London riots: five years on
Once the smoke cleared from that terrifying week in August 2011 it gave us all the opportunity to take stock and look at why young people felt the only way
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SOS+ ranks tops amongst young people
An evaluation carried out by SOS+ and Coventry University found that over half of all young people who participated in our SOS+ sessions rated them as 10 out of 10 and stated
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Peer Power will help ex-offenders into work
Jacob Hill set up his business The Lazy Camper at just 18 whilst studying for a degree. However, after it ran into financial difficulties, he resorted to selling drugs at
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Our Peer Advisor Programme returns home to HMP Wandsworth
We will be training 50 men in HMP Wandsworth under our award-winning Peer Advisor Programme – the prison where it initially started with just a handful of prisoners in 2002. We train serving prisoners
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Caroline’s Day
Caroline works as a Team Leader in our Children & Families support service. Here is what a typical Monday brings. I give a cheery little message to the ‘squad register’
SOS founder urges young people to choose a life, not a knife
Carrying a knife does not protect you and can have deadly consequences. This was the message to young people from Junior Smart, founder of our SOS Project, at Drop the Knife in
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A day on Peer Assist
Peer Assist offers easily accessible help from St Giles Trust Peer Advisors online and over the phone. People who use the service are typically people in prison and ex-offenders in the community looking
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Lee Leeds the way
My name is Lee, I am a volunteer at St Giles Trust in the Leeds Team. In 2014, I was given 12 month probations from the magistrate courts for drink driving
St Giles Trust’s response to the 2016 Queen’s Speech
We welcome the proposals to reform prisons set out in today’s Queen’s Speech. As a charity with a long track record of working in prisons and with prison leavers, we
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Jobs and homes still top areas of need
Over 18,600 people engaged with St Giles Trust’s services in the last financial year, according to our Performance Overview for 2015/16, with support accessing jobs and homes continuing to be
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