Ex-offenders

National and regional support for ex-offenders.

England: national support

鈥� supports ex-offenders and deprived communities move towards employment

鈥� support for children with a parent in prison

鈥� provides rehabilitation services in the community for young prison leavers and ex-offenders

鈥� support for children and young people with a parent in prison

鈥� volunteer network that work with sex offenders to manage risk and return back to society

鈥� directory of services for ex-offenders

鈥� wide range of support services for sentenced prison leavers

鈥� integrated drug and alcohol treatment programme aimed to stop reoffending.

Disclosure and Barring Service on 188体育 鈥� information on criminal record checks for employment

鈥� government wide scheme to support prison leavers gain opportunities through the civil service

鈥� resettlement support for prison leavers

鈥� information on what criminal convictions can affect

鈥� support for people going through a life transition including prison leavers

鈥� support for housing, education and advice for disadvantaged young people, including prison leavers

鈥� directory of services to support the children and families of offenders

National Probation Service 鈥� manages offenders in the community

鈥� information about how employers work with prisons to provide opportunities for prison leavers

鈥� aims to reduce reoffending through mentored and sustainable employment

鈥� supports the resettlement and reintegration of offenders back into the community

鈥� information and links to additional services that support prison leavers

鈥� support for prisoners, people with convictions and their families

鈥� advice and information on what happens on arrest, prison visits and preparing for release

鈥� advice on prison rights, conditions and how to get help in prison

鈥� employment and enterprise services for ex-offenders

鈥� ex-offender friendly employer vacancies

鈥� information on supporting people with criminal convictions looking for work

鈥� community based prison leaver support (also known as St Giles Wise)

鈥� single use calculator to establish when criminal convictions become 鈥榮pent鈥� under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974

鈥� support for women prison leavers for further education, work experience and self-employment

鈥� support for prison leavers through voluntary work

鈥� directory of support for people with criminal convictions

Universal Credit and prison leavers on 188体育 鈥� information for prison leavers, work coaches and probation officers about Universal Credit

鈥� support overcoming the long term effects of a criminal record

鈥� recruitment consultancy for women prison leavers

鈥� support for women in prison and post release

Avon, Somerset and Gloucestershire

- a social enterprise that buys, refurbishes and sells empty properties, and helps create full time jobs for people who have been in prison

- search for organisations that offer services to individuals with criminal convictions to help them make positive changes to their lives

- Offering help and support to low risk offenders that have recently left prison

- an innovative crime prevention charity which rehabilitates young men in prison or at risk of going to prison, and provides real solutions to help reduce youth offending

ExChange mentoring programme - aimed at supporting young people 10 鈥� 17 identified as being at risk of potential future violence

Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire

- Help for those ex-offenders who are in an abusive relationship

鈥� see website for service available

- Mentoring support. From community sentences to coming out of custody

- Supported volunteering for ex-offenders

- A gateway support service for individuals emerging from prison or any other part of the Criminal Justice system

鈥� see website for details of available services

- see website for available support

- range of services designed to help ex-offenders

- help people who鈥檝e been on the wrong side of the law to get their lives back on track by focusing聽on both Family Support and the creation of Employment

Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire

- Alana House is a community service run by PACT that uses a holistic approach to support and empower women

- contact your Work Coach for referral

- contact your Work Coach for referral

- contact your Work Coach for referral

- Self-referral: Online Enhanced Housing Options Form/Telephone/Email/Face to face

- Self-referral: Online Enhanced Housing Options Form/Telephone/Email/Face to face

Devon and Cornwall

Free Advice and Support for offenders, families and victims at courts

Dorset, Wiltshire, Hampshire and Isle of Wight

鈥� Bournemouth and Poole- CFO3 is a voluntary programme to聽support people聽who are in the Criminal Justice system to reintegrate into the community

鈥� Dorset - Provides person centred support for offenders or those who are at risk of offending

- A聽range of support for claimants who are at risk of being socially excluded聽

- see website for available support

East London

London Training and Employment Network 鈥� contact your Work Coach about the Positive Turn Around Project providing employability and in work support for ex-offenders in London

鈥� advice for young people on their legal rights in Canning Town

Essex

鈥� support for ex-offenders with additional needs across Essex (except Thurrock and Southend)

Kent

鈥� provides employability support and probation services across Kent

Ixion Holdings 鈥� speak to your Work Coach about this support for offenders on licence in Chatham to move closer to the workplace

鈥� support for ex-offenders in Ashford, Chatham, Dartford, Dover Gravesend and Margate through a Brighter Futures programme to gain employment

North London

鈥� provides support and job opportunities in construction for people leaving prison

HARRP Trust 鈥� contact your Work Coach about this mentoring and support opportunity for ex-offenders in Enfield, Waltham Cross and Haringey

RIFT Social Enterprise 鈥� contact your Work Coach about this self-employment support opportunities for ex-offenders in North London

South London

- support men and women on licence or serving a community sentence.

- Reducing Sexual abuse in our communities

- We help people held back by poverty, exploited, abused, dealing with addiction or mental health problems, caught up in crime or a combination of these issues and others.

Surrey and Sussex

- Support for children, young people and families.

- give a voice to the people in the criminal justice system

West London

- Help disadvantaged, unemployed young people and adults secure employment.

- Supporting the resettlement and reintegration of offenders into the community

Cheshire

- a service for women who have offended in the past.

Greater Manchester

- offers a range of support and learning opportunities including employability, functional skills, creative activities, citizenship, life skills, and health and wellbeing

- provide information and support for offenders鈥� families from the point of arrest through to release and beyond.

Merseyside

- supports individuals to move away from a lifestyle which may encourage offending or re-offending

- mentoring service tailored to meet the needs of the individuals or groups. Deliver both group and one-to-one sessions

Northumberland, Tyne and Wear

- help people with criminal records to find employment, training and support in the North East of England.

Birmingham and Solihull

Accord Housing Association Limited - Housing support for ex-offenders, Solihull only

- delivers floating support for offenders, single people and people requiring support with mental health issues

East Anglia

- offers employment opportunities in the construction and recycling industries for all types of ex offender

- into work support for learners from a vast array of different backgrounds and the different barriers they face in life including ex-offenders

- offers sessions for the homeless, ex-offenders, vulnerably housed and the unemployed

Leicestershire and Northamptonshire

鈥� provides support to prison leavers needing help

鈥� offers support to young people aged 16-25 who are at risk or have already become involved in serious violent crime

鈥� offers support to ex-offenders

鈥� supports ex-offenders into employment

鈥� offers support to young people aged 16-25 who are at risk of offending, current offenders or ex-offenders

Lincolnshire, Nottinghamshire and Rutland

- offers a range of training opportunities and employment support to prepare people for their release

- provides a supportive rehabilitative experience for those released from prison or working with probation to develop key skills

Mercia

Ixion Holdings 鈥� provides support to the hardest to help offenders move towards mainstream provision or into employment - contact your work coach about this opportunity

- provides support to young people aged 10 to 17 and their families, aiming to reduce offending by children and young people

Staffordshire and Derbyshire

- offers free construction qualifications to help ex-offenders, homeless people, learners with mental illness or addiction

- offers support to single homeless people aged 18 to 25, including ex-offenders

Ixion Holdings 鈥� provides support to the hardest to help offenders move towards mainstream provision or into employment - contact to your work coach about this opportunity

- provides a variety of services to ex-offenders to help them move into work

- provides support to the most vulnerable ex-offenders who are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless

Scotland: national support

鈥� supports people with a history of offending or are serving a community or custodial sentence find future work opportunities across Scotland

鈥� works with people with criminal convictions to change behaviour and offer opportunities to learn new skills for work

鈥� support for children with a parent in prison

鈥� provides rehabilitation services in the community for young prison leavers and ex-offenders

鈥� support for children and young people with a parent in prison

鈥� volunteer network that work with sex offenders to manage risk and return back to society

鈥� directory of services for ex-offenders

鈥� integrated drug and alcohol treatment programme aimed to stop reoffending.

Disclosure and Barring Service on 188体育 鈥� information on criminal record checks for employment

鈥� support for families affected by imprisonment through a helpline and regional family support coordinators in Scotland

鈥� government wide scheme to support prison leavers gain opportunities through the civil service

鈥� resettlement support for prison leavers

鈥� information on what criminal convictions can affect

鈥� support for people going through a life transition including prison leavers

National Probation Service 鈥� manages offenders in the community

鈥� an interactive digital map which explains the key stages of the Scottish justice system

鈥� aims to reduce reoffending through mentored and sustainable employment

鈥� supports the resettlement and reintegration of offenders back into the community

鈥� information and links to additional services that support prison leavers

鈥� support for prisoners, people with convictions and their families

鈥� advice on prison rights, conditions and how to get help in prison

鈥� employment and enterprise services for ex-offenders

鈥� ex-offender friendly employer vacancies

鈥� information on supporting people with criminal convictions looking for work

鈥� community based prison leaver support (also known as St Giles Wise)

鈥� single use calculator to establish when criminal convictions become 鈥榮pent鈥� under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974

鈥� support for women prison leavers for further education, work experience and self-employment

鈥� support for prison leavers through voluntary work

鈥� directory of support for people with criminal convictions

Universal Credit and prison leavers on 188体育 鈥� information for prison leavers, work coaches and probation officers about Universal Credit

鈥� support overcoming the long term effects of a criminal record

鈥� runs a criminal justice system rehabilitation service across Scotland

鈥� recruitment consultancy for women prison leavers

鈥� support for women in prison and post release

Central Scotland

Glasgow Life Criminal Justice Project 鈥� contact your Work Coach about this support service for people on probation in Glasgow

East Scotland

鈥� supervision and information for offenders who are in prison on statuary throughcare or who have been released subject to licence

鈥� supports people to tackle the causes of homelessness, including support for ex-offenders and prison leavers

EMORS 鈥� contact your Work Coach about this Edinburgh and Midlothian Offender and Recovery Service focused on drug and alcohol, arrest referral and throughcare services for adults, offenders and young people

鈥� community support projects for vulnerable people including ex-offenders based in Edinburgh

The VOW Project 鈥� contact your Work Coach about this Edinburgh based police project aiming to reduce offending

鈥� supports women ex-offenders aged 17 or over in Edinburgh and Midlothian

North East Scotland

Freedom Unlimited 鈥� contact your Work Coach about this social enterprise that aims to provide training and employment opportunities for people with criminal convictions in Dalgety Bay

Labyrinth Service 鈥� contact your Work Coach about this employability service that works with people with sexual offenses in Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire

Northern Scotland

鈥� contact information with support services for people with an offense in the Shetland Islands

South West Scotland

Connect Call 鈥� contact your Work Coach about this telephony support service for ex-offenders in East Ayrshire

North Ayrshire Council Justice Services 鈥� contact your Work Coach about this employability mentor service for people with a criminal record in North Ayrshire

鈥� provides a women鈥檚 mentoring service for women in prison or subject to a Community Payback Order in Ayr and Girvan

West Scotland

鈥� information and support services for ex-offenders in Renfrewshire

鈥� A charity that provides support for prison leavers and ex-offenders to rejoin the community of Inverclyde

鈥� information on the criminal justice system and support services available to ex-offenders in West Dunbartonshire

Wales: national support

鈥� support for children with a parent in prison

鈥� provides rehabilitation services in the community for young prison leavers and ex-offenders

鈥� support for children and young people with a parent in prison

鈥� volunteer network that work with sex offenders to manage risk and return back to society

鈥� directory of services for ex-offenders

鈥� integrated drug and alcohol treatment programme aimed to stop reoffending.

Disclosure and Barring Service on 188体育 鈥� information on criminal record checks for employment

鈥� government wide scheme to support prison leavers gain opportunities through the civil service

鈥� resettlement support for prison leavers

鈥� information on what criminal convictions can affect

鈥� support for people going through a life transition including prison leavers

鈥� support for housing, education and advice for disadvantaged young people, including prison leavers

鈥� directory of services to support the children and families of offenders

National Probation Service 鈥� manages offenders in the community

鈥� information about how employers work with prisons to provide opportunities for prison leavers

鈥� aims to reduce reoffending through mentored and sustainable employment

鈥� supports the resettlement and reintegration of offenders back into the community

鈥� information and links to additional services that support prison leavers

鈥� support for prisoners, people with convictions and their families

鈥� advice and information on what happens on arrest, prison visits and preparing for release

鈥� advice on prison rights, conditions and how to get help in prison

鈥� employment and enterprise services for ex-offenders

鈥� ex-offender friendly employer vacancies

鈥� information on supporting people with criminal convictions looking for work

鈥� homelessness prevention service at the point of entry into custody to support prisoners to keep their homes

鈥� community based prison leaver support (also known as St Giles Wise)

鈥� single use calculator to establish when criminal convictions become 鈥榮pent鈥� under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974

鈥� support for women prison leavers for further education, work experience and self-employment

鈥� support for prison leavers through voluntary work

鈥� directory of support for people with criminal convictions

Universal Credit and prison leavers on 188体育 鈥� information for prison leavers, work coaches and probation officers about Universal Credit

鈥� support overcoming the long term effects of a criminal record

鈥� recruitment consultancy for women prison leavers

鈥� support for women in prison and post release

North and Mid Wales

鈥� provides personal support services for rehabilitation, counselling, mentoring and returning back to society including Jigsaw, which helps ex-offenders, people with substance misuse or mental health issues

鈥� for unemployed people with a history of drug or alcohol addictive who which to work in the drugs field

鈥� support for prison leavers with immediate housing needs in Rhyl

鈥� includes support when arrested relating to addiction

South East Wales

鈥� support for ex-offenders across South Wales

Inside Out Support Wales 鈥� contact your Work Coach about this mentoring and coaching service for people with convictions across the district

Motiv-8 鈥� contact your Work Coach about this mentoring service for people with convictions in Caerphilly, Blackwood and Bargoed 鈥� includes MAPPA clients

POBL 鈥� floating support for prolific and priority offenders 鈥� call 01495 740730

South West Wales

鈥� support for ex-offenders across South Wales

鈥� provides employability and entrepreneurship training for ex-offenders in Swansea and Neath Port Talbot