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Birth Companions is a unique charity which supports women experiencing severe disadvantage during pregnancy, birth and early parenting. We are the UK’s leading organisation working in this area, with widely acknowledged expertise in the needs of pregnant women and new mothers facing severe disadvantage both in prison and the community.

The women we support face a range of issues and challenges including mental health problems, substance misuse, a history of domestic and sexual violence, trafficking, experience of detention and human rights violations overseas. They are particularly vulnerable during their pregnancies due to the effects of poor health, poverty, lack of support from family and friends as well as isolation.
Our overall aim is to empower women and help them to give their babies best possible start in life.

We also seek to raise awareness and to influence changes in policy and practice to improve conditions for the women we work with.

Geese Theatre Company is a team of professional theatre practitioners who present interactive drama and facilitate workshops, staff training and consultation in prisons, secure mental health settings, young offender institutions, and in the community with probation services, youth offending teams and related agencies. A registered charity based in Birmingham, Geese works throughout the UK and overseas and has gained an international reputation for innovative work with vulnerable and socially excluded groups, becoming widely acknowledged as one of the key organisations championing the role of arts in the criminal justice system and wider social welfare arena. Our work provides solutions to a range of criminogenic issues, primarily focussing on attitudes, thinking and behaviour and addressing themes such as domestic abuse, sexual offending, violence, resettlement, substance misuse and offending, self-efficacy, and employability.

Good Vibrations runs gamelan (Indonesian bronze percussion) courses, in prisons and secure hospitals and with offenders and ex-offenders in the community, helping people develop crucial life- and work-skills such as communication, teamworking, creative thinking and concentration. Participants are then also more motivated to engage in other constructive activities.

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.

Rape Crisis Surrey and Sussex(RCSAS) are an independent specialist rape and sexual abuse support centre based in the Crawley area. We provide expert support for female survivors of any form of sexual violence aged 13+ who live or work in East Surrey and West Sussex.
At RCSAS we recognise that sexual violence exists on the continuum of violence against women and girls. All of our services support survivors of all forms of sexual violence.We offer a holistic, woman-only, and professional service. All of our services are offered free of charge to survivors under the age of 18, and are provided on a donation basis for those who are aged 18 or over.
We believe that survivors of sexual violence are the experts of their own lives, and consequently all of our workers are led by the women and girls we support. Whenever it happened, whatever happened, and however many times it has happened, all survivors deserve the very best support.

It was established as a peer support network in 1996 and became a national registered charity in 2013. It represents the interests of older people in prison with multiple care and resettlement needs or at risk of a custodial sentence. Restore has developed a Through the Gate approach known as ‘My Life My Care’ offering one-one-one support on release for the first eight weeks allowing time for local specialist care and resettlement services to engage with the service user. The approach includes a personalised care assessment toolkit that takes into account Covid-19 risk and support while in temporary accommodation. The service is offered throughout the South West region and being piloted in the Thames Valley area with the intention of cascading our service to other regions. There is a Covid-19 national helpline (0300 102 1032) for use by older people in custody and on their release.

Established in 2000, Synergy Theatre Project works with prisoners, ex-prisoners and young people at risk, towards rehabilitation, through theatre and related activities, while placing the wider issues surrounding criminal justice in the public arena.

Tap Social Movement is an Oxford-based craft brewery and community space set up to train and employ people currently serving or recently released from prison sentences.