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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.

Mission Statement: To provide care, support, the relief of poverty and rehabilitation for offenders and ex-offenders who are or have been in custody, in particular but not exclusively by providing a support network for Muslim Chaplains.
Our Vision is to raise awareness in all communities of how to effectively contribute towards the vision of rehabilitation and resettlement of the National Offenders Management Service.

Our aims are:
• To support Muslim Chaplains.
• To work towards the resettlement of prisoners and prevention of re-offending upon release.
• To engage with the Muslim and wider Communities
• To provide Faith support inside and upon release
• Provide a mentor or link with faith community after release
• Provide CDs for mental well being of Muslim prisoners
• Print, design and assist in distributing material useful for prisoners
• Organise meetings for members to empower them to provide the above services

New Bridge match people in prisons with trained volunteers who offer long-term support through a combination of correspondence and visits. This provides people in prison with a bridge to the outside world, along with an increased sense of value and potential for their future.

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.

Our mission is to show Christ’s love to people in prison by coming alongside them and supporting them. We seek, through prayer and practical care, to help, support and develop a Christian ministry to people in prison and their families.

We do this through our network of over 2,500 volunteers. We are currently ministering in almost all of the 120 prisons in England and Wales.

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.

REACH INSIDE is a charity that has been set up to help friends and family members of prisoners to REACH INSIDE and communicate easily with their loved ones.
Our POST–2–PRISON project allows anyone with online access to send a photo and a message to any UK prisoner completely free of charge.
All you need to do is visit our website (its mobile friendly too) and send your message, we will then print it and post it directly into prison.

Samaritans provides confidential emotional support to prisoners, either by telephone or face-to-face. The organisation also selects, trains and supports prisoners, known as Listeners, to offer confidential, emotional support to their fellow-inmates.

Shannon Trust is a national charity supporting people in the criminal justice system to learn to read, and improve other basic skills. Currently, 62% of people that end up in prison either can't read or struggle to. Shannon Trust inspires and trains prisoners who can read to teach prisoners who can’t, so they're better set up for a positive future. We also support people in prison with basic maths.

In the community, we work with partner organisations supporting people to learn to read in the same peer-led way.

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.

The Growth Company is an award-winning, accredited social enterprise with a mission to enable growth, create jobs and improve lives. We have been supporting individuals, communities and businesses with skills, employment, justice and business support for over 30 years. We deliver services nationally but are locally embedded with strong partnerships informing and enhancing our delivery.

The Growth Company has been offering current offenders and ex-offenders under the supervision of the Ministry of Justice and National Probation Service the support necessary to live a healthy life and reduce reoffending.

Our aim has always been to support rehabilitation and to improve the lives and prospects of the individuals themselves, as well as their families and the communities that they live in.

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.

Unlock is an independent award-winning national charity that provides a voice and support for people with convictions who are facing stigma and obstacles because of their criminal record, often long after they have served their sentence.

Firstly, we help people. We provide information, advice and support to people with convictions, including running an information site and confidential peer-run helpline. We help practitioners support people with convictions by providing criminal record disclosure training. And we support employers and universities in treating people with criminal records fairly.

Secondly, we advocate for change, working at policy level to address systemic and structural issues. We listen to and consult with people with criminal records, undertake research and produce evidence-based reports to inform policy makers and the public. We challenge bad practice, influence attitudes and speak truth to power. We co-founded and support the Ban the Box campaign.