Welcome boost for weapons crime prevention work
Our work helping to raise awareness of the dangers of weapons amongst young people has received a boost thanks to funding announced by the Home Office’s Knife Crime Prevention Fund. …
Article year: 2018
New app connects young people with services in Yorkshire
Two occupational therapy students have been working with St Giles Trust’s Yorkshire Team to develop a mobile app for young people in Yorkshire to help them easily link up with …
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Snapshot shows we helped nearly 25K last year
A snapshot overview of our achievements over the last financial year (April 2017-March 2018) shows that St Giles Trust helped 24,982 people through our community and prison-based services – a …
Girdler win for Shaun
A valued member of the St Giles Trust team has gained a prestigious accolade from The Worshipful Company of Girdlers. Shaun Blackwood, who works on a partnership project in Bexley, …
St Giles welcomes report calling for women offenders to be offered support not prison
Today’s report (24 July 2017) from the London Assembly’s Police and Crime Committee calls for vulnerable women offenders to be given support to address underlying issues driving their offending. For …
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New Cardiff services are opening doors for disadvantaged adults and young people
Two Cardiff-based services which launched this month (11 July 2018) are helping disadvantaged adults into employment and young people exploited through gangs. The Big Lottery Fund supported Peer Forward project …
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Star trainer of over 100 Peer Advisors rewarded
A long-standing member of staff who helps women in prison became professionallyqualified Peer Advisors under the Peer Advisor Programme has been given a prestigious award in recognition of her achievements. …
Peer Circles celebrates first year of success
Our Peer Circles project is marking its first year of supporting people with multiple and complex needs to move closer towards employability through addressing wider barriers such as homelessness, substance …
Celebrating Peer Advisor Success north and south
Our Peer Advisors in London and Yorkshire were celebrated through special award events in recent weeks. The Peer Advisors – who have trained through our Big Lottery Fund supported London …
Serious youth violence is everyone’s responsibility
Junior Smart, Founder of the SOS Project at St Giles Trust which works with young people involved in and at risk of gang crime and serious youth violence, reflects on …
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