Aspire provides people with work experience and training, and supports them in applying for work. Aspire supports adults over 18 who have experienced adversity and are committed to making positive changes to their lives (e.g. people who have experienced homelessness, ex-offenders, ex-addicts). Referrals are by a professional representative (e.g. a support worker at a shelter). ...

Walking with the Wounded offer assistance through their programmes to those vulnerable veterans who have been physically, mentally or socially disadvantaged by their service, and assist them in sustaining their independence through new sustainable careers outside of the military. This includes providing support to homeless veterans and veterans in the Criminal Justice System, areas which ...

The Citizens Advice West Northants and Cherwell offer free, private, and unbiased advice on many different issues, including benefits, consumer issues, debt & money, employment, family, health, housing, immigration, law & courts As well as the helpline, they also offer in-person support where you can drop-in to a Community Help Information Point (CHIP). For in-person ...

New Leaf was established in 2010 by a partnership of agencies, supported by the Buckinghamshire Association for the Care of Offenders (BACO). In 2011 New Leaf became part of Thames Valley Partnership, allowing them to expand the work into Oxfordshire and Berkshire with the vision of helping offenders across the whole of the Thames Valley. ...

Aldates Community Transformation Initiatives (ACT) is a charity based in Oxford. Their welcoming community includes many with lived experience of prison, street homelessness and addiction. Through street and prison outreach, meals, mentoring and housing, they help people rebuild their lives. ...

Circles of Support and Accountability (Circles) build safer communities through local volunteers working with sex offenders to minimise alienation, support reintegration and so prevent sexual re-offending. ...

The Thames Valley Partnership brings people and organisations together to create safer and stronger communities. They are looking for longer-term and sustainable solutions to the problems of crime and social exclusion. The Thames Valley Partnership work with criminal justice partners, local authorities, voluntary and community organisations and the private sector. ...

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. ...

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 ...

Startup is a charity which supports ex-offenders into self-employment. Their support is tailored to each individual and includes business planning and advice, financial help to purchase equipment and materials, peer mentor support and access to a business adviser for a year once client begins self-employment. They welcome referrals from partner agencies or direct contact from ...

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. ...

Blogs connected with offenders and offending. The blogs give useful information around the criminal justice system in the UK. ...

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 ...

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. ...

TRAX runs courses to engage young people aged 13 – 21 years old in Oxfordshire. TRAX aims to divert young people away from anti-social behaviour, crime and negative activities and encourage the personal, social and educational development of all young people who come to this project so they become positive and active members of their ...

Citizens Advice Oxfordshire offer free, private, and unbiased advice on many different issues, including benefits, consumer issues, debt & money, employment, family, health, housing, immigration, law & courts to residents of Oxfordshire. They operate an adviceline, chat feature, email and in person from 6 advice centres (Abingdon, Didcot, Henley, Thame, Oxford and Witney) and 7 ...

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 ...

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. ...

Aspire Oxford exist to help vulnerable people who are facing challenges such as homelessness, poverty, addiction, offending histories or mental health difficulties to move into the world of work. Aspire Oxford can offer work experience within their own enterprise businesses and the person-centred support they need to make their own lasting change. ...

Children Heard and Seen (CHAS) support children, young people and their families who are impacted by parental imprisonment. There is currently no statutory mechanism to support or even identify children when their parent goes to prison, meaning we do not know who or where they are. Since inception in 2014, CHAS have worked alongside over ...

Mayday Trust is a forward-thinking organisation working with people going through some of the toughest life transitions, including people experiencing homelessness, leaving care, coming off drugs or alcohol, coming out of prison or psychiatric hospital. Mayday provides direct support through its radical Personal Transitions Service (PTS), which works with people going through tough times, providing ...

South Oxfordshire Food and Education Alliance (SOFEA) work with young people to build their employability, whilst providing nutritious food for those in need. Programmes for young people to build up skills in a safe judgement free zone. SOFEA alleviates multiple social problems: the need for jobs and training for disadvantaged young people; the demand for ...

Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust provides Forensic Services for people with serious mental health problems who are or have been involved with the criminal justice system. These are based at the Littlemore Mental Health Centre. ...

abandofbrothers (ABOB) works with young men in danger of the criminal justice system. We provide them with the support to make the transition to an adulthood free of crime and filled with a sense of belonging, connection and purpose. Our Quest for Community brings together young men and adult Mentors through an intensive contemporary rites-of-passage ...

A not-for-profit Community Interest Company providing Youth Services, Youth Clubs, Workshops, mentoring and group work for young people. We also have a day time alternative provision for secondary school age, who need support with SEMH.   ...