Twining’s mission is to provide high quality, co-produced services that enable people’s mental health problems to overcome their challenges, sustain employment and thrive in their lives.

Over our 25-year history, we have supported more than 10,000 people through meaningful life transitions, with 1 in 3 people who access our employment services achieving sustained work.  We have become a leader in IPS model (Individual, Placement and Support), the most empirically tested approach for successful employment support for people with mental health problems.

Our services can be divided into:

· Services for clients: supporting individuals to become self-responsible, financially independent, have a sense of purpose and engaged with others and their community. We achieve this through 1-2-1 and group interventions, individually tailored support and coaching and mentoring.

· Support for employers: helping business owners and managers to positively address mental health at work and recruit and retain staff with mental health problems as effectively as possible.

United To Change And Inspire (UTCAI) is an organisation that works to bring people together and empower them to create a better future for themselves and their loved ones.  We are united in strength to overcome injustice and prejudice and to champion equality for all. We advise, support and give a stronger voice to marginalised groups. We aim to change past narratives and bring about fairness and equal opportunities in education, business and the criminal justice system, as well as the corporate, creative and sports industries.

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The Ubele Initiative is an African Diaspora led intergenerational social enterprise founded in 2014. Our primary mission is to help build more sustainable communities across the UK. Ubele in Swahili means ‘The Future’. Ubele has been developed through bottom up, community-based approach. Although African Diaspora led, we have a culturally diverse team and support a wide range of communities, community-based organisations and groups.

Ubele supports a wide range of communities, community-based organisations and groups with their community assets (people and physical spaces), through social action, community enterprise development and next generation leadership initiatives.

We design and deliver local, regional, national projects and international programmes as well as being involved in London regional policy initiatives and campaigns.

“Unique Talent CIC offers three interrelated services, through three interconnected departments offering: gang prevention, mediation, mentoring, coaching and music production as a foundation. Through these services, we seek to offer positive alternatives and diversion to young people involved with or at risk of involvement in gangs and serious youth violence. Prior to engagement in our programs, we conduct extensive street-based outreach work, which allows us to establish links with young people and local communities. We gain knowledge of specific local issues and any potential conflicts. Where appropriate, we can offer an adaptable conflict resolution and mediation services, aimed at reducing or redressing tensions when they arise.

Core Services:

1) Youth Engagement – youth work delivery on the streets of London. Prevention and intervention work covering gangs, youth violence, weapons, county lines, drugs, prison, joint enterprise and more. We deliver this work in schools, people referral units, youth clubs, Youth Offending services, probation and community hubs.

2) Peer Profession Service – upskilling teachers and professionals working with young people in the community. Sharing our first-hand experiences to enable/equip and empower professionals to deal with a variety of issues faced by the youth of London today.

3) Parents/Community Engagement – providing information, advice and guidance to parents and guardians of the young people who are at risk or involved with gangs and serious youth violence. We offer a 24/7 advice line where parents can call in to discuss issues within the home or extended family home.  Awarded £22,000 to deliver a series of workshops and peer mentoring to young BAME men aged 24 and under engaged in or at risk of knife crime, along with training sessions to teachers, professionals and parents to raise awareness of risks in Merton.”

United for All Ages is a 'think-do' tank founded in 2010 to create a Britain for all ages, tackling big social and economic issues such as loneliness, ageism, learning, care, health and housing.  Its co-founders and directors are Denise Burke and Stephen Burke. In 2020 United for All Ages celebrated its tenth anniversary.

Our outdated criminal records regime is holding hundreds of thousands of people back from participating fully in society. Even a minor criminal history can produce lifelong barriers to employment, volunteering, housing and even travelling abroad, many years after people have moved on from their past. The system needs to change.

The #FairChecks movement is calling for the government to launch a major review of the legislation on the disclosure of criminal records to reduce the length of time a record is revealed. We are looking for reform in the following areas:

1. Reducing the length of time a person’s conviction is revealed on basic checks.

2. Making a more proportionate and flexible system to what is revealed on standard and enhanced checks that protects the public without unduly harming people’s opportunity to get on in life.

3. A distinct approach to records acquired in childhood and a more nuanced approach to those acquired in early adulthood.

4. The introduction of review mechanisms so that no one has to face a lifetime being held back by their past without the prospect of review at some point.

We want a disclosure system that is fair and gives people a genuine chance of moving on and contributing fully to society.

We work collaboratively with communities to enable children and young people with social, emotional, and mental health needs to unlock their full potential.

We do this through our strategic goals:

• We deliver high performing therapeutic programmes and education provision for children and young people with social, emotional and mental health needs (SEMH).
• We work in collaboration with families, communities, and other partners to ensure that children and young people access the interventions they need in order to thrive.
• We work in a trauma-informed way that is child centric and attachment based, with a total commitment to excellent safeguarding practice.
• We cultivate a work force of knowledgeable and skilled staff who are passionate about supporting children and young people to make positive changes in their lives.

Children and young people who have difficulties with their emotional and social development may have immature social skills and find it difficult to make and sustain healthy relationships. These difficulties may be displayed through the young person becoming withdrawn or isolated, as well as through challenging, disruptive or disturbing behaviour. SEMH can manifest as difficulties relating to problems of mood (anxiety or depression), problems of conduct (oppositional defiance and more severe conduct problems including aggression), self-harming, substance abuse, eating disorders or physical symptoms that are medically unexplained. Some children and young people may have recognised disorders such as attention deficit disorder (ADD), attention deficit hyperactive disorder (ADHD) attachment disorder, pervasive development disorder, an anxiety disorder, or, more rarely, schizophrenia or bipolar disorder.

UnLtd finds, funds and supports social entrepreneurs - enterprising people with solutions that change our society for the better. We were formed in 2002 by seven organisations who believed that social entrepreneurs had a much bigger contribution to make to our economy and society. We were among the first to back individuals with their own ideas to create social good.

UnLtd's core start up awards are funded by the income generated from an endowment from the Millennium Commission. This legacy is carefully invested so that it generates income to fund our awards for years to come.

Since we were founded, we have learned a lot about what is needed for social entrepreneurs to create the change they want to see. We have grown our support beyond our core awards, helping to accelerate the impact of scaling ventures. We have identified areas where we are well placed to create change, and focused our efforts where it can make the biggest difference. We have identified barriers faced by social entrepreneurs and look to tackle them through research, policy work and our campaigns. And we have realised that we cannot do it alone, seeking committed partners and funders who share our vision.

UpRising is a youth leadership development organization that works with young people from diverse backgrounds to equip them with the skills, networks, and confidence to become leaders in their communities. They offer leadership programs, mentoring, and social action projects to empower young people to make a positive difference.

UpRising exists to open up pathways to power and leadership and equip young people with the tools to follow them.

We work with a wide range of young people from backgrounds that are underrepresented in positions of leadership, including those from working class  and ethnic minority backgrounds. Supporting these young people into positions of power will have positive repercussions for society in every sector. Our vision is for leaders to reflect the rich diversity of life experience in our society, as this facilitates innovation and creativity.

We believe that young people are uniquely placed to change the world. They have the capacity to be powerful change-makers and influencers and supporting them to unlock their potential will have positive impacts for society at large. Youth leadership can tackle pressing social challenges and encourage positive social change.

We empower people to create, inspire and build new opportunities for each other. Working closely with voluntary sector partners and community groups to provide a wide range of activities, which target the most in need in our local community. Our mission has always been to empower local people, giving them the tools to work together to resolve issues of common concern and break down any barriers they are faced with. Our ultimate goal is helping them to make stronger communities.  Over the years we’ve worked in collaboration with local communities to address and respond to difficult issues that people face in their everyday lives.  Our services and programs reflect the spirit of this partnership, based on trust, determination and a desire to make people’s lives better. In an ever-changing world our users face challenging times. We see our role as being at the forefront of bringing people together to facilitate change. Recently won £8,923 to deliver a project with at-risk young people in Camden Highgate Ward to create a knife and gang crime awareness event for the whole community, reaching 144 people.

User Voice was founded in 2009 by Mark Johnson, an ex-offender and former drug abuser, who has gone onto becoming a best-selling author and respected social commentator. They have offices in London and 3 other major cities.  “Mark’s story embodies the transformative change which User Voice strives to achieve. Mark’s direct contact with the criminal justice system, and later as an employer of ex-offenders and consultant for government and other charities, left him convinced of the urgent need to create a model of service user engagement that is fair for all involved. His principal aim was to foster dialogue between service providers and service users that is mutually beneficial, aiding rehabilitation and recovery and results in better and more cost-effective services. User Voice was established in 2009 and received its charitable status in 2010. At User Voice we know that the criminal justice system needs to be improved. We are optimistic that change is possible and we know that we have the experience and insight to contribute to making it better. Rehabilitation is possible, and people with convictions can turn their lives into an active force for good in society. Rehabilitation is the goal of all our work, a process which goes deeper than reducing offending, although that is an outcome. At User Voice we build the structures that enable productive collaboration between service users and service providers. We are able to do this because our work is led and delivered by ex-offenders. This gives us the special ability to gain the trust of, access to, and insight from people within the criminal justice system. Society feels frustrated with those who re-offend repeating cycles of behaviour and not engaging with rehabilitation services. Yet people with convictions feel marginalised by society, with rehabilitation services which are often inaccessible and unhelpful and a system that doesn’t value their input.”  Whatever the truth, we won’t reduce crime unless we deal with this division. User Voice’s core belief is that rehabilitation only happens when everyone in the criminal justice system shares responsibility for transforming the ‘us vs. them’ division into real collaboration. Our work is led and delivered by ex-offenders who consistently foster dialogue between users and providers of services within the criminal justice system. We work to provide ways that enable unheard voices; to make a difference, to urge policy-makers and people with power who make decisions to listen.

Vauxhall City Farm is one of the oldest and most central city farms in London, being located within earshot of Big Ben and in the shadow of MI6.  Despite this proximity to ‘wealth’, Lambeth is one of the most deprived boroughs in London and the farm is surrounded by high-rise blocks occupied by individuals and families, many of whom have low incomes and suffer poverty of opportunity.

Given the open access nature of the farm, it would be very easy to dismiss VCF as simply being a cute place to visit and ‘all about the animals’.  Behind the public face, the reality is that our animals, whilst much loved, are essentially a vehicle for education and change; the animals feature in many of our programmes and are key to helping our staff and volunteers engage with and deliver positive impact for both individual beneficiaries and groups from our wider community.

Victim Support is an independent charity. We are dedicated to supporting people affected by crime and traumatic incidents in England and Wales, and we put them at the heart of our organisation. Our support and campaigns are informed and shaped by them and their experiences.

We provide specialist services to help people cope and recover and to empower them to ensure their voices are heard individually and collectively at a local and national level.

Our services help people affected by all types of crime and we provide free confidential support 24 hours a day, 365 days a year for people affected by crime and traumatic events — regardless of whether they have reported the crime to the police or when it occurred and for as long as it is needed.

Most of our services are delivered locally through skilled staff and volunteers who are deeply rooted in their communities. We adapt our services to meet local need and pride ourselves on being responsive to local demands. These services are closely linked into the National Homicide Service providing a dedicated, comprehensive service for those bereaved by murder and manslaughter and our national Support line.

VoiceAbility works with individuals and groups who have mental health problems, learning disabilities, physical or sensory impairments or are on the autistic spectrum. We believe everyone has a right to be heard and respected – have the same choice, control, and freedom as any other person – be safe from violence, discrimination, harm or abuse. Everything we do is focused on achieving this aim. We will deliver the best possible quality of support, be the provider of choice for the services we offer, be the source of authority for expert insight on voice and rights,  and be the place to work or volunteer with, for anyone who shares our aims.

At Voluntary Action Camden, we describe ourselves as a 'CVS' or Council for Voluntary Service.  We are also known as an 'umbrella' or 'infrastructure' organisation', which broadly explains how we work in the voluntary sector:

We help community organisations grow and develop

We help connect the sector through shared information, forums and networking opportunities

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Voluntary Action Harrow Co-operative works with the local community to ensure they have the skills, resources and support to achieve their objectives.
Based in Harrow, we are a not-for-profit co-operative owned by our workers. We are all local residents of Harrow with in-depth knowledge of the local area and of who's doing what. Our members collectively have over 35 years' experience in the voluntary, community and social enterprise sector, specialising in capacity building in a variety of different organisational development areas.

We've worked with a diverse range of local organisations, from small community groups, to regional and international charities. We also run, manage and co-ordinate projects, working with local people and groups to help them make a difference in their local community.

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A useful Islington resource for volunteering and funding.

Information about community assistance, support, mentoring, befriending and volunteering in Lewisham.

Volunteers are at the heart of everything we do at Volunteer Centre Sutton and we are supported by a wonderful team of volunteers at the centre, helping our reception desk and main telephone switchboard, advising members of the public on volunteering opportunities, supporting residents with form filling and organising group activities. We are also proud to run a number of volunteer-led projects including MAPS Mentoring, Advocacy and Peer Support and Sutton Befrienders.
Volunteer Centre Sutton is delighted to announce that the charity has achieved the London Youth UK Youth Bronze Quality Mark Award for 2022 to 2025.

The London Quality Mark is London Youth's flagship Quality Assurance programme that provides youth organisations with a badge of excellence that is recognised by local authorities and funders.

We work with young people through our long-standing MAPS Mentoring, Advocacy and Peer Support project as well as our Young Commissioners project. We have also recently appointed a Youth Engagement and Participation officer to establish the development of a young person led participation framework in Sutton working with young people across the borough to enable them to have an effective voice at the community, ward and borough level.

The well-being of our young people is at the heart of all our youth work at Volunteer Centre Sutton and the Bronze award represents our strong commitment to the young people we work with, that we have recognised and implemented the most effective ways to safely support our young people.

Voyage is a social justice charity that aims to empower marginalised black young people and provide them with the self-awareness and motivation to transform themselves and their communities. We encourage and assist young people to bridge the gap between their schools, communities and criminal justice system whilst supporting young people to sustain successful partnerships and meaningful relationships. We deliver a range of learning and leadership opportunities to marginalised black young people in Hackney and the surrounding areas. Voyage stands for Voice of Youth and Genuine Empowerment. Based in Hackney, we work with boys and girls from several disadvantaged wards in North London. Our programmes utilise work-based learning, mentorship and engaging workshops to create positive pathways for educational and broader development.

We are a family ran boxing club providing quality boxing sessions for Wandsworth Borough and surrounding areas. Most people aim to compete but recreational boxers are welcome. We train people on their boxing skills through intense boxing drills and give boxers a strong mindset to achieve and we are determined to be successful in the 2021/2022 boxing season.

We offer weekly classes to young people aged 9 - 15 and adults aged 16-39 that include regular sparing, boxing drills and skills and fitness.  We also provide women-only and family workout classes,  1-2-1 and personal training sessions for adults and children on Saturdays as well as dedicated sparring classes.

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We are delivering emotional well-being, substance misuse, and stop smoking services for 11-25 year olds in Wandsworth.

The Wandsworth Young People's Health Agency is designed to promote, maintain, and improve the health and well-being of young people in Wandsworth using a community specialist approach. This is achieved by offering advice and structured interventions on substance misuse, smoking, alcohol, and emotional health.

After an initial assessment an individual's care plan is created. This is followed by six sessions of counselling which addresses any issues the young person may have.

Wandsworth Young People's Health Service is a commissioned service working across the London Borough of Wandsworth. Sessions are targeted towards those who do not meet Children and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) criteria.

Manufacture of weapon surrender bins, installation and management of emptying.

Cataloguing of contents / data reporting and destruction of knives

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From our hub site in Beckton, Newham, our work extends across east London, Essex and International sites, spanning all ages and abilities.

We are proud of our multi-layered diverse approach which means we can meet the needs of our beneficiaries whether it’s through our health initiatives helping those most vulnerable, providing mentoring, education and employment opportunities, keeping children and youths engaged and supported through sports and classroom provision, or giving people the opportunity to follow their football dreams on the pitch while also gaining qualifications off the pitch. We are wholly committed to helping others fulfil their potential as well as fulfilling our potential and responsibilities as an organisation.

Over the last few years the Foundation has grown vastly: being recognised and validated for our approach, engaging with up to 50,000 people annually whilst focusing on individual outcomes as a collective and, working with colleagues from across the football sector to ensure we are delivering the best Football Club Community Schemes we can!

The combination of a global pandemic and existing equality issues in society created real challenges in 2020. Alongside the Club, we believe that tackling these issues has to continue to be at the heart of everything we do in the future. The West Ham United Foundation has been supporting local charities, good causes and social support programmes for 30 years now. There will always be more to be done and we remain committed to making a difference in our community; adapting our approach so that we can have maximum impact while meeting the new restrictions imposed to stay as safe as possible in the face of COVID-19.

The strategy we have developed, outlined below, is sustainable, transparent and ultimately puts people at the heart of our work; making a real difference in our community.

Vision

Harnessing the power of football to maximise life-chances and inspire better futures for all

Mission

To provide an innovative approach to understanding and meeting the needs of our community; building partnerships and utilising insight and technology to create an environment where all can thrive - from the heart of east London

• Create Opportunities

• Support Pathways

• Change Lives      

Strategic Objectives

• Responding to local need

• Uniting our community

• Providing an environment for all to thrive

Although we are an independent registered charity, we are grateful to receive tremendous backing from our football club as well as additional support from external funders, which enable us to deliver an incredible breadth of projects. Similarly, we are always looking for new collaborators and so we would welcome a further conversation should you be interested in working together.

Quite simply, we are harnessing the power of elite sport for social good and I hope you enjoy finding out more information through our site. If you are interested in discussing something with us directly, please send your email to Foundation@westhamunited.co.uk or see further contact details through the ‘Contact Us’ area.

We help children and young people build the relationships and skills they need to get on track socially, emotionally and academically to thrive in adulthood. Our partnerships team commission over 40 charities working in our Zone to carry out specialist support sessions to deliver every child's plan jointly with us.

We believe that coordinating the wide variety of resources available is the best way of making sure all the children we work with have all the tools they need to thrive.

We agree to share the same values in the way that we work with children and young people, staff and volunteers and other partners and professionals. We are collaborative, local, evidence-led, accountable and relational.

West London Zone is delighted to have won a Social Value Award 2023 in the Social Innovation - Partnerships category, for its social investment bond with Bank of America.

Westminster Youth Hubs are fun, informal club spaces for young people to connect with their friends, community and trusted youth workers. These organisations deliver a wide range of programmes in a network of safe spaces where members are free to socialise and learn new skills; helping develop identities and unlock potential.

Strategically selected by the Young Westminster Foundation and Westminster City Council, the five Youth Hubs serve young people in specific localities across the borough. Working together, they shape the overall development of youth services in Westminster as part of a model that champions innovation and collaboration.

Through knowledge-sharing and local leadership, Hubs bring together a diverse range of youth organisations, forging partnership opportunities and fostering a thriving community of practitioners who are ambitious for youth work. Driven by insight and the experiences of young people, Youth Hubs are supported to undertake projects that have a lasting impact on the quality of provisions for everyone growing up in Westminster.

Situated across the borough, Westminster Youth Hubs are located in key areas that where particular needs of young people have been identified in accordance with the Westminster Deprivation index. More inight into the specific needs of young people growing up in Westminster can be found in our A City Within A City report.

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The Willow Project is a victim-centric one-stop shop approach to support victims of knife crime, across Southwark and Lambeth.

An initiative, which ultimately aims to bridge the gap between communities and the criminal justice system, through support and empowerment; to rebuild lives, through housing, employment, training, counselling, general advice and much more.

We are a youth justice social enterprise which specialises in working with vulnerable and disadvantaged young people. Our mission is to engage with young people to empower them by increasing their personal and social development, confidence and self-esteem.

The Wipers directory, like FKCL, also offers assistance in every borough of London for young people looking for help.

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Women and Girls Network (WGN) was established in 1987 and has spent over 30 years supporting women and girls across London affected by gendered violence. This includes childhood sexual abuse, domestic violence, rape, prostitution (including trafficking and sexual exploitation), female genital mutilation (FGM), and so-called 'honour' based crimes such as forced marriage.

Our free, women-only and survivor-led service offers a holistic response to women and girls who have experienced, or are at risk of, gendered violence.

The aim of our work is to create a safe, non-judgmental and non-directive space in which women and girls can explore their experiences, and know that they will be listened to and believed. WGN is based on feminist principles, which has empowerment as a key concept. We understand that every woman's healing journey is unique, and our services are designed to offer women the opportunity to travel along on their journey. Our goal is to promote, preserve, and restore the mental health and wellbeing of women and girls, to empower them to make a total and sustainable recovery from the experiences of violence.

Women in Prison (WIP) is a national charity that delivers support for women affected by the criminal justice system in prisons, in the community and through our Women's Centres. We campaign to end the harm caused to women, their families and our communities by imprisonment.
We (1) lead inspiring, passionate campaigns for systemic change and to radically reduce the number of women in prison, thereby freeing resources for investment in community support services, including women's centres.

We also (2) deliver high quality, trauma-informed, independent advocacy and support services for women, in communities and prisons, which focus on early intervention, health and holistic provision as part of a 'whole system' multi-agency response. As well, we (3) offer a platform for women's voices that builds women's confidence and self-belief, strengthening an understanding of their rights and responsibilities, and provides opportunities to 'speak truth to power' to bring about real change.

We work with elite athletes and leaders across sport, media & business who continually challenge our thinking and raise the profile of the Women's Sport Trust.

We talk to the people and organisations who have the power to reshape the sporting landscape. We are influencers who stimulate real change for women's sport. Everyone who works with us is passionate about women's sport and keen to support Women's Sport Trust in realising its full impact as an entrepreneurial, collaborative, and action-focused charity.

Women's Sport Trust was founded by Tammy Parlour MBE and Jo Bostock MBE in 2012 and is run by an operational board of trustees comprised largely of committed volunteers. We are ambitious about women's sport. We encourage an inclusive and imaginative vision of what's possible – and then work to make it a reality.
Founded in 2012, Women's Sport Trust raises the visibility and increases the impact of women's sport through the promotion of diverse athlete role models, increasing media coverage and improving the funding landscape. We are a leading UK charity focused on using the power of sport to accelerate gender equality and stimulate social change.

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Look here to find an FINE example of what all so called "Special Schools" could be.

WOODBRIDGE PARK EDUCATION SERVICE IS a multi-site Alternative Provision based in the London Borough of Hounslow, offering tailored education and support to learners who are not in a position to be in a mainstream school.

We have high expectations on ourselves and the learners. Our approach is founded on a deep understanding of the need to be emotionally stable and socially engaged to be able to benefit from the vast choices that life can offer.

We know that building strong, stable relationships will be the most beneficial offer we can make to all our learners, providing warmth, compassion, trust and clear social boundaries. We want for every single child, a future. A future full of choice, freedom and a good standard of living. By focusing on developing personal resilience, self-esteem, self-regulation and strong relationships; not only do we set our learners up for formal learning, we also set them up for a more productive, successful life.

AN INDEPENDENT GRANT MAKING FOUNDATION FOR CHARITIES OPERATING IN THE UK

Any charitable organisation based in the UK is eligible to apply for a grant, as are any educational institutions (schools, universities, etc.) whether or not they have charitable status.

Word 4 Weapons has been a leading weapons surrender charity in the UK since 2012, supplying knife bins to a number of police forces, community groups and faith organisations.

Past awards have been given out to London's Air Ambulance who received a 'Life Saver' Gold Key' Community Award,  from Word 4 Weapons, recognising the work the charity does responding to and treating casualties of gun and knife crime in the Capital.  

Now, with the UK's dramatic increase in knife crime, the Charity is expanding its area of operation to include a range of new education services including training for youth workers, awareness sessions and a range of useful resources.

Most people agree that the frightening increase in knife crime can only be tackled by a multi-faceted approach and we believe that our new services will help ensure Word 4 Weapons can play a full and active part in the solution.
We will liaise with Schools and staff to highlight the consequences of knife crime and emphasise conflict resolution skills. Encourage positive decision making.

W4W expected outcome will be  to raise awareness among students regarding the risks of carrying knives while promoting non-violent approaches to resolving conflicts.

W4W will be actively engaging with community groups where possible, so please get in touch if you would like to be part of Training package, of saving lives through prevention and education around the impact and consequences of Knife enabled crime.

Working Chance is a nationwide organization for employability support for women with convictions. From CVs and interview practice to help disclosing your conviction and boosting your confidence, we're here to help. We work with policymakers and employers to break down the stigma, stereotypes and barriers that stop women with convictions getting jobs and progressing in careers.

Wuntanara – meaning 'we are together' – is the exciting creation of master drummer Souleymane Compo.

Wuntanara's African drum and dance workshops are great for kids: They give children and young people the opportunity to experience West African culture first hand. Playing and dancing together promotes team working, and helps to build self-confidence. Drumming and dance are fun ways to exercise and develop co-ordination, and to channel energy, release tension and improve concentration.

XLP’s mission statement is:

‘To engage in long-term relationships that empower young people from disadvantaged backgrounds to complete their education, avoid anti-social behaviour and ultimately become independent and confident contributors within their communities.’

XLP stands for ‘The eXceL Project’. In 1996, in response to a stabbing in a school playground, the school’s headmaster asked Patrick Regan, who was then a local church-based youth worker, to come into the school, work with their students and teachers and help with difficult behavioural issues. XLP now operates across nine inner-city boroughs around London, working with over 1,600 young people through education, mentoring, sport and the arts.

XO Bikes is a social venture from Onwards and Upwards. We train ex-offenders to become qualified bike mechanics and then help them find meaningful employment in the industry – either with us or elsewhere.

We have a workshop and bike shop in Lewisham Shopping Centre – where we sell the bikes our team refurbish. All bikes ride like new, all profits from sales go towards training more prison leavers. Refurbished bikes, rebuilt lives.

YES Outdoors runs various sessions each week across Islington, Camden, Haringey and Hackney.  We work to raise our members aspirations and equip them with the tools to increase their confidence, build positive relationships and enable them to give something back to their own community. For example their Bike Maintenance courses and their Guardian Project.

‍GUARDIAN PROJECT‍

Supporting young people with their education during the pandemic.Our Guardian Project has been supporting the most disadvantaged young people from North London.
Even during the pandemic, we were able to offer online support to our young people. We have also run a tech appeal so that our young people have access to their schools and teachers during lockdown, as well as the online support that we're now offering.

We are continuing to work on exciting new projects that we will announced on the website. These will be designed around offering further means of online support to our service users.

Our comprehensive Pathways to Leadership project is designed to engage young people in a programme that would run over the course of several months per group. Our project is designed to directly impact at least forty-five struggling young people every year, in their journey to increased life prospects and employability. It offers a wide range of experiences to our service users, starting with a fun and ice-breaking bicycle maintenance course, and includes 1-2-1 mentoring support and guidance, and culminates in a summer expedition to the Lake District with The Outward Bound Trust.

YMCA's vision in England and Wales is of an inclusive Christian movement transforming communities so that all young people can belong, contribute and thrive. Together, as the YMCA federation in England and Wales, we focus our work around the following key areas: (1) Family & Youth Work, (2) Health & Wellbeing, (3) Housing, (4) Support & Advice, (5) Training & Education, (6) Policy & Research.

YMCA believes in fairness and opportunity. There are essential building blocks for a full and rewarding life: a safe home; acceptance; guidance; friendship; physical and mental health; academic support; employment skills; and access to real opportunities. Many young people have never known these things; other people have lost one or more as they grew up, but we all need them.

At YMCA, we provide these critical foundations for a fresh, strong start for young people and a better quality of life in the community. We actively look for opportunities to make a transformative impact on young lives in the communities where we work, and believe that every person is of equal value.

YOU (Youth Organisations in Uniform) London is partnership of 11 uniformed youth organisations working together to benefit young people in London.

The member organisations are:

‍Army Cadet Force

Boys' Brigade

Fire Cadets

Girls' Brigade

Girlguiding

Jewish Lads' and Girls' Brigade

RAF Air Cadets

Sea Cadet Corps

Scouts

St. John Ambulance Cadets

Volunteer Police Cadets

‍Each member organisation is more than just a free time activity. They offer young

people the chance to:

‍> Develop as a junior citizen

> Learn new skills

> Make new friends

> Gain qualifications

> Push themselves further

Each is teaching young people to take a positive approach to life in a safe, challenging, fun, structured environment. They provide young people with positive role models and teach them that they can achieve their goals through hard work and commitment.

Each organisation offers something slightly different, but their aims of helping young people to reach their full potential are the same.

We have ben  awarded £1.5m for a 3-year programme under the Young Londoners Fund - Haringey Community Gold (HGC). This now represents an extensive programme of activity across a consortium of Voluntary and Community Sector (VCS) delivery partners including delivering activity at neighbourhood level across the borough.

Activity includes extensive outreach and engagement, employment support, sports and play, mentoring, mental health and leadership training. The programme is youth-led and through dialogue and relationship building, HCG is able to engage young people into many local initiatives.Young people can choose which programmes they are interested in to create a bespoke experience for themselves. We want to support you to stay on track, take the opportunities you want, develop relationships and leadership skills and have good mental health and wellbeing.

The HCG programme continues to achieve remarkable results, despite the lasting impact of lockdown on the recruitment of participants.

We boost the essential skills and wellbeing of students. Through our personalised coaching sessions, we aim to help all young people discover their full potential. See the website for some wonderful examples.

“You and Me Counselling is a charitable organisation based in the London Borough of Havering, which was established in 2011. The charity came from the founder’s personal experiences, when she found there were no services out there to support her troubled teenaged son. Worried about his anti-social behaviour, she spoke to as many experts as possible, most of whom recommended CBT. After gaining a degree in CBT and experiencing the profound impact her journey had on her son, she wanted to help young people and their families in similar situations. Originally based in Romford, in October 2015 we moved to our new office in Hornchurch Town Centre. We provide vulnerable children/young people and their families with Information, Advice, Tutoring, Educating/ Role modelling, Mentoring, Counselling and Psychological therapies. We also work closely with children/young people and their families who display disruptive, anti-social and/or truancy behaviours in school and could be at risk of being excluded or have already been excluded from schools. Furthermore, we provide group therapy sessions, parental classes, and staff training sessions in schools.

We are passionate about working with children and young people to establish an understanding of their situation and problems, hoping to instil/re-instil meaning and value into their lives. We also work with adult clients, providing support for a wide range of issues”.  

They were recently awarded £14,600 to deliver a project of awareness raising and school talks on the dangers of knife crime followed by family counselling for 12 at-risk young people and their families in Havering, benefitting 140 people overall.

Working with local and third sector organisations to bring improvements to communities, to engage and empower young people and to ensure communities work for them.  They have a team of young advisors across England.

Powerful and ambitious partnerships in the community are built and nurtured. As a result, all children and young people in the borough will have equal access to opportunities. These opportunities will ensure that young people in the borough are kept safe, informed about the decisions that most affect them, and supported in achieving their full potential.

Connected, thriving communities are the foundation of our society. They keep us safer, happier and healthier – more resilient and able to face shared challenges.

Today, The Young Foundation’s mission is to develop better connected and more sustainable communities across the UK. As a UKRI accredited Independent Research Organisation, social investor and community development practitioner, we combine all our skills and expertise, to further that mission.

We amplify the stories and lived experiences of people in our communities; using this as a spur to drive locally-led community action and enterprise. And we use what we learn across different communities to spot national patterns of need and opportunity. Then we work with national partners to support new ideas to tackle those shared, national challenges.

Bringing together our own – and other people’s – work, we are building a shared body of evidence, tools and insight about how communities are taking action on the issues that affect them. We are experts in understanding the changing role of communities in the 21st century.

Most of us can count on our families for love, support and guidance when we need it most. But young people in care have to grow up without this safety net. And at age 18, the limited support they do receive drops substantially at a really critical time.  This lack of support can leave them feeling abandoned and vulnerable and facing a future of further disadvantage.

We're here to fill that gap and to support young care-leavers on their journey into adulthood. We help them move towards practical, financial, social and emotional independence and a happier and more fulfilling future.

Our vision is to create a blueprint for best practice nationally, setting a standard for supporting young people who are in and leaving care.

Our approach is based on research that shows that developing social and emotional capabilities is key to transforming the way young people deal with challenges in life and can transform the way they see their future.

It's why we place mental health and wellbeing at the heart of everything we do and it's why therapeutic support is built into every aspect of our organisation.

Our diverse, highly experienced team are trained in dealing with young people with complex trauma and mental health diagnoses who have had multiple placement breakdowns.

Taking a strengths-based approach that prioritises young peoples' skills, abilities and interests we work closely with young people to build the kind of warm and nurturing relationships that provide a stable base for long-term behaviour change.

Research shows that just as episodes of trauma can shift the direction of life, positive experiences can have a transformational impact on young people.

This Hackney based website provides links to all that’s going on in the area – there are links to Arts & Media organisations, Leisure Centres, Libraries, Play, Schools, Sports, Uniformed groups, Youth clubs, and Youth Support.

We’re leading the fight for a future where all young minds are supported and empowered, whatever the challenges. We’re here to make sure they get the best possible mental health support and have the resilience to overcome life’s difficulties.

The crisis in children and young people’s mental health is real and it is urgent. More children and young people than ever before are reaching out for help with their mental health. But for those who take that brave step, help is much too hard to find. Together, we are changing this. We’re fighting for young people’s mental health. Join our fight.

We want to see a world where no young person feels alone with their mental health, and all young people get the mental health support they need, when they need it, no matter what.

Young People Insight was launched as a physical platform in January 2016, and registered as a Community Interest Company (CIC) in January 2019, to empower the voices of young people, aged 16-26, giving them the opportunity to make their voices heard by speaking out on topics that are important to them and sharing their stories to inspire others.

Through involvement in this youth-led platform, young people are able to develop their confidence and communication skills, as well as build self-esteem and respect for each other.  Young individuals from all walks of life are welcomed and treated as equal, forming a community where they are loved and encouraged to expand their mindset.

A key element of Young People Insight is also to increase community engagement and be the change we want to see.  If we want to see any sort of change in a society that would prefer to ignore us and hold us down, then we need to shout as loud as we can, ensure that our voice is heard and make a positive difference, otherwise things will continue to stay the same.

This insight into young people will provide wider society with a deeper understanding of who we are as individuals, rather than labeling us on what we've done or what we do.  There is great potential in all of us, which needs to tap into, because we can make a genuine difference.  Our mission is to create a safe and loving community, giving young people the space to express themselves freely, tap into their full potential, learn from others and be the change they want to see.

The Young Reporter scheme is a schools programme giving students aged 14-18 an opportunity to write for a real live online newspaper. The programme runs for eight months during the school term, with various opportunities offered along the way.

The Young Reporter Scheme has been running since 2008 in partnership with Newsquest Media Group. It is a quality programme, delivering lectures and teachings to help mould young people, not only into the world of the media, but also into worthwhile careers for the future.

Starting with two pilot schools and a handful of students in London, it grew exponentially and since then we have taken thousands of students through the process.

The scheme is open to Years 10, 11, 12 and 13 and students start their 'writing career' uploading articles directly onto the Newsquest websites, within specified deadlines and categories.

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Young Urban Art Foundation's mission to empower the lives of young people by strengthening well-being and building opportunities, through creativity and culture, ensuring that they are seen, heard and celebrated.

Within 12 years, we have helped over 19,000 young people and are known for delivering both empowering and creative outreach workshops in hard-to-reach areas where young people are at high-risk of child exploitation, being a victim of crime or those who do not have access to opportunities.

Our youth charity's programmes are designed around prevention and built to drive creativity, such as our multimedia bus workshops, which we take into communities, as a safe and exciting space to inspire and build their confidence. We also take our facilitators to schools, community centres and youth hubs. Working with partners, we provide young people with opportunities to gain further training or work experience, allowing them to build a long-term rapport and support system.

We are an exciting cross-sector partnership, creating a community of member and partner organisations. Together we are shaping opportunities and creating the best services for children and young people in Westminster. Our role is to act as a voice of the children and young people’s sector for Westminster. We support our members with information sharing, advice, networking opportunities, training and grants.

We work on behalf of our members to develop long-term partnerships with businesses, public sector partners, individuals and major funders. Partnerships facilitate support and broker funding for our members.

Most importantly, we give young people a voice in leading the development of the YWF.

Young Women's Trust champions young women aged 18 to 30 on low or no pay.

We're here to create a more equal world of work and raise young women's incomes. We tackle sexism and misogyny, with and for anyone who has experienced this. We offer young women free coaching, feedback on job applications and information to help them get where they want to be. We bring together a network of thousands of young women to support each other, build their self-belief, and have their voices heard. We work with young women and anyone who experiences misogyny and sexism to campaign for equality in the workplace.

And our research provides insight into what young women's lives are really like, fuelling our campaigns for change.

Your Life You Choose Brent & Barnet delivers an award-winning one day multi-agency presentation day to deter young people from crime, raise awareness of the consequences of their choices and empower them to make better decisions and keep themselves safe. The project is led by magistrates in the North West London Justice Area.

We present to secondary schools, youth organisations and communities throughout Brent and Barnet.

This multi agency approach delivers a different perspective in each workshop ensuring a complete understanding and recognition of 'choice' and 'consequence' resonate with all students.

The multi-agency presentation day is specifically geared to Year 7 students. Using the medium of the criminal justice system we raise awareness of the consequences of bad choices. In a rotation of workshops with partner agencies, students look at how society deals with people who commit crime. We explore students' preconceptions and stereotyping in relation to criminal activity. We raise awareness of the long lasting and far reaching impact of crime on their lives and their community. Also addressing the importance of keeping themselves safe, being aware of their surroundings, speaking up about their concerns and the importance of friendship choices.

Use email  info@ylyc.org.uk to enquire about other borough locations.

YLYC Brent was awarded Community Champion of the Year in the Pride of Brent Awards 2017. The successful multi-agency format has also resulted in MBE's for the YLYC Ealing's founders in the 2013 Honours List.

"YLYC is a key part of our strategy for getting young people to spot the warning signs and not get involved (in gangs and crime). It is YLYC's multi-agency approach and interactivity that make it successful."

YourStance is a preventative educational project which empowers young people to make informed decisions when faced with an emergency by teaching lifesaving skills.

Our Goals: To eradicate needless deaths in our communities by having open conversations, empowering, and sharing knowledge and skills between experienced healthcare professionals and young people at risk of serious youth violence. All of our workshops are trauma informed and evidence based practice from the resus council, APLS and Stop the Bleed.

Depending on the circumstance we will ask for a contribution towards our workshops ongoing costs. Please ask for the full cost package if keen to book a session. If you want to set up your own workshops in your hospital, trust or community, just get in touch.

NHS London Violence Reduction Programme collaboration with YourStance:

The London Violence Reduction Programme was established in mid-2019 to deliver a coordinated regional health response to violence reduction across the capital. The programme is comprised of a number of workstreams aiming to mobilise local health systems to support violence reduction and improve wellbeing in our communities.

Using existing knowledge, design and implementation, the London Violence Reduction Programme and YourStance are working together to equip vulnerable young Londoners fundamental lifesaving skills. Outreach sessions will teach youth aged 11 – 25 how to perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and haemorrhage control following serious incidents of violence.

Why is it important?

Research at the Royal London (BMJ, 2018) highlighted the case for timely treatment and action for better health and life outcomes of young people seriously injured by serious youth violence. This has contributed to the importance of our programme, to teach and empower young people between the ages of 13-25 years, most at risk of serious youth violence, with skills to save a life if faced with an emergency.

The programme is built upon the passion and expertise of clinical volunteers. YourStance does rely on local funding grants and therefore will ask for a contribution towards the projects costs. info@yourstance.org

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YourStance teaches young people at risk of serious youth violence the skills of basic life support and haemorrhage control. It is run by healthcare professionals who see the consequences of serious youth violence in their daily practice.

Haemorrhage control

If you find someone bleeding, or are bleeding yourself, know how to stop the bleeding and minimise the damage while help arrives.

Outreach
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In conjunction with local outreach teams, we run sessions on the streets to meet young people at risk of serious violence.

‍We run workshops on serious youth violence

We will come and run workshops to your group of professionals – sharing our experience and advice on opening communication with young people
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Haemorrhage control
Basic life support
Zero responder training where it's needed most
Short sessions
Run by doctors & nurses
For young people at risk of serious youth violence

Youth Access is the national membership organisation for youth information, advice and counselling services (YIACS). We work with our members to provide a unified voice for the youth advice and counselling sector, and support young people to campaign for transformational change to deliver the services and systems that meet their needs and fulfil their rights.

The Youth Endowment Fund will fund, support, and evaluate programmes and community partnerships to build an evidence base of what works to prevent children becoming involved in violence. We are here to prevent children and young people becoming involved in violence. We do this by finding out what works and building a movement to put this knowledge into practice.by funding, supporting and evaluating promising interventions working with 10-14 year olds in England and Wales to prevent later offending.

The YEF will invest in a range of diversion activities like mental health support, whole family interventions or mentoring. They’ll fund great projects that show promise, so that they can understand how offering alternatives to arrest, conviction and custody to children who’ve offended can sustainably prevent them from becoming involved in violence later in their lives.

Their commitment to the evidence – as well as funding projects – is why the YEF will invest in rigorous evaluation. By improving our understanding of which programmes work and by helping organisations put it into practice, the YEF will help prevent children and young people in England and Wales from becoming involved in violence.

Youth First have recently been awarded £21,936 for their Safer Lives project to deliver anti-knife crime and personal safety workshops in youth clubs with young people at risk of getting involved in knife crime. “We provide youth work to over 5,000 young people every year, delivered by over 50 directly employed staff working from 5 adventure playgrounds and 5 youth centres. Alongside our direct delivery we aim to be an umbrella for youth provision across Lewisham and to this end fund and partner with a range of other organisations who share our values and aspirations in a variety of ways. We provide Lewisham’s young people with a universal open door youth offer of:

• Safe places to go

• Fun things to do and learn

• Help, support and early intervention from professional and passionate youth workers

• Put simply, our vision puts Lewisham’s youth first.”

Youth Futures Foundation is an independent, not-for-profit organisation established in December 2019 with £90m endowment from the Reclaim Fund to improve employment outcomes for young people from marginalised backgrounds. Our aim is to narrow employment gaps by identifying what works and why, investing in evidence generation and innovation, and igniting a movement for change so all young people have fair access to good quality jobs.

We intend to change the youth employment system by working in partnership with organisations, policy makers, employers, practitioners and young people to address systemic barriers, expand opportunities and support more young people from marginalised backgrounds to be ready for work.

Our board and our team reflect the diversity of life experiences, ethnic backgrounds, gender and religion of the young people we aim to serve. Our collective desire to help young people improve their life chances drives everything we do.

Youth Ink is a forum operating in the heart of communities and led by people with experience of the criminal justice system. Youth Ink uses the power of peer networks to rehabilitate and to create safer communities for the future. By harnessing these relationships and improving collaboration with decision-makers at all levels.
Youth Ink ensures justice policies have maximum impact on the most vulnerable individuals in society. Youth Ink comprises those who have lived experience of the criminal justice system and the wider issues surrounding it, such as racial discrimination, addiction and mental health problems.

By including marginalised people in the development of the solutions, Youth Ink develops youth justice interventions that meet the needs and concerns of those whose lives stand to benefit most.

We have developed a tried and tested model that enables understanding, collaboration and change. Successful rehabilitation and re-integration begin with changing and adapting Youth Justice Services into programs that meet real, identified needs centred on collaboration with young people and stakeholders.

Established governmental youth justice resource.

Youth Mix has been set up in response to the severe and detrimental cuts to funding and young people's services across England, including the mass closures of youth services across the country, leaving young people with a lack of services and support, and an increase in youth crime, self-harm and suicide. Young people are feeling more and more isolated and  feel segregated from society with no real voice or future prospects.

At Youth Mix we aim to facilitate real change in the lives of young people aged 16 to 26 years old by facilitating informal educational activities, training opportunities and life experiences that inspire young people while providing tools and skills to help young people lead active and independent lives.

“Youth Music’s vision is that one day, all children and young people will be able to have musical lives.

We're a national charity investing in music-making projects which support children and young people aged 0-25 to develop personally and socially as well as musically. We work particularly with those who don’t get to make music because of who they are, where they live, or what they’re going through.”

“Youth Music has appointed four new ambassadors. Presenter and multi-instrumentalist Myleene Klass, electronic music duo Bicep, folk musician and band leader Kathryn Tickell and musician and film composer Ollie Howell. Since its foundation in 1999, three million children and young people – from early years through to early adulthood – have made music across England in projects funded by Youth Music, with support and funding from the National Lottery through Arts Council England.”

One in seven children are obese by the time they start school, increasing to one in four by year six (NHS, 2021). The Youth Sport Trust (YST) is the UK's leading charity improving every young person's education and development through sport and play. The YST equips educators and empowers young people with the vision of creating a future where every child enjoys the life-changing benefits of play and sport. The YST works across the UK and internationally, equipping and empowering the next generation. Sport gives young people a platform to have their voice heard and a place to feel they belong. We are a leading source of PE and youth sport news, insight, and opinion. We harness this extraordinary power to change young lives today and help them build a brighter tomorrow. We do this by (1) running inclusive and innovative programmes, (2) bringing together communities of educators, and (3) providing practical tools and resources. We have identified six key groups of changemakers and how they are best placed to help build belonging: Educators, Young people, Organisations, Influencers in public life, Families, and Ourselves.

We work in collaboration with statutory organisations, commissioned services and charities to provide a more cohesive approach to providing solutions.  

Youth Unity CIC is a "not for profit" organisation established to provide effective help and support to vulnerable young people and adults affected by group violence (gangs), drugs and other forms of exploitation such as human trafficking, CSE and extremism. We work in collaboration with statutory organisations, commissioned services and charities to provide a more cohesive approach to solutions. We focus on improving opportunities for all, especially young people from disadvantaged backgrounds. Our overall belief is that by helping to improve the overall health and well-being of an individual they can make better informed choices and decisions. We offer mentoring, workshops and training for young people, professionals, parents and carers.

Our core belief revolves around ensuring that every young person is treated fairly and as a unique individual, regardless of factors such as age, gender, race, religion, ability, or background. As an organisation, our primary objective is to facilitate the thriving and realisation of the full potential of young individuals, ensuring they are thoroughly prepared for the challenges and opportunities that lie ahead in their adult lives. Through collaborative endeavours with diverse stakeholders, Youth Unity CIC strives to diminish vulnerability and safeguard local communities, in line with the Government's strategy.

citizenAID is a UK registered charity with a focused mission to prepare individuals, communities and organisations to help themselves and each other when there are multiple casualties, particularly from deliberate attacks.  

citizenAID recognises that this system is fully transferable to any situation where there are single or multiple casualties.

Many know what to do when someone collapses with a heart attack. But being able to act effectively after a deliberate attack requires different knowledge and skills.

citizenAID provides this information with our app and Pocket Guide along with first aid, bleed kits, tourniquet use  or our Tournikey and improvisation.

citizenAID helps the general public to stay safe and improvise effective treatment before emergency services are available to provide professional medical support.

citizenAID enables the public to save lives.

citizenAID is a simple system comprising of an award-winning free App, online familiarisation videos, a Pocket Guide, and educational material and training for both adults and children.

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imabi is a technology platform and app provider for personal safety, wellbeing and lifestyle management, giving users access to trusted information, guidance, reporting and support tools. We enable people and organisations to connect using responsible technology through our ground-breaking apps.

With a range of social issues affecting everyone, everywhere; imabi is on a mission to bring about change by empowering people to speak up, make informed choices and feel empowered in tackling root causes of harmful attitudes and behaviours. imabi is already in schools supporting young people by increasing the probability of them speaking up about their concerns and wellbeing and accessing help. imabi knows the value of being able to rely on trusted information when so much harmful and fake information is routinely published and has therefore created areas in the app whether students can access guidance, important information and receive real time messages.  imabi helping schools with their safeguarding responsibilities and supplies trend data so they better understand what is happening in their school communities.

The power of imabi comes from adopting a proactive and preventative approach in applying its technology. The innovative use of technology means we are focused on helping people to reduce the risk of something happening to them but also giving them access to help if something does. Its current 7 app features mean everything is conveniently in one place – support, reporting, guidance, survey tool, geo-location, a virtual noticeboard and messaging. Organisations can input their own content in the apps for their users to access whether that is campaigns, signposting to support and services, important information or guidance. Users can also access location services to create safe groups and stay connected when out and about. imabi is working with partners to make their technology accessible to everyone – building safer communities together and delivering real social value.
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UpReach helps disadvantaged students from across the UK realise their potential by investing in pioneering technology to facilitate, deliver and evaluate highly personalised programmes of support. Through successful partnerships with top employers and universities, we offer students access to a comprehensive range of opportunities and activities to broaden their horizons, understand career pathways and develop the skills, networks and experiences needed for professional success. We also collaborate closely with other charities in our sector to expand the support offered and maximise our joint impact.