Shaw Trust is a charity in the UK which helps disabled and disadvantaged people into employment and independent living. It was formed in the village of Shaw in Wiltshire in 1982.
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Acas gives employees and employers free, impartial advice on workplace rights, rules and best practice. They also offer training and help to resolve disputes.
Its Mental Health in the Workplace training provides people with the key knowledge, skills and confidence to manage wellbeing in the workplace. Managers will learn to identify the early warning signs, understand common and more complex mental health conditions, and take into account good practice and the law when supporting individuals with mental ill health. Managers will also have the opportunity to develop an action plan, taking into account their role in preventing work related stress and promoting positive mental health in the workplace.
Caring for Ex-Offenders (CFEO) connects someone coming out of prison with a local church community in order to better assist that person’s resettlement into society.
Unlock is an independent award-winning national charity that provides a voice and support for people 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, including running an information site and confidential peer-run helpline. We help practitioners support people by providing criminal record disclosure training. And we support employers and universities in treating people fairly.
Secondly, we advocate for change, working at policy level to address systemic and structural issues. We listen to and consult with people, 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 and we are pushing for #FairChecks, a fresh start for the criminal records system.
Bounce Back is a charity and social enterprise that supports ex-offenders to change the direction of their lives and works to reduce re-offending. Bounce Back engages with participants whilst they are still in prison, follows through in the community, and provides training to help them secure paid employment or to set up in self-employment.
The Prison Reform Trust (PRT) is an independent UK charity working to create a just, humane and effective penal system. They do this by inquiring into the workings of the system; informing prisoners, staff and the wider public; and by influencing Parliament, Government and officials towards reform.
Their Vision is to:
Reduce the use of prison
Improve conditions for prisoners
Promote equality and human rights in the criminal justice system
Nacro are a national social justice charity with more than 50 years’ experience of changing lives, building stronger communities and reducing crime. They house, educate, support, advise, and speak out for and with disadvantaged young people and adults. Nacro are passionate about changing lives and they never give up. In 2017/18, Nacro helped around 32,000 people.
Blogs connected with offenders and offending. The blogs give useful information around the criminal justice system in the UK.
The Prison Advice and Care Trust (Pact) is a national charity that provides support to prisoners, people with convictions, and their families. They support people to make a fresh start, and minimise the harm that can be caused by imprisonment to people who have committed offences, to families and to communities.
St. Giles Trust believe that people with first-hand experience of successfully overcoming issues such as an offending background, homelessness, addictions and gang involvement hold the key to positive change in others.
Being helped by someone who has ‘been there’ is highly powerful and this peer-led approach underpins all our services.