Ex-offenders
National and regional support for ex-offenders.
Antz Junction – supports ex-offenders and deprived communities move towards employment
Barnardo’s – support for children with a parent in prison
Catch 22 – provides rehabilitation services in the community for young prison leavers and ex-offenders
Children Heard and Seen – support for children and young people with a parent in prison
Circles UK – volunteer network that work with sex offenders to manage risk and return back to society
CLINKS – directory of services for ex-offenders
Co-Financing Organisation Activity Hubs – wide range of support services for sentenced prison leavers
Criminal Justice Service: Change Grow Live – integrated drug and alcohol treatment programme aimed to stop reoffending.
Disclosure and Barring Service on GOV.UK – information on criminal record checks for employment
Going Forward into Employment (GFiE) – government wide scheme to support prison leavers gain opportunities through the civil service
Hardman Trust – resettlement support for prison leavers
Information Hub – information on what criminal convictions can affect
Mayday Trust – support for people going through a life transition including prison leavers
NACRO – support for housing, education and advice for disadvantaged young people, including prison leavers
National Information Centre on Children of Offenders (NICCO) – directory of services to support the children and families of offenders
National Probation Service – manages offenders in the community
New Futures Network – information about how employers work with prisons to provide opportunities for prison leavers
Offploy – aims to reduce reoffending through mentored and sustainable employment
PLIAS Resettlement – supports the resettlement and reintegration of offenders back into the community
Princes Trust – information and links to additional services that support prison leavers
Prison Advice and Care Trust (PACT) – support for prisoners, people with convictions and their families
Prisoners’ Families Helpline – advice and information on what happens on arrest, prison visits and preparing for release
Prison Reform Trust – advice on prison rights, conditions and how to get help in prison
Prosper 4 Group – employment and enterprise services for ex-offenders
Recruit – ex-offender friendly employer vacancies
Recruit with Conviction – information on supporting people with criminal convictions looking for work
St Giles Trust – community based prison leaver support (also known as St Giles Wise)
Spent conviction calculator – single use calculator to establish when criminal convictions become ‘spent’ under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974
Startup – support for women prison leavers for further education, work experience and self-employment
Step Together – support for prison leavers through voluntary work
Supportline – directory of support for people with criminal convictions
Universal Credit and prison leavers on GOV.UK – information for prison leavers, work coaches and probation officers about Universal Credit
Unlock – support overcoming the long term effects of a criminal record
Working Chance – recruitment consultancy for women prison leavers
Women in Prison – support for women in prison and post release
Bristol Together- a social enterprise that buys, refurbishes and sells empty properties, and helps create full time jobs for people who have been in prison
Impact Pathways - search for organisations that offer services to individuals with criminal convictions to help them make positive changes to their lives
P.E.O.P.L.E -peoplelimited - Offering help and support to low risk offenders that have recently left prison
Key4Life – Reducing youth re-offending - an innovative crime prevention charity which rehabilitates young men in prison or at risk of going to prison, and provides real solutions to help reduce youth offending
ExChange mentoring programme - aimed at supporting young people 10 – 17 identified as being at risk of potential future violence
Bedfordshire Probation Trust - Bedfordshire Domestic Abuse Partnership - Help for those ex-offenders who are in an abusive relationship
Forward Trust – see website for service available
Community Led Initiatives Bedford - Mentoring support. From community sentences to coming out of custody
Companions Real Bread CIC - Clinks - Supported volunteering for ex-offenders
Direction for Bedfordshire - A gateway support service for individuals emerging from prison or any other part of the Criminal Justice system
Langley House – see website for details of available services
Stepping Stones (Luton) - see website for available support
St Giles trust - range of services designed to help ex-offenders
HACRO Rehabilitation for offenders - help people who’ve been on the wrong side of the law to get their lives back on track by focusing on both Family Support and the creation of Employment
Alana House - PACT - Alana House is a community service run by PACT that uses a holistic approach to support and empower women
Thames Valley Partnership Offender Mentoring - contact your Work Coach for referral
Trailblazers Mentoring Young Offenders - contact your Work Coach for referral
Elmore Community Services - contact your Work Coach for referral
South Oxfordshire District Council - Self-referral: Online Enhanced Housing Options Form/Telephone/Email/Face to face
Vale of White Horse District Council - Self-referral: Online Enhanced Housing Options Form/Telephone/Email/Face to face
CASS+ Free Advice and Support for offenders, families and victims at courts
bcha – Bournemouth and Poole- CFO3 is a voluntary programme to support people who are in the Criminal Justice system to reintegrate into the community
Footprints Project Limited – Dorset - Provides person centred support for offenders or those who are at risk of offending
jhbikeworkshop - A range of support for claimants who are at risk of being socially excluded
The Alliance Programme - RCS - see website for available support
London Training and Employment Network – contact your Work Coach about the Positive Turn Around Project providing employability and in work support for ex-offenders in London
Just for Kids – advice for young people on their legal rights in Canning Town
Phoenix Futures – support for ex-offenders with additional needs across Essex (except Thurrock and Southend)
Forward Trust – provides employability support and probation services across Kent
Ixion Holdings – speak to your Work Coach about this support for offenders on licence in Chatham to move closer to the workplace
RBLI – support for ex-offenders in Ashford, Chatham, Dartford, Dover Gravesend and Margate through a Brighter Futures programme to gain employment
Bounce Back – provides support and job opportunities in construction for people leaving prison
HARRP Trust – contact your Work Coach about this mentoring and support opportunity for ex-offenders in Enfield, Waltham Cross and Haringey
RIFT Social Enterprise – contact your Work Coach about this self-employment support opportunities for ex-offenders in North London
CFO Activity Hubs London - support men and women on licence or serving a community sentence.
CirclesSE - Reducing Sexual abuse in our communities
St Giles - We help people held back by poverty, exploited, abused, dealing with addiction or mental health problems, caught up in crime or a combination of these issues and others.
Sussex Prisoners’ Families - Support for children, young people and families.
User Voice - give a voice to the people in the criminal justice system
Action West London - Help disadvantaged, unemployed young people and adults secure employment.
PLIAS Resettlement - Supporting the resettlement and reintegration of offenders into the community
PSS Women’s Turnaround Warrington - a service for women who have offended in the past.
Back on Track - offers a range of support and learning opportunities including employability, functional skills, creative activities, citizenship, life skills, and health and wellbeing
Partners of Prisoners - provide information and support for offenders’ families from the point of arrest through to release and beyond.
Apex Trust - supports individuals to move away from a lifestyle which may encourage offending or re-offending
Mals Merseyside - mentoring service tailored to meet the needs of the individuals or groups. Deliver both group and one-to-one sessions
The Oswin Project - help people with criminal records to find employment, training and support in the North East of England.
Accord Housing Association Limited - Housing support for ex-offenders, Solihull only
Swanswell- Birmingham - delivers floating support for offenders, single people and people requiring support with mental health issues
Forward Trust - offers employment opportunities in the construction and recycling industries for all types of ex offender
Home Group - into work support for learners from a vast array of different backgrounds and the different barriers they face in life including ex-offenders
Street Life Soccer - offers sessions for the homeless, ex-offenders, vulnerably housed and the unemployed
Access2Advice – provides support to prison leavers needing help
Chance 2 Change – offers support to young people aged 16-25 who are at risk or have already become involved in serious violent crime
Support for Ex-offenders Leicester Employment Hub – offers support to ex-offenders
Tempus Novo – supports ex-offenders into employment
Unlocking Potential Project – offers support to young people aged 16-25 who are at risk of offending, current offenders or ex-offenders
Lincolnshire Action Trust - offers a range of training opportunities and employment support to prepare people for their release
Straight Six Café - provides a supportive rehabilitative experience for those released from prison or working with probation to develop key skills
Ixion Holdings – provides support to the hardest to help offenders move towards mainstream provision or into employment - contact your work coach about this opportunity
Youth offending - Telford and Wrekin Council - provides support to young people aged 10 to 17 and their families, aiming to reduce offending by children and young people
Chameleon School of Construction - offers free construction qualifications to help ex-offenders, homeless people, learners with mental illness or addiction
Home Group - offers support to single homeless people aged 18 to 25, including ex-offenders
Ixion Holdings – provides support to the hardest to help offenders move towards mainstream provision or into employment - contact to your work coach about this opportunity
Rhubarb Farm - provides a variety of services to ex-offenders to help them move into work
Saltbox Restart - provides support to the most vulnerable ex-offenders who are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless
Access to Industry – supports people with a history of offending or are serving a community or custodial sentence find future work opportunities across Scotland
Apex Scotland – works with people with criminal convictions to change behaviour and offer opportunities to learn new skills for work
Barnardo’s – support for children with a parent in prison
Catch 22 – provides rehabilitation services in the community for young prison leavers and ex-offenders
Children Heard and Seen – support for children and young people with a parent in prison
Circles UK – volunteer network that work with sex offenders to manage risk and return back to society
CLINKS – directory of services for ex-offenders
Criminal Justice Service: Change Grow Live – integrated drug and alcohol treatment programme aimed to stop reoffending.
Disclosure and Barring Service on GOV.UK – information on criminal record checks for employment
Families Outside – support for families affected by imprisonment through a helpline and regional family support coordinators in Scotland
Going Forward into Employment (GFiE) – government wide scheme to support prison leavers gain opportunities through the civil service
Hardman Trust – resettlement support for prison leavers
Information Hub – information on what criminal convictions can affect
Mayday Trust – support for people going through a life transition including prison leavers
National Probation Service – manages offenders in the community
Navigating the Scottish Justice System – an interactive digital map which explains the key stages of the Scottish justice system
Offploy – aims to reduce reoffending through mentored and sustainable employment
PLIAS Resettlement – supports the resettlement and reintegration of offenders back into the community
Princes Trust – information and links to additional services that support prison leavers
Prison Advice and Care Trust (PACT) – support for prisoners, people with convictions and their families
Prison Reform Trust – advice on prison rights, conditions and how to get help in prison
Prosper 4 Group – employment and enterprise services for ex-offenders
Recruit – ex-offender friendly employer vacancies
Recruit with Conviction – information on supporting people with criminal convictions looking for work
St Giles Trust – community based prison leaver support (also known as St Giles Wise)
Spent conviction calculator – single use calculator to establish when criminal convictions become ‘spent’ under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974
Startup – support for women prison leavers for further education, work experience and self-employment
Step Together – support for prison leavers through voluntary work
Supportline – directory of support for people with criminal convictions
Universal Credit and prison leavers on GOV.UK – information for prison leavers, work coaches and probation officers about Universal Credit
Unlock – support overcoming the long term effects of a criminal record
Venture Trust – runs a criminal justice system rehabilitation service across Scotland
Working Chance – recruitment consultancy for women prison leavers
Women in Prison – support for women in prison and post release
Glasgow Life Criminal Justice Project – contact your Work Coach about this support service for people on probation in Glasgow
Criminal Justice Support through West Lothian Health and Social Care – supervision and information for offenders who are in prison on statuary throughcare or who have been released subject to licence
Cyrenians – supports people to tackle the causes of homelessness, including support for ex-offenders and prison leavers
EMORS – contact your Work Coach about this Edinburgh and Midlothian Offender and Recovery Service focused on drug and alcohol, arrest referral and throughcare services for adults, offenders and young people
Grassmarket Project – community support projects for vulnerable people including ex-offenders based in Edinburgh
The VOW Project – contact your Work Coach about this Edinburgh based police project aiming to reduce offending
Willow – supports women ex-offenders aged 17 or over in Edinburgh and Midlothian
Freedom Unlimited – contact your Work Coach about this social enterprise that aims to provide training and employment opportunities for people with criminal convictions in Dalgety Bay
Labyrinth Service – contact your Work Coach about this employability service that works with people with sexual offenses in Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire
Shetland Island Council – contact information with support services for people with an offense in the Shetland Islands
Connect Call – contact your Work Coach about this telephony support service for ex-offenders in East Ayrshire
North Ayrshire Council Justice Services – contact your Work Coach about this employability mentor service for people with a criminal record in North Ayrshire
SHINE – provides a women’s mentoring service for women in prison or subject to a Community Payback Order in Ayr and Girvan
Community Justice Renfrewshire – information and support services for ex-offenders in Renfrewshire
I Fit – A charity that provides support for prison leavers and ex-offenders to rejoin the community of Inverclyde
West Dunbartonshire Council – information on the criminal justice system and support services available to ex-offenders in West Dunbartonshire
Barnardo’s – support for children with a parent in prison
Catch 22 – provides rehabilitation services in the community for young prison leavers and ex-offenders
Children Heard and Seen – support for children and young people with a parent in prison
Circles UK – volunteer network that work with sex offenders to manage risk and return back to society
CLINKS – directory of services for ex-offenders
Criminal Justice Service: Change Grow Live – integrated drug and alcohol treatment programme aimed to stop reoffending.
Disclosure and Barring Service on GOV.UK – information on criminal record checks for employment
Going Forward into Employment (GFiE) – government wide scheme to support prison leavers gain opportunities through the civil service
Hardman Trust – resettlement support for prison leavers
Information Hub – information on what criminal convictions can affect
Mayday Trust – support for people going through a life transition including prison leavers
NACRO – support for housing, education and advice for disadvantaged young people, including prison leavers
National Information Centre on Children of Offenders (NICCO) – directory of services to support the children and families of offenders
National Probation Service – manages offenders in the community
New Futures Network – information about how employers work with prisons to provide opportunities for prison leavers
Offploy – aims to reduce reoffending through mentored and sustainable employment
PLIAS Resettlement – supports the resettlement and reintegration of offenders back into the community
Princes Trust – information and links to additional services that support prison leavers
Prison Advice and Care Trust (PACT) – support for prisoners, people with convictions and their families
Prisoners’ Families Helpline – advice and information on what happens on arrest, prison visits and preparing for release
Prison Reform Trust – advice on prison rights, conditions and how to get help in prison
Prosper 4 Group – employment and enterprise services for ex-offenders
Recruit – ex-offender friendly employer vacancies
Recruit with Conviction – information on supporting people with criminal convictions looking for work
Shelter Prison Link Cymru – homelessness prevention service at the point of entry into custody to support prisoners to keep their homes
St Giles Trust – community based prison leaver support (also known as St Giles Wise)
Spent conviction calculator – single use calculator to establish when criminal convictions become ‘spent’ under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974
Startup – support for women prison leavers for further education, work experience and self-employment
Step Together – support for prison leavers through voluntary work
Supportline – directory of support for people with criminal convictions
Universal Credit and prison leavers on GOV.UK – information for prison leavers, work coaches and probation officers about Universal Credit
Unlock – support overcoming the long term effects of a criminal record
Working Chance – recruitment consultancy for women prison leavers
Women in Prison – support for women in prison and post release
CAIS – provides personal support services for rehabilitation, counselling, mentoring and returning back to society including Jigsaw, which helps ex-offenders, people with substance misuse or mental health issues
Choose Life The Prisoners Initiative – for unemployed people with a history of drug or alcohol addictive who which to work in the drugs field
Dewi Sant Centre – support for prison leavers with immediate housing needs in Rhyl
Kaleidoscope Powys Drug and Alcohol Service – includes support when arrested relating to addiction
Include – support for ex-offenders across South Wales
Inside Out Support Wales – contact your Work Coach about this mentoring and coaching service for people with convictions across the district
Motiv-8 – contact your Work Coach about this mentoring service for people with convictions in Caerphilly, Blackwood and Bargoed – includes MAPPA clients
POBL – floating support for prolific and priority offenders – call 01495 740730
Include – support for ex-offenders across South Wales
The Wallich BOSS Project – provides employability and entrepreneurship training for ex-offenders in Swansea and Neath Port Talbot