drug treatment, criminal justice, mental health, and complex needs.We also run the Pause Bristol pilot, supporting women who have had 2 or more children removed into care.

We specialise in finding jobs in the hospitality industry for anyone who is or has been homeless, an ex-offender or a vulnerable veteran.Through a close working relationship with the Ministry of Justice, we liaise with New Futures Network Job Brokers & in-prison coaches from the DWP. We hold pre-release recruitment affairs and are about to commence a strategy whereby our partner employers embark on joint projects with selected prisons both in terms of skills delivery and capital investment. The sponsorship of kitchens will be a key part of the strategy. We are also working in partnership with the key custodial education providers including Novus and Sodexo and of the 108 UK prisons, have identified 58 prisons which provide pre-release training & education covering hospitality