We have been experts in the field of loneliness and connection since 2011. Our vision is that everyone can live a life free from chronic loneliness.

Chronic loneliness affects people of all ages and backgrounds and touches the lives of millions. It causes real emotional pain and can impact our physical and mental health. It also has an economic cost in the additional health and care services that are needed by people who are lonely, and the missed contributions that people who are unable to connect could make in their communities.

Our work always puts loneliness first. This exclusive focus allows us to maintain a depth of understanding on loneliness and how it relates to other issues.

Campus Connect is a leading educational platform dedicated to nurturing talents and fostering intellectual growth. With a team of experienced educators and professionals, we offer a diverse range of courses and qualifications designed to inspire and transform lives. Our aim is to create an inclusive learning environment where students can explore their passions, enhance their skills, and prepare for a successful future.

As an educational admission agency, we are dedicated to collaborating with various local youth organisations to extend our reach and impact focusing on assisting young mothers, ex offenders, and local community students who may have faced challenges such as failing their A-levels or possessing only GCSEs. Our goal is to provide guidance and counselling to empower these individuals and help them gain admissions into higher education.

Our extensive network enables us to match students with universities that align with their interests and desired courses, including part-time study options. We offer two-day-a-week courses with a flexible timetable, available in the morning, afternoon, evening, and weekends, fostering a supportive environment for their academic journey.

Cardboard Citizens aims to create space for people in society through engaging & unlocking the life changing and unlimited possibilities of theatre and art. We do it with a conscious heart, soul & brain for, with and by the people that don't feel like they have a home because of lived experience of homelessness, poverty, or societal inequity. We engage deeply and creatively with the injustices of our society, and we invite everyone to play a part.

Cardboard Citizens creates work with and for people who experience homelessness, inequity, or poverty. We provide theatre/art/training that explores, interrogates, and challenges the injustices that are most alive in our world. We believe that theatre and art can transform, that it can challenge the individual to grow and ignite a fire in the belly of wider society to change.

Care4me is the Community Directory for the London Borough of Wandsworth, Richmond, Kingston and the surrounding Boroughs, developed and managed by Lifetimes Charity. This provides a much more focussed directory for this area of London than our own website can offer.

Care4me is an online directory of community groups run by Lifetimes Charity.  It has information about services in and around Wandsworth.

These range from:

• Advice and Advocacy

• Benefits and Money

• Care and Support

• Caring for Someone

• Community and Getting Involved

• Travel and getting about.

Through our programmes we build networks with employers, educators, and volunteers across the UK to give young people the career support, experiences, and insights they need to kickstart their futures. Each programme is mapped to specific learning outcomes, enabling young people to develop the skills, confidence, and aspirations needed for future career success. As a social mobility charity, we support young people who potentially face the most barriers in education and employment, and whose talents often go overlooked and undiscovered. We measure the impact of our programmes using a set of outcomes designed in partnership with employers and educators, mapped to the level and intensity of each programme. Students assess their Skills for Career Success at key points, which they reflect upon with their mentors in monthly meeting

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Since CFPL (formerly CFEO) founded in 2004, men and women have been supported through mentoring to move forward with their lives after release from prison. In 2020 a process of reimagining began - reimagining the way we support prison leavers, reimagining church communities, reimagining the transformation of society.

We are all made in the image of God. Through the Bridge Programme we aim to encourage and empower people leaving prison to explore and grow in their Christian faith and character, and connect into church communities for ongoing support.

Caring Heart Foundatio was established in June 2016, with a national scope of operation.  It was set up with the aim of caring for the health and well-being of the community. Our Mission is to provide practical support services and empower families and individuals helping them to achieve social integration, good health & well-being through Community Health Promotion Training. Promoting Safeguarding Practice, Community Education, Poverty Alleviation, Counselling and Emotional Support Services.

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All our work at Caritas Westminster is underpinned by Catholic Social Teaching, and this is reflected in our values as an organisation. We want to:

• Meet basic human need

• Develop human potential

• Support engagement, social inclusion and belonging

• Promote social justice and fairness

Carneys community  is inspired by Mick Carney, the boxing legend who motivated and turned around many lives through engagement with boxing.

Mick introduced youth worker George Turner to boxing coach Mark Reigate and together they founded Carney's Community in 2011. Our services are targeted at disadvantaged young people aged 11 to 30 who come from deprived backgrounds in Wandsworth, Lambeth, and the surrounding areas. The mentoring that Carney's Community offers is unique. Many of our beneficiaries report being passed between different agencies which can lead to young people feeling frustrated, and disengaged from support services. At Carney's Community, a young person builds a trusting relationship with a single consistent person; this relationship lasts as long as the young person needs, and the mentoring is taken up by the young person when they want it and are motivated to make changes in their lives.

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The Cassandra Centre is a registered domestic violence and abuse charity based in Norbury, London SW16, that provides advice, support and counselling services for young people.  The charity was set up in 2007 after the tragic murder of Cassandra McDermott by her ex-boyfriend. Cassandra was only 19 years old. The charity aims to raise awareness and educate both young men and women about the risks and signs of domestic violence and abuse and to offer them much needed support and assistance.  Our services include, for example, engagement activities; building trust; confidence and self-esteem and we offer one-to-one therapy that addresses complex emotional barriers.  We accept referrals from all London boroughs and the City of London, because we feel that domestic violence and abuse cannot be addressed in isolation, as there are a range of sometimes complicated factors that need to be considered, so that our clients can achieve long-term independence.

Casual Ballerz focuses on more than developing football ability. We have a large focus on developing young people's resilience, empowerment and mindset for success regardless of the subject or field they wish to pursue. Casual Ballerz has a unique youth development structure that works on developing self-belief, goal setting, increasing motivation and life skill advancement. Developing a 'Casual Ballerz Mindset' is a lifestyle that is embraced and embodied throughout. It is based on the success habits of the most successful people in sport and business worldwide. Our youth development framework is also tailored to match the needs, desires and barriers that young people face daily.

We are A LOT more than football.

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Robin Lockhart, the Director of Development  for  Catalyst in Communities (CIC) and Fighting Knife Crime – London began a collaboration early, and are looking to find projects on which they can collaborate in the future. CIC’s experience is vast. Robin himself takes the lead on Engagement and Restorative Practice. He is a fully qualified Youth & Community Development professional with years of experience as a Trainer and Practitioner. He specialises in Youth and Community Engagement projects operating in areas of acute need. He has recently been involved in Young People’s projects in Haringey, Hackney, Newham, Barking and Dagenham, Camden, Islington and Lewisham. He received the Commonwealth Youth Worker Awards for Europe and the Globe in 2016-17.

But at CIC, they are a team, with a demonstrable ability to change young peoples’ perspectives. They seek to improve wellbeing for young people by helping them to facing up to mental health challenges, violence (to self and others), drug/alcohol abuse, gangs, unemployment, radicalisation, homelessness and addressing these directly through the range of work CIC do.  CIC possesses a wide range of experience in community safety and engagement related work. With a particular focus on operational, strategic and technical evaluation CIC use restorative practice in a holistic way that encourages people to build their own capacity for transformation and change in the domains of justice, education, social care and personal life.

A creative arts project supporting children and young people who are directly affected by child criminal exploitation.

At Music To My Ears, we take an innovative and creative approach to service delivery. We encourage and facilitate young people's engagement with making music, making films, photography, creative writing and other creative arts. This allows young people to talk about their experiences and feelings in an innovative way as well as engaging them in a positive hobby.

Young people are taught creative skills to help them build resilience. This can range from making a positive playlist for the times they are feeling low, right through to making films about their place in the community.

Catch On is a free educational resource about Child Exploitation aimed at pupils in Years 7 and 8 (aged 11-13). The resource contains a suite of options for a single lesson or series of lessons exploring the topic of grooming and exploitation. The resource has been written by a team of frontline practitioners and a curriculum lead from one of our Catch22 schools. The aim is to make children aware of child exploitation, empower them to recognise the warning signs, and know where to go to get help if they or their friends are targeted.

Catch On is completely free to download and use. We have placed no restrictions on it because we want it to be used as widely as possible to protect children and to inform parents and professionals.

Providing specialist support and rescue service for young people and their families who are criminally exploited through county lines.

Our caseworkers provide one-to-one support to young people and their families, working closely with other agencies and professionals and tailoring the support to each young person's individual needs and circumstances. We deliver a rescue service, with out-of-hours capacity, to secure the safe return home, at a critical teachable moment, of young people. Our support and rescue service operates alongside SafeCall, a dedicated confidential county lines national helpline for young people, parents and carers across England and Wales run by Missing People.

Our vision is a strong society where everyone has good people around them, a purpose, and a good place to live. In 2017/18 we supported 64,741 people through our 123 services all over the UK.  Our 1,689 colleagues were supported in their vital work by 122 volunteers.  We’ve been a charity for 200 years. Today we work across children’s social care, deliver alternative education, get people into work through apprenticeships and employability programmes, build stronger communities through social action, and deliver social justice and rehabilitation services (in prisons and in the community). But we don’t just stop at changing lives on the frontline. We take any surplus and the learning from our delivery, and funnel that into public service reform – investing in new structures and programmes that do things differently and change the system for good. Catch22 changes lives by delivering frontline public services. We then take our experience and the surplus made from delivery, and reinvest it in piloting new ways of doing things. We deliver services for young people, families and adults, across justice, social action, education and into employment. Our strong frontline delivery expertise not only changes lives but, gives us direct insight into how the system is working and what needs to change. In 2021 Community Links merged with Catch22.

We invest in new ideas that will improve outcomes for our service users. We deliver reform through our existing services, in partnership with others and by building new organisations. Catch22’s Review of the Year 2019 is a statement of our social impact and a snapshot of what we’ve achieved.

It demonstrates the impact Catch22 is having on people’s lives up and down the country.

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Mostly operating in Sheffield, with further offices in Liverpool, Sunderland and Manchester, Causeway accepts survivors from all over the country. We believe in the power of lasting change, and exist to free marginalised and vulnerable people, including survivors of modern slavery, to find their voice, in a society which values their place. We help people make progress and ensure they thrive, as we work to prevent, protect and support them from the cycle of crime and exploitation.

Based in Croydon, we aim to tackle knife crime and youth violence through targeted interventions for young people aged 11-17. We do this through Mentoring, Life Skills Workshops & Career Advice.

Deep Listening, as developed by Pauline Oliveros, explores the difference between the involuntary nature of hearing and the voluntary, selective nature of listening. The practice includes bodywork, sonic meditations, and interactive performance, as well as listening to the sounds of daily life, nature, one's own thoughts, imagination, and dreams. It cultivates a heightened awareness of the sonic environment, both external and internal, and promotes experimentation, improvisation, collaboration, playfulness, and other creative skills vital to personal and community growth.

Deep Listening® is a practice developed by pioneering composer Pauline Oliveros to enhance and expand listening abilities and to encourage creative work. In three sessions, over a two-week period, this course offers an experiential introduction to Deep Listening through collaborative and individual explorations in Sound, Dreaming, and Movement. Each session is 2.5 hours in length, and runs over 3 consecutive Saturdays, via Zoom.

The Royal Foundation Centre for Early Childhood offers links to wide resources to support early years.

They focus on researching, campaigning and collaborating to raise awareness of and action on the transformative impact of early childhood. In our latest report we have identified six practical areas where wider society has a role to play in harnessing this opportunity:

Our early childhoods, the time from pregnancy to five, fundamentally shape our whole lives. Through research, campaigns and collaboration we are working to change the way we think and act on the early years so that together we can build a happier, healthier, more nurturing world.

We believe that tackling the toughest challenges in early childhood and achieving the biggest, long-term impact requires people coming together. We will collaborate with people from across the private, public and voluntary sectors and all walks of life to make positive change.

If you would like to support parents and carers with young children, there are many different volunteering opportunities available, for example:

'Family Line' supports parents and carers via telephone calls, emails and text messages. FamilyLine Volunteers are the first point of contact for those accessing the service and provide a range of support directly.

'Home Start' offers a range of support to families including home visiting and digital befriending.

'Young Minds Parent Help line' volunteers provide support to parents and carers worried about the mental health or emotional wellbeing of a child or young person from the ages of 0-25.

'Baby Banks' provide essentials, including clothing, equipment and toys, to families with babies and young children in need of help. You can find a local baby bank to support here.

'Squirrels is the Scouts' programme tailor-made for 4 and 5 year olds. It is designed to help early years children learn essential skills for life and is open to volunteers across the UK.

Centrepoint provides housing and support for young people regionally in London, Manchester, Yorkshire and the North East and through partnerships all over the UK.

We aim to give homeless young people a future and we want to end youth homelessness by 2037.

Championing Youth Minds was founded in response to the mental health pandemic our country is facing with a particular focus on the devastating impact on our youth.
We aim to provide a platform through which young people can help other young people care for their mental wellbeing. Through free online resources accessible to all schools, parents and youth, workshops and social media, we help our youth understand mental health and effective strategies that work best for them.
We believe that young people should be taught valuable skills such as self-reflection and introduced to useful techniques like mindfulness, so they can care for their mental wellbeing better.

Chance UK is a London-based charity delivering services across the UK. We have over 25 years' experience working with children who have faced trauma in their childhood.

We use evidence-based interventions to respond to each child's individual needs. Through one-to-one mentoring, group sessions and school workshops, our team of experts support children to develop the skills they need to build a brighter future. We offer the child's family specialist support to build their knowledge, skills and personal resilience. Where needed, we also work with the child's school and any other support service involved. Find out more about our approach by clicking on our website.

Buttle UK is named after Reverend Frank Buttle, a remarkable man whose hard work and personal sacrifice helped to establish our grant programmes, which have been helping children and young people in need across the UK since 1953.

As the Charity has grown, so has its capacity to make positive change. Nowadays we are involved in research and project work, but at our core is Frank's original drive – giving support and relief through grant aid.

The Change Foundation is an award-winning charity that uses sport to change the lives of marginalised young people. We deliver targeted long-term interventions for the most vulnerable young people through Coach Mentors with lived experience, providing regular sport, personalised mentoring and work-related opportunities.

“Chaos Theory uses violence interruption to prevent the spread of violence in communities. Violence interruption is a peer-led model based on the understanding that violence is a disease and if left untreated, will continue. One violent attack tends to lead to another. We recognise that in order to address the core roots of violence we must address the conflict that occurs within communities and amongst groups. To do this, you must be highly trusted and credible people. Our team are able to reach those most difficult, challenging individuals that most others would not.”

Charlton Athletic Community Trust (CACT) empowers communities and changes lives by improving health, education and employment and reducing crime.

Formed in 2010, the Chelsea Foundation brings together the Football in the Community and the Education department along with the clubs, and other charitable and community activities, including our international work and anti-discrimination projects.

As one of the world’s leading football social responsibility programmes the Chelsea Foundation uses the power of football and sport to motivate, educate and inspire. We believe that the power of football can be harnessed to support communities and individuals both at home and abroad.

On top of our outstanding football development programmes, the Chelsea Foundation works on a broad range of initiatives focusing on employment, education, social deprivation, crime reduction, youth offending and much more.

Childline is here to help anyone under 19 in the UK with any issue they’re going through.

You can talk about anything. Whether it’s something big or small, our trained counsellors are here to support you.

An online magazine that offers a wide range of opportunities for children and young people including assistance in education, health and arts and in the youth justice sector.

CYP Now #Chances4Children campaign is giving practitioners, teams and leaders a platform to share the innovative, collaborative and heroic work that is taking place every day to improve the lives of children, young people and families.

Children have been largely spared the devastating health effects of Covid-19. Yet, the pandemic lockdown has disrupted many aspects of children’s lives, from school closures to rising food poverty. The trauma and isolation it has caused could have damaging effects on their wellbeing and life chances for years to come. The pandemic is hitting disadvantaged children the hardest, with analysis suggesting the crisis could wipe out a decade of gains in narrowing the attainment gap. CYP Now #Chances4Children campaign aims to:

• Raise awareness of issues that prevent children and young people reaching their potential

• Champion practice and initiatives to tackle issues from which others can learn

• Support children’s sector leaders in their work to support vulnerable groups

• Provide a platform for children and young people to share their hopes and aspirations

• Ensure the needs of disadvantaged children remain at the forefront of policymakers’ post-pandemic recovery plans.

The Office of the Children's Commissioner for England is a non-departmental public body in England responsible for promoting and protecting the rights of children as set out in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, as well as other human rights legislation, such as the Human Rights Act 1998. The Children's Commissioner was established under the Children Act 2004 to "represent the views and interests of children", and the office was further strengthened by the Children and Families Act 2014 providing a legal mandate to promote and protect the rights of children. The Children's Commissioner also has a duty to speak on behalf of all children in the United Kingdom on non-devolved issues, which include immigration, and youth justice in Wales.

Right now in Britain there are children and young people who feel scared, unloved and unable to cope. The Children’s Society works with these young people, step by step, for as long as it takes. We listen. We support. We act. There are no simple answers so we work with others to tackle complex problems. Only together can we make a difference to the lives of children now and in the future. Our supporters around the country fund our services and join our campaigns to show children and young people they are on their side.

Children's Rights Alliance for England is a London-based pressure group. Since 2015 it has operated as part of the children's charity Just for Kids Law. CRAE was set up in 1991 after the UK ratified the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child in order to monitor the UK Government's commitment to upholding the document. They aim to protect the human rights of children in the UK by lobbying government and others who hold power. They also bring or support test cases and use regional and international human rights mechanisms. They provide free legal information and advice to young people, raise awareness of children’s human rights, and undertake research about children’s access to their rights. As such they are a member of The National Council for Voluntary Youth Services ,which is an England-wide organisation which supports and promotes the work of youth groups and charities. CRAE publish an annual review of the State of children's rights in England.

Church Urban Fund is a charitable organisation set up by the Church of England in 1987 designed to assist in deprived and impoverished areas of the country. Operating in partnership with faith organisations working at the local level, the charity aims to provide a range of support to help these groups to serve their communities.

CTIB drives commitment by each church and denomination to deepen its fellowship with the others and, without losing what makes each interestingly different, to work with them towards a greater visible unity.

To help the churches live as Churches Together, a number of small organisations have been created to ease their way. There is one in almost every town or community to help them to work together locally. There are others in the regions and for each of the four nations of Wales, Scotland, Ireland and England. And there is Churches Together in Britain and Ireland.

Many areas of work are best tackled for Britain and Ireland as a whole, rather than in the separate nations. It is also important for those  involved in similar activities in different parts of Britain and Ireland to keep in touch even when working separately. Churches Together in Britain and Ireland is the instrument that facilitates that process.

We are supporting people to resolve their advice problems and change their lives for the better. We do this on a free, confidential and impartial basis by:

• Providing advice and information services to support people in resolving the problems they face
• Supporting the improvement of policies and practices that affect people's lives both locally and nationally

Our Values

• Clients and Beneficiaries first
• We work for the public and place the interests of our clients and communities at the heart of our high quality advice, information and support.
• We collaborate with other organisations and partners for the benefit of our clients.

Citizens UK organises communities to act together for power, social justice and the common good.

We are the home of community organising in the UK. Our diverse member organisations include schools, churches, mosques, synagogues, parents groups, health practices, charities and trade unions.

We help these members to develop leaders, so they can participate in public life and hold politicians and other decision-makers to account on the issues that matter to them.

Community organising is democracy in action: winning victories that change lives and transform communities.

Our vision is for a healthy democracy with civil society at its heart.

Community Organising is based on the principle that when people work together they have the power to change their neighbourhoods, cities, and ultimately the country for the better. We work with people who want to transform the world, from what it is to what they believe it should be. To do this we listen to our members, asking them about their concerns and developing strategies to improve our communities. We ensure that civil society is at the negotiating table alongside the market and state, so that our communities are included in the decisions that affect them.

The Citizenship Foundation inspires young people to take part in society as equal members.

We help them to understand the law, politics and democratic life. We promote participation, we help teachers to teach citizenship and we work with young people on issues that concern them.

We want society to be fairer, more inclusive and more cohesive.

We want a democracy in which everyone has the knowledge, skills, and confidence to take part as effective citizens.

We are a charity that exists to give everyone the equal chance to change the future.

Imagine a society where everyone reaches their full potential. Where the future is not defined by the past or determined by the place a person starts.

Based in East London, we are a charity working with young people, women and families to give them the skills, experience and qualifications they need to achieve their ambitions. And through what we do, we help change society.

City Sikhs is an award-winning progressive Sikh charity, which strives to build a cohesive and inclusive society in which individuality is respected and diversity is celebrated. We provide a space for people to connect, learn, contribute and share and help people develop their professional careers through networking and mentoring.

Clean Break uses theatre to keep the subject of women in prison on the cultural radar, helping to reveal the damage caused by the failures of the criminal justice system. Through our unique work, we raise difficult questions, inspire debate, and help to effect profound and positive change in the lives of women with experience of the criminal justice system.

Since 1979, Clean Break has been the only women’s theatre company of its kind, and we continue to inspire playwrights and captivate audiences with our ground-breaking plays on the complex theme of women and crime.

Through theatre workshops and projects in prisons and in the community, which build confidence, resilience and wellbeing, we transform the lives of women who have experienced the criminal justice system or who are at risk of entering it.

Our mission is to improve individual lives and contribute to safer communities, by providing employment opportunities for people with convictions to enable them to reach their full potential. We work in direct partnership with prisons around the country – public and private. Our offer is simple and effective. We can support ex-offenders into work anywhere in the country, via our national Employers Directory. Our partner prisons can offer work-ready residents the opportunity to become Clean Sheet Members, by completing our Membership Module. We give our partner prisons monthly statistical feedback on their former residents’ progress, as we share a common aim; to break the destructive and expensive cycle of reoffending. Our partners in the community already support people with convictions in other aspects of their life, such as housing. Once their clients are work-ready, they are referred to us to become Clean Sheet Members.

This website has links to arts, cultural, and health based projects. It champions assistance for families and those with special needs. It works to support the criminal justice system to produce good outcomes.

“Clinks supports, promotes and represents the voluntary sector working in the criminal justice system to ensure it can provide the services people need. Our priorities are guided by our members.  Read about Clinks and our members here.

Our work areas below detail the variety of work we undertake to realise our vision. We provide information on the challenges facing the sector, what Clinks and our members are doing in these areas, our current projects and sources of support.”

Shared Purpose is a free, online space for anyone working for positive change.We'll make a pact with you, to unleash your social purpose. To connect you with likeminded people. To guide you to grow. To inspire new ideas. We will connect you with likeminded people, guide you to grow and inspire new ideas.

Take part in peer learning and support, movements of change and self-development programmes. Reduced inequalities. Sustainable communities. Peace and social justice. Together we can create change. Join us.

Cloudesley is an independent charitable trust that makes grants to people, organisations and churches within the London Borough of Islington. With a current grants budget of £1million a year, the charity is able to have a significant positive impact on Islington people’s lives. Through our health grants programme we give grants to address physical and mental health issues and financial hardship. We give small grants to Islington residents who have health problems, or who are disabled and in financial need, and also fund organisations and projects that support them. Our church grants programme supports the Church of England churches in Islington, helping to repair the buildings and maintain services within them. We work closely with other local funders and are one of the core partners of Islington Giving.

We help close skills gaps by connecting underrepresented talent to skills-based job postings. Most people have a bad experience with recruitment. And we were no different.

Like most people, we experienced barriers to entry and exclusion in the job market. That's why we created a new hiring process that gives everyone a greater opportunity to demonstrate their talent and get interviews in an equitable and accessible environment. Our diverse team of technologists, recruiters and psychologists are developing the Clu Inclusive Recruitment Platform™ that will see organisations change the way they look at and value talent.

Everyone deserves to feel valued, included and set up for success in the hiring process. And we won't stop until we achieve that reality.

A first-of-its-kind programme in Europe, delivering computer programming and coding training in UK prisons. At Code4000, we believe that anyone can learn to code, and we support our students through a transformative journey that not only builds their coding skills but has a notable effect on confidence, self-esteem, and wellbeing.

Computer programming is a skill much sought after by employers in the UK where there is a shortage of software development professionals. By teaching coding to people in prison, we are maximising their opportunity for gaining employment upon release which in turn is a large factor in preventing re-offending.

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CodeAtt is a renegade 'London First' Project. Our city has specific and far reaching issues around social inclusion, poverty and crime whilst simultaneously being the global leader in banking and technology innovation. CodeAtt exists to bring these realities together by identifying undiscovered potential in our communities, refining and fast tracking that potential into well paid careers in London's banking and technology sectors. We are real people creating real opportunity for real change, and at the heart of what we do is our belief in Achievement Through Tech.  Partnered with New Futures Network.

We believe in a future where everyone has a real opportunity to lead a thriving life.

CodeYourFuture (CYF) is a UK based non-profit organisation that trains some of the most deprived members of society to become web developers and helps them to find work in the tech industry.

CYF students are trained in full-stack web development by volunteers from the tech industry, putting a strong emphasis on collaboration and product development through tech projects.

CYF graduates work in companies like FT, BBC, STV, Ticketmaster and startups like Adzuna, Sensible Object, tlr and WeGotPop.

The Colindale Communities Trust is a charity committed to developing sustainable services and projects that improve the economic and social wellbeing of people who live in and around Colindale. We work together with local people and a range of partners to support and empower the local community.

We currently manage the One Stop Shop community hub on Grahame Park.

Comic Relief predominantly funds registered charities. We will ask for evidence of registration during the application process.

We will always prioritise applications from organisations that are registered in the country where the work will take place. Applicants are welcome to include partner organisations not registered in the country, but must be able to clearly demonstrate the added value of all partner organisations included in the proposal. We do also fund other types of organisations. In these instances, the governing documents of the organisation must clearly outline the organisation’s social purpose, demonstrate that any profit or assets are used for this social purpose, and show that an asset lock is in place. We will ask for a copy of your governing documents as part of your application.

Common Purpose is devoted to developing leaders who can cross boundaries. Between geographies, generations, sectors, specialisations, backgrounds and beliefs. Both at work and in society.

The aim of CAV is to address the causes of violence, with a community voice, joined-up thinking and through evidence-based priorities that influence policies, actions and support projects that really work by:

1. Articulating and promoting the needs and aspirations of the local community in relation to stopping group and gang violence

2. Influencing both strategically and operationally, the Police, Haringey Council (and other Local Authorities) Statutory, Community Partners and other concerned groups in relation to stopping group and gang violence

3. Engaging community, voluntary and statutory partners in developing a collective offer of support to help stop group and gang violence                                                  

4. Developing projects and accessing funding to deliver activities which will lead to a reduction and stoppage of violence.

CAV was recently awarded £38,840 to deliver a two-pronged approach to supporting victims and perpetrators of knife crime in Haringey via a phone line and outreach service reaching 200 people, and a family-style mentoring program for four at risk young people.

Community Bridges is a non-profit organisation building positive communities that nurture health and wellbeing. Signposting and storytelling on our website, podcast and social channels help our community check in quickly and regularly with their wellbeing and take care of themselves. We map organisations and bring you the health stories, tips and services you need to care for yourself.

Everyone experiences challenges with their health and wellbeing, and it can be hard to fit self-care into your day. Living with a health condition is common: 30% of the UK population live with one or more. So is living without sufficient meaningful connection: 45% of adults feel lonely sometimes or often in England. Loneliness and disconnection both cause and worsen health conditions. Disconnected communities cost £32 billion every year. GP's can not solve loneliness and disconnection. The community we live in and the behaviours we engage with every day can. We must develop supportive environments and connected communities, so everyone has the tools to work towards better health.

We are a free legal advice service covering areas including debt, consumer law, employment law, housing, welfare, and benefits.

Through our free Advice Service, Community Links connects people to the support they need, enable people to support each other and build capacity within the community to identify and overcome issues and prevent them from occurring again.

We do this by:

(1) Supporting the people who seek us out
(2) Guiding them toward the most efficient path to alleviate the difficulties they face
(3) Impacting their circumstances in a positive manner
(4) Empowering them with the confidence to subsequently remedy difficult circumstances independently.

Community Match Challenge and Voluntary and Community Sector Emergencies Partnership.  

£90m of the government's £750m VCSE sector support package is being made available to launch the Community Match Challenge and to support the Voluntary and Community Sector Emergencies Partnership.

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Youth violence is currently one of the biggest issues in the UK. A key focus for Community and Economic Regen has been working in neighbourhoods most affected by youth violence to support communities to reduce the impact of violence and have a voice. Paul Bragman and Sian Penner have been working with a range of groups and communities across London and beyond to help tackle youth violence. Both, Paul and Sian have extensive facilitation and support experience in the field of serious youth violence. The approach they take is to focus on challenging power imbalances as well as addressing the needs of the community; both of which are fundamental for community development. The aim of this approach is to have:

• A more successful community response in managing the complexity of youth violence.

• A shared and collective approach to stopping the issue from increasing.

• Increased support for those involved or affected by youth violence.

The site contains a communication which contains details of community safety funding which PCCs will be able to use to tackle drugs and crime, reduce re-offending, and improve community safety in their force area.

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Compassionate Mental Health is working with a network of people across the UK and internationally to transform mental health services, and radically change the conversation around mental illness.

OUR VISION is of a world where more people recover after a serious mental health crisis, and people have access to a range of compassionate services to help develop positive mental health and wellbeing.                        

OUR MISSION is to be a beacon for those going through tough times, and to work with a network of people and places across the UK and internationally to transform mental health services, and radically change the way we talk about and treat mental illness.

OUR APPROACH is to work with a range of partners across the UK and globally to call for a more integrative approach to mental health – one that relies less on diagnosis and psychiatric drugs, and more on empowering the person, communities and social networks. Our activities are shaped by a belief that recovery after a mental health crisis is possible, and that good mental wellbeing can be achieved by strengthening and empowering communities, activating social networks, and providing access to inspiring opportunities and education.

ConnectSport is a not-for-profit directory of organisations using sport and physical activity to generate positive social outcomes. Whether it's improving physical or mental wellbeing, engaging with disadvantaged or isolated individuals, challenging discrimination or reducing crime and creating community cohesion, we connect you to the local and national organisations using 'sport for change' across the UK. The ConnectSport platform is managed by experienced media executives and journalists whose mission is to increase awareness and investment in the Sport for Development sector.

ConnectSport is a not-for-profit directory of organisations using sport and physical activity to generate positive social outcomes. Whether it's improving physical or mental wellbeing, engaging with disadvantaged or isolated individuals, challenging discrimination or reducing crime and creating community cohesion, we connect you to the local and national organisations using 'sport for change' across the UK.

This is an excellent website, full of resources of the kind supported by fighting knife crime- London,  and a first port of call for those interested in the contribution sport can make to changing lives.

Our mission is to engage and inform children and young people to provide them with choices supporting their individual learning and personal development.

We provide a safe, caring, youth-led space for disadvantaged young people where they can learn, develop and build towards a brighter future. Having started out 20 years ago as a grassroots local effort to tackle problems faced and expressed by local children and young people, we have developed into an established local charity with a strong track record, supported by a number of long-term funders. Most of our beneficiaries come from the Caledonian and Barnsbury ward. This area contains six pockets of poverty (Super Output Areas) which are amongst the 20% most deprived areas nationally and are sandwiched between the new Kings Cross Central Development and the leafy roads of Barnsbury. We are currently working with approximately 170 young people.

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Coram’s Fields and Harmsworth Memorial Playground is a children’s charity that serves as a safe place for all children to come and play. As well as a seven-acre park and playground situated in Bloomsbury, London, we also have an after school and holiday programme and a sports programme for children up to 16 years, a youth centre for 13-19 year olds and an Early Years programme which includes a Nursery and Under 5s Drop In. The park is free to the public and gets up to a thousand children daily during the summer, especially from the diverse local community of South Camden. As a charity we are committed to being a safe and secure space for children to come and play.

We're an award-winning social enterprise training at-risk young people to repair cracked iPhones as an entrepreneurial route away from gangs, crime and anti-social behaviour. We engage young people with enterprise to support them to realise their potential, take responsibility, and make their first steps towards employment. We do this by harnessing the alluring elements of gang culture - income, belonging and self worth - and positively incorporating these into our programmes. In this way, we're able to illuminate enterprise as a credible route away from crime and into work. There are too many young people in our society who feel pushed into crime to provide for their families. It's because our system is broken. This crime can become violent. Knife crime offences resulting in injury have increased by 22% in the last year, and 85% of violent offenders are aged between 16 and 29. These young people are 4 times more likely to be victims of crime. Trapped young people need credible options and a way out.

Create Streets exists to make it easier to develop and steward gentle density, beautiful, prosperous places with strong local support and which residents will love for generations.

Create Streets exists to help solve the housing crisis and to help neighbourhood, communities, landowners, councils and developers create and manage beautiful, sustainable places of gentle density that will be popular, are likely to be correlated with good wellbeing and public health outcomes and which are likely to prove good long term investments based on the historical data of value appreciation and maintenance costs.

Our goal is to make it easier to co-create beautiful, sustainable, prosperous, economically and socially successful places with strong local support and which residents will love for generations. We also take an active part in the debate about the planning and design in the UK and beyond to help landowners, communities and governments support the creation of sufficient homes and places in which people can flourish.

Crest Advisory is a company which specialises in criminal justice, providing analysis and expert advice on crime trends, the police, courts, probation and prisons. Founded in 2011, Crest’s services have been used by chief constables, police and crime commissioners, technology companies and criminal justice agencies to help them model demand, assess performance and develop policy.  It also conducts independent research on criminal justice issues, funded by trusts and charitable foundations, and offers communications support to a wide range of organisations.  The subjects Crest has carried out research about in recent years include the underlying causes of serious violence; the rise of ‘county lines’ drug dealing gangs; and the impact of Covid-19 on the criminal justice system. We study issues in depth, searching through data, uncovering evidence, listening to the views of people with experience in the sector.  We’re always interested to hear about ideas for future research and we welcome contact if you might need support with a project.  More details about the reports we’ve published and the work we have planned are on our website.

Whoever you are, wherever you live, from communities to companies.

By phone and online, 24/7, 365 days a year.

We also share advice on how to protect the people you care about from crime, so everyone can feel safe.

After receiving your call or a completed anonymous online form, we create a report that brings together all the information you gave us, making sure it doesn't contain any information that could identify you.

CVA’s principal activity is to promote charitable purposes for the benefit of the community in Croydon and its surrounding areas. CVA carries out its leadership role by promoting a bigger role for VCOs in the life of the borough and by supporting local people to represent their community’s interests and to negotiate on its behalf.  CVA’s mission statement focuses the organisation on “building stronger communities for social change by supporting citizens to take active roles in their neighbourhoods and by championing community organisations that nurture and celebrate local strengths." As the key local umbrella infrastructure body serving all Croydon’s communities, we run a wide range of services for small groups, social enterprises, larger charities and volunteers at all stages of development.

Whether it's joining a community network, volunteering, catching up with the latest news for the sector, or our property service, you will find this information on our website, where you can read our CVA Theory of Change 2019.

CVA has five strategic aims:

• To empower Croydon’s communities

• To strengthen volunteering in the community

• To support the growth and development of community organisations in Croydon

• To advocate on behalf of Croydon’s community organisations

• To work in partnership across the VCS and all sectors

Culture Within empowers people across Newham to access, participate, create and curate arts in local spaces celebrating the richness of the most culturally diverse borough in the country.

It places community at the heart of decision-making about what local people want to do and see in their communities in development of a project that co-designs and delivers excellent and inspiring art.

Activities will be focused on local parks and green spaces, championing the homegrown creativity and culture of the borough in collaboration with a wide range of cultural and cross-sector partners.

For the first time in history, the Black and Sikh communities will be working together on an issue that impacts BAME communities. Kaurs Legal UK are PROUD to announce the launch of our new project '"CUT IT OUT", in collaboration with #fazamnesty.

This project is aimed at knife crime prevention in the BAME communities through engagement, empowerment and inspiration. Through this project, we hope to provide the youth with opportunities, knowledge, and support to prevent them from choosing a life surrounded by knives and gangs.

The purpose of this project is not only to prevent knife crime but to provide those youngsters with a safe space where they can come and express their concerns, and to give them the choice of opting out of  the gang life.

We will be providing various informative virtual workshops, events and opportunities for them. We will assist them with any educational difficulties and obstacles they are facing in fulfilling their full potential.

DASL is a Disabled People’s Organisation, which works with disabled people and with carers, mainly in the London Borough of Lambeth.

This campaign is more than just a call for change. It's also a salute to many incredible organisations and heroes working to tackle the root causes of crime. Through the ongoing work of the Don't Stop Your Future organisation, I'll be working alongside anti-knife crime charities and amplifying the voices of marginalised communities.

To the political leaders reading this, this can be the moment we turn the tide. The year the numbers reversed course. It's not too late to end this nightmare for our kids – and make fuel for their dreams instead.

The community is waiting to act with you. We all are.

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Our objective is to greatly increase the number of people in prison studying Further and Higher Education.

DWRM works with universities to offer a much wider range of degree courses than are currently available to students in prison. We focus on the provision of study materials, tuition and greater participation in a learning community so as to properly engage students.

As there is currently very limited support for prisoners on release, this tends to mean students are unable to complete their course or sit the required exams. Such students become disillusioned and often lost in terms of continuing with their education. We intend to bridge that gap by providing post release support to enable students to attend university campus to complete their degree.

Although our initial focus is on Higher Education, we plan to adopt a flexible provision which will incorporate Further Education and Apprenticeships. This option to "earn while you learn" is highly suited to people leaving prison and we are keen to promote this progressive opportunity, with the support of appropriate partners.

A well-established South London charity with broader outreach. “We aim to restore the hope, optimism and self-esteem of youths aged 14 –24 in South London so that they can:

• Lead healthy lives

• Stay in school

• Grow up to become independent productive adults

• Have lofty aspirations and work to attain their innate potential”.

The DTT was recently awarded £39,437 to deliver an intense mentoring and development program to 45 young people, mainly from BAME backgrounds in Southwark over 12 months.

We are supporting young adult males, aged 18-25, who are on probation and require support addressing their dependency issues working towards recovery.

Over several weeks, service users will complete one-to-one sessions, attend groups, complete workbooks and, if necessary, attend other professional appointments with their Recovery Practitioner. These activities will aim to address their substance misuse issues but can include sessions on improving their wellbeing and motivation. Through a close working relationship with their Recovery Practitioner, they will be encouraged to engage positively in their communities, make positive lifestyle changes and focus on their future goals.

Our service users work with a Recovery Practitioner who will make sure they are accessing the appropriate dependency and substance misuse treatment while providing additional support and?guidance towards their recovery.

Our service is designed to consider the challenges young adults face and work towards building their resistance to peer influence, developing their self-sufficiency, and increasing their ability to focus on their future goals.? Our approach aims to meet the needs of those service users whose dependency on substances often co-occur alongside other mental illnesses and other complex needs.

Our service operates across London with Recovery Practitioners based in several offices across the city.

We have been providing opportunities through activities for young people from our current location since 1970.  Over the years some of the activities provided have changed considerably. A gym, recording studio and radio room are located on the lower ground floor. The ground floor houses a fit-for-purpose kitchen, social areas, a computer suite and art room. The first floor offers a large gymnasium and a smaller rehearsal space, while some office space is located on the second floor. There is an enclosed basketball court on the roof.


Our History

In 1884, Jocelyn Devas, a graduate of University College Oxford started a 'Club for working lads' in a room over a coffee tavern in  Stewarts Road, Battersea. Two years later in 1886, Jocelyn was tragically killed in a climbing accident in Zermatt. Jocelyn's Father enlisted the help of his Son's friends, and funded an initiative to carry on the work that Jocelyn had started in Battersea.
Historically, the main purpose of the Club's work was initially educational, before sporting activities began to take precedence in the clubs programme. The work of the charity has evolved over the years and had traditionally measured our impact by seeking to address three challenges; "Apathy" - we will develop activities for everyone, "Low Expectations"  - we provide good standard of activities and recognise achievement and"Improve Expertise & Excellence" - through collaboration and our work with Wandsworth youth workers.
Fast forward to today, as we continually develop our work, the overall goal of the charity is to improve the lives of young people so that we build their confidence, tackle mental health issues and improve their wellbeing. By engaging the broader community, the young people we work with feel part of that community. A Community Café and lunch club is often run once a week, and local youth groups and community organisations regularly hire space.

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Doing What Really Matters' (DWRM) objective is to greatly increase the number of people in prison studying Further and Higher Education. DWRM works with universities to offer a much wider range of degree courses than are currently available to students in prison. We focus on the provision of study materials, tuition and greater participation in a learning community so as to properly engage students. Our key target audience is people in prison who are disadvantaged by a lack of Higher Education (HE) provision from UK universities. Our focus is on rehabilitation in its purest form; prioritising the voice of people in prison who are disadvantaged by socio-economic features, negative educational experiences and disillusion. One of the goals of our target group is to secure gainful employment on release from prison, which will enable them to successfully settle back into society, with a greater sense of confidence and self-esteem. We seek to address this by taking people from an unqualified position to achieving a respected qualification that will create new career opportunities and contribute to lower re-offending rates.

Barristers' Chambers with a focus on Civil Liberties and Human Rights law.

Our purpose at Down Tools is to create more awareness about knife crime, causes, risks and consequences. We want to educate our youth on the effects of carrying knives and how serious it can become.

We provide a learning platform along with guidance on how schools can use it. The content ensures that children become stimulated and remain engaged.

The platform presents information in a format that children can relate to and reinforces the facts surrounding knife crime, including the reasons people carry knifes, how quickly both the life of the perpetrator and victim can change for ever and the lasting effects of those left behind.

At Down Tools, we believe in a preventative approach, one that educates children and allows them to make informed choices and rebuff knife crime.

We are working alongside many charities across the UK who share our common values.

Down Tools Community Interest Company Regd No. 12601386

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The services offered are designed to steer at-risk youth away from gang-culture, knife crime and gun violence, and encourage them to see that there is a future.
The skills that the children learn at boxing encourage them to commit to something outside of their school from a young age. This learnt behaviour is imperative to their growth to ensure that they stay dedicated to studies, work and to avoid the temptations of gang culture.

The boxing coaches are mentors, teachers and friends of each of these children ensuring that they instil a work ethic in each individual before they can graduate from the boxing course.

Dwaynamics is a beacon of light for young people, families and the community.

At Empowering You we deliver blended learning and development journeys. Based on your business objectives, we will co-design a programme to bring about the desired outcome for you, your team or organisation. Previous participants and clients have highlighted the key differentiators of our programmes as being:

the integration of 1-1 coaching to embed learning; through action and accountability
the highly experiential nature of our workshops
the support and shared experience of a cohort of fellow professionals and leaders
the effective use of co-facilitators to bring different perspectives, styles and focus to the learning
the involvement of senior leader speakers and experienced mentors

We offer regional and national open programmes that offer participants the opportunity to network, share experience and learn from each other in a safe and facilitated group setting. These are open to participants from any organisation.

EQUAL supports service users, collaborates with other race equality and civil sector organisations, and negotiates with power to ensure a fairer criminal justice system for people of Black, Asian and Minority ethnic (BAME) heritage.

We address racial disparity in three key areas:

1.Prisons and Probation
2.Policing of BAME Young People
3.Youth Justice System

"I believe in community, and the ability of art to bring people together, to educate, to enlighten or just open up avenues that allow everyone to let their hair down or up, and express without fear. This is why I give my time freely to engage in workshops that do exactly that, especially where it concerns the under privileged"
"I like to collaborate on a good project, one that requires improvisation, imagination and risk. I have partaken in a few exciting projects and I have consistently left each situation with an expanded mind and a smiling heart"

EVAW is a leading coalition of specialist women’s support services, researchers, activists, survivors and NGOs working to end violence against women and girls in all its forms.

Established in 2005, we campaign for every level of government to adopt better, more joined up approaches to ending and preventing violence against women and girls, and we challenge the wider cultural attitudes that tolerate and condone this abuse.

Ealing Community and Voluntary Service (ECVS) is a registered local charity and has been supporting voluntary and community sector (VCS) groups in Ealing for over 30 years.  We also offer a support service to voluntary and community groups in Hounslow. We offer a wide range of practical support services to VCS groups:

• Advice and help with funding bids

• Help with recruiting volunteers

• Training and skills courses

• Group development advice, such as becoming a registered charity or help with starting up a new group

• Model policy documents, which most funders now require

• Free stats you can use in funding bids, which most funders also now require

• Help and training around safeguarding children

• IT tips and advice

• Information on service discount schemes and savings available to VCS groups.

All children deserve the best possible start in life. Too many children face the kind of disadvantage that affects their development and threatens their future health and happiness. Early intervention can play a part in offering these children and their families the support they need to reach their potential.

East London Business Alliance builds the connection between businesses and local communities, bringing the time, skills and resources of the private sector, to help build the capacity of local organisations, support young people in education and place people into employment in London. ELBA makes community investment easier, more effective and more rewarding, whether through face to face activity or on-line.

The Trust’s vision is to make a positive difference to people's lives. We aim to achieve this by providing the highest quality mental health and community care to our local communities. Achieving our vision means always staying true to our values and working together as a team with our patients, carers and partners.

We are always looking for ways to improve and deliver the highest quality services. Placing a high emphasis on research and innovation means we are constantly looking to find, and regularly implementing, new and better ways of treating people to help them keep healthy and well. Our main priorities in delivering our vision and values are:

- Among other services the Trust has a corporate Safeguarding Children Team to support mental health directorates in City and Hackney, Newham, Tower Hamlets, Bedfordshire and Luton, addictions services in Bedfordshire and a Wellbeing Service in Richmond. It also has a Safeguarding Children Team to support Community Health Services in Newham.

- The Trust is an active member of six Local Safeguarding Children Boards (LSCBs) – those in City & Hackney, Newham, Tower Hamlets, Bedford Borough, Central Bedfordshire and Luton and has representation at their executive boards and sub-groups.

The Education Endowment Foundation (EEF) is dedicated to breaking the link between family income and educational achievement. The EEF isn’t just a grant-funder, nor just a research organisation. What we are is a charity with a moral imperative – to support teachers and senior leaders to raise attainment and close the disadvantage gap – which roots its response to this educational challenge in the best available evidence.

We aim to:

• raise the attainment of 3-18 year-olds, particularly those facing disadvantage;

• develop their essential life skills; and                                              

• prepare young people for the world of work and further study.

We do this by:

• summarising the best available evidence in plain language for busy, time-poor teachers and senior leaders. Our Teaching and Learning Toolkit is now used by 70% of secondary schools.

• generating new evidence of ‘what works’ to improve teaching and learning, funding independent evaluations of high-potential projects. We’ve tested over 190 high-potential programmes with over 1.3 million children and young people and our most promising programmes have enabled students to make +3 months of additional progress in a year.

• supporting teachers and senior leaders across the country in using this evidence to achieve the maximum possible benefit for young people. We work in partnership with a network of 37 Research Schools across the country.

Elevate 2 Success‍

To educate Elevated Minds with ideas that will benefit youths, to contribute to media and design.

Being able to impact change in the community. Helping improve the world by creating positive activities for youths.

Gaining vital information from a first-hand source which will improve, communication, concentration, behaviour, confidence and belief of success for all youths involved. Giving students the chance to recreate not only their futures but all youths in the community. Teachers can always learn new skills, it makes sense to learn from the people we are passionate about trying to understand and help. Working as a collective, we are bound for success.

The work of Elevate 2 Success is to give advice and ideas to the Elevated Minds (EM) team by sharing thoughts regarding the development of future projects whilst enhancing and developing your skills. This will be done by advertising the work of Elevated Minds CIC through Social Media design, hence, devised by youths, for youths. You will be given an opportunity to contribute to an Elevated Minds project design and the content of future programmes, written specifically for young people. E2S will be led by the Trainee Coach and supported by our Apprentice Mentor.

We are solely focused on supporting children, young people and families who are victims of serious crime.

We help them cope with what has happened, support their recovery and provide services that enable them to put events behind them, move on and fulfil their life’s potential.

Embrace works with law enforcement agencies and safeguarding professionals in a variety of ways. We forge meaningful partnerships with organisations to deliver help. Our range of emotional, practical, specialist and cheer-up support services make a big difference in brightening young people’s lives after the devastating effects of crime.

Education Employment Training Group offers one of the best UK's services when it comes to training and employment. We work with a number of organisations who require work experience opportunities for their learners. As well as giving advice to employers who would like a greater understanding on how apprenticeships work. Also, there are many other sectors that we are involved in, for example: - Mentoring - Work Experience - School Work.  It should also be mentioned that all training is fully funded if you're not in education, employment or training. We have a wide range of courses available, take a look at our website for some more information about what we can offer for you.

Rooted in our local community for more than a quarter of a century, our services have supported hundreds of community & charitable groups, and thousands of volunteers.

We share our knowledge, skills and expertise, and we learn about the needs of local residents from everyone we work with.

We help to build connections and strengthen participation; and we support anyone who wants to take part in building a resilient and inclusive local community.

We provide opportunities for people and groups to share, to learn, and to take positive, effective social and community action.

Entrepreneurs Unlocked recognises that people with criminal histories can develop their talents and gifts to enable them to flourish and become a positive contributor to society. With almost 2 in 3 adults with custodial sentences of less than one year re-offending within 12 months of release and the total cost of re-offending in excess of £15billion per annum, ways to reduce its impact on the individual and society is of value and benefit to all. Its mission is to engage with individuals in custody and the community and provide a range of programmes to nurture and develop their talent to enable them to live a crime-free future as an individual, employee or self-employed person.

Epilepsy Society’s vision is a full life for everyone affected by epilepsy. Why not connect with us today?  Together we can make a real difference.  The Epilepsy Society is the largest medical charity in the field of epilepsy in the United Kingdom, providing services for people with epilepsy for over 100 years. Based in Chalfont St Peter, Buckinghamshire, UK, its stated mission is "to enhance the quality of life of people affected by epilepsy by promoting research, education and public awareness and by delivering specialist medical care and support services." The Epilepsy Society has close partnerships with the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery and the UCL Institute of Neurology, both located in Queen Square, London.

There is something special about seeing a young person overcome the inequality of opportunity or circumstances outside of their control. In each of our students we’re hoping to plant that spark of aspiration, to nurture a sense of hope that they can direct their own future, and to enable them to reach their goals. We want to see a society where no young person is disadvantaged, sidelined or disempowered by the circumstances of their upbringing. Instead, we want to see vulnerable children accessing the same opportunity and carrying the same aspiration as everyone else, so that they can fulfil their potential and enrich and advance our world.

We’re doing this by:

• Building a different kind of teaching community, one made up of resourceful, resilient, caring tutors, who are ceaselessly driven by the profound impact they can have on young lives.

• Enabling these tutors to provide effective, empathetic, life-changing tuition to children living in care and disadvantage.

Escaping Justice is a charity founded by criminal justice professionals to support victims of crime including the murder of a close relative or a personal attack.  Their website provides useful links to other organisations who are working in this field. Several of them are highlighted elsewhere in the database contained within the www.FightingKnifeCrime.London website.

At the Essex Counselling Service, experienced, qualified and BACP-registered counsellors support young people with a wide range of concerns, including (but not limited to) self-esteem, anxiety, depression, attachment issues, mental health concerns, phobias, anger and aggression, family breakdown, sexual abuse, parental substance misuse issues, sexuality and cultural issues.

Our integrative and person-centred focus ensures we work flexibly as well as relentlessly, with Catch22 counsellors doing whatever it takes to sustain engagement in the counselling process and to support children and young people's engagement in their education.

A thorough assessment and review process is completed for every participant in the Essex Counselling Service. Individual needs and distance travelled are ascertained through these reviews.

Referrals are only accepted for young people attending the Essex Counselling Service's commissioner schools, academies and colleges.

The Evelyn Oldfield Unit is an independent, membership-based, charitable organisation. Through our projects and services, we have helped improve the lives of those from migrant, refugee and asylum seeking backgrounds. From advice and guidance and practical language skills to supporting the growth of their community organisations.

Every Child Needs a Mentor (ECNM) was founded in 2009 by entrepreneur and award-winning mentor Herman Stewart. ECNM was created to ensure high-quality mentoring reaches every child—regardless of their background or abilities. Whether you’re a parent, school or an organisation working with young people, we are confident that we can help you with your children’s well-being and mental health. With our track record of successfully supporting young people, we know our methods work. But that’s not all; we’ve developed an award-winning mentorship framework, delivered both in-person and online.

We work with children aged between 9 – 18 from various backgrounds and ethnicities. Our work has been highly regarded by school leaders, parents & young people. Ofsted has recognised our work as a ‘high-quality provision for mentoring’. We have had many success stories and testimonials, working with young people that other services were incapable of engaging or supporting. Therefore, we are confident that our person-centred methodology will achieve results with young people who access our mentoring support.