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Who We Are

We're St Giles, we help people held back by poverty, unemployment, the criminal justice system, homelessness, exploitation and abuse to build a positive future.

We're a national charity using real-life past experiences to provide advice, training and support to people facing challenges today.

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Podcast highlights the power of education in combating child criminal exploitation

09 October 2024

Leading education podcast Schools Behaviour Secrets’ latest episode recently welcomed guests Desmond […]

St Giles Midlands Hospital and Custody Teams Recognised as Anti-Violence Champions

07 October 2024

On Wednesday 2nd October members of the St Giles Hospital and Custody […]

Social Supermarket, Y Pantri Cymru, Win Community-Based Social Enterprise Award at the Social Business Awards Wales 2024

03 October 2024

Ennillwyd Y Pantri Cymru, Gwobr Menter Gymdeithasol yn y Gymuned yng Ngwobrau […]

18 years of SOS with Junior Smart

02 October 2024

Junior Smart reflects on the last 18 years, setting up the SOS […]

Our Impact 2023/24

19,001

intensive one-to-one interventions

382

young people supported out of child criminal exploitation

380

people helped in to accommodation across community based services

346

people reduced or cleared debt across community projects

95,344

SOS+ session participants

1,017

clients who found employment and/or education/training

9 Pantry Hubs

Continued to tackle food poverty

386

peer advisors completing the Learning to Advise course

Our work generates a £8.54 saving to the taxpayer for every £1 invested in our peer-led services

What we do

Children and families

Peer advice

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Women's services

Tackling poverty

Child criminal exploitation

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Work with prison leavers

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Employment services

Commission Us

Our Stories

The people we work with come from all different backgrounds, situations and ages. Our approach is not one-size-fits-all. We work with each person as an individual, helping them realise their future goals.

Graeme’s Story

Graeme came to St Giles after a life of trauma looking for support to help turn his life...

Samuel’s story

We helped Samuel achieve the qualifications he started whilst in prison, giving him direction, confidence and hope for...

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Caitlin’s story

We first came into contact with Caitlin when she was released from prison. She has had a turbulent...

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Sarah’s Story

With the support of St Giles, Sarah is working on becoming financially independent and is looking at housing...

Jackie’s story

“Being out of work I found it hard to buy food so I was just living on my...

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Cara’s story

Cara* came to St Giles as a highly vulnerable young person at risk of sexual exploitation, due to...

Alan’s story

Many people leaving prison are in very vulnerable circumstances and the risk of re-offending is high if the...

Tracey’s story

This story is part of the Peer Power series – a photographic collaboration between professional photographer Jeff Hubbard...

Where we work

We provide services across the UK, coordinated from our regional and national hubs.