Our services

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East of England
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West Midlands
Yorkshire
Scotland
Northern Ireland
London

South London Peer Hub

Area: Camberwell, south London

Training people from the local community who have experienced and overcome disadvantage to become qualified Peer Advisors who help others in their community also make the same journey of positive change.

Brewbird Café

Area: Camberwell, south London

Brewbird offers fresh new opportunities to people who need added help to find employment. It gives them a stepping stone towards permanent employment, helping them gain confidence and new skills.

The Pantry

Area: Southwark, Kensington and Chelsea, Hackney

The Pantry offers high quality, nutritious and healthy food to those struggling to feed themselves and their families. Expert advice and personal face-to-face support is on hand from our trained Peer Advisors, who help address the underlying issues leading to poverty.

Adder-accelerator Hackney

Area: London

Working with individuals who have complex substance misuse needs and other issues with the end goal of reducing deaths caused by substance misuse.

Flip the Script

Area: London

Project supporting young people into education training or employment.

Lambeth Early Helpers

Area: London

For young people on the periphery of entering the youth justice system or criminal exploitation, or youth violence.

Community Harm and Exploitation Hub

Area: London

For 18-25 year old males that are involved in gangs, criminal behaviour associated to serious youth violence, child criminal exploitation and child sexual exploitation.

Edge of Care Project

Area: London

Works with families that are at risk of going to legal proceedings, and their children are likely to go into care. They also work with isolated care leavers and those in foster placements that are breaking down.

Southwark Inclusive Learning Service Pupil Referral Unit mentoring

Area: Southwark

Working with boys in Key Stage 4 that have been highlighted as having concerns around criminal behaviour, gang affiliation and those that are likely to be excluded from the alternative provision.

Rescue and Response

Area: London

The first pan-London county lines project, helping young men and women aged 12 - 25 to find a safe way out.

Hospital interventions with young people

Areas: London hospitals – The Royal London, Northwick Park, Whipps Cross, Whittington Hospital, Newham Hospital

Supporting victims aged 10-25 of serious youth violence in London, being present when they're brought in and discussing their situation directly with clinicians. The team also trains and supports clinical colleagues to identify and engage with victims so that when St Giles workers are not present, the chances successful follow-ups is increased.

London borough-based gangs work

All boroughs provide a holistic support package to clients, covering a broad range of services. Intensive mentoring services covered, working in a multi discipline, multi-agency approach. All referrals are sent to caseworkers via the community safety/services teams they are embedded in:

  • Enfield – working within the Community Safety Team
  • Greenwich – for children and young people involved in or at risk of gangs and criminal exploitation
  • Islington – working within the Targeted Youth Services and integrated Gangs Team
  • Hackney – working within the Integrated Gangs Unit
  • Lambeth - working within the Community Safety Team
  • Kensington & Chelsea – working across the borough
  • Hounslow – working within the Community Safety Team
  • Brent - working within the Community Safety Team
  • London South East Colleges – embedded into the colleague community services teams

Working Out Southwark

Area: Southwark

Skills and employment support working with Southwark residents over the age of 18 who are unemployed or looking for better work. Funded by Southwark Council and part of the Southwark Works network.

Your Path

Area: Southwark

Skills and employment service working with young people who have added support needs. Funded by Southwark Council and part of the Southwark Works network.

Choices

Area: across London

Help for young people aged 16-24 who have involvement in the criminal justice system or are at risk of becoming involved.

East of England

Wonder+

Areas: Norfolk

Commissioned by Norfolk Police and Crime Commissioner, WONDER+ works with vulnerable women in Norfolk, helping them get the help they need to prevent issues from escalating further.

Pathways Out

Areas: East Anglia

In partnership with the DWP East Anglia, Pathways Out tackles substance misuse through a whole system approach, particularly around providing opportunities around education, training and employment.

Footsteps

Area: East of England

In collaboration with the Wise Group and funded by the Ministry of Justice, Footsteps provides wraparound support to women in the criminal justice system, acknowledging the complex array of issues female offenders face to help them get their lives back on track.

WREN (Women Rising Empowering Neighbourhoods)

Area: King’s Lynn, Great Yarmouth, Margate

Grant programme offering grassroots organisations providing support to women the opportunity to train them as community champions through providing free training and qualifications.

Peer Hub

Area: East of England

Supports women who have experienced complex disadvantage with one-to-one, tailored interventions through the use Women’s Wellbeing Coaches and volunteer Peer Advisors.

Wales

Personal Wellbeing

Area: Wales

Eight wellbeing contracts across Wales supporting men leaving custody who need personal help.

ATLAS

Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan

European Social Fund commissioned project supporting people who are long term unemployed or economically inactive.

Children & Family Service

Area: Wales

Supporting disadvantaged families in Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan.

Prevent

Area: Cardiff

Holistic support for people in Cardiff referred to us through the Channel Panel.

Swansea Serious Organised Crime/Serious Youth Violence

Area: Swansea

As part of the South Wales Violence Prevention Unit, support for young people in Swansea who are involved in serious organised crime, youth violence and county lines.

Gwent Serious Organised Crime/Serious Youth Violence

Area: Gwent

Supporting young people in Gwent involved in SOC/serious youth violence and/or county lines. Also facilitate sessions in schools focusing on county lines and knife crime prevention.

Newport Schools

Area: Newport

Preventative sessions aimed at girls at schools in Newport raising awareness of child sexual exploitation and child criminal exploitation.

Peer Hubs

Areas: Cardiff and Wrexham

Training people from local communities who have experienced and overcome disadvantage to become qualified Peer Advisors who help others in their communities also make the same journey of positive change.

CLIC – County Lines in Cymru

Area: Cardiff

Supporting young people in Cardiff who are involved in county lines.

Kent

Peer Advisor Programme

Area: Kent

Trains community members, including parents, young people who have been supported and others within the community who may have been out of education and training.

Neck of the Woods

Area: Tonbridge and Maidstone

An early intervention project that offers both outreach and case management work.

Violence, Vulnerability and Exploitation

Area: Kent

Support for young people aged under 25 who are involved in or at risk of violence and exploitation.

West Midlands

SOS+

Area: Coventry

Preventative work in schools and other similar settings raising awareness of issues around weapons crime, drugs, serious violence and child criminal exploitation. It uses trained professionals with first-hand experience of these issues to equip young people with the knowledge and skills to stay safe.

The Pantry

Area: Coventry

The Pantry offers high quality, nutritious and healthy food to those struggling to feed themselves and their families.   Expert advice and personal face-to-face support is on hand from our trained Peer Advisors who help address the underlying issues leading to poverty.

Hospital interventions with young people

Area: Wolverhampton, Coventry and Dudley

Supporting victims of serious youth violence, being present when admitted to hospital and discussing their situation directly with clinicians.

Ending Violent Abuse and Exploitation – Nurturing New Adventures

Area: Coventry and Wolverhampton

Supporting young women and girls under 18 who are at risk, on the periphery or entrenched within child criminal exploitation, gangs, county lines and/or child sexual exploitation.

Transform and Desist

Area: Coventry

A combination of two existing projects - A community service supporting under-25’s involved in the child criminal justice system, at risk of exploitation or youth violence. The service also includes supporting care leavers in prison to increase their changes of education, training and employment on release, funded by the Department of Education and based in HMP Brinsford and HMP Warrington.

Peer Hub

Area: Coventry

Training people from the local community who have experienced and overcome disadvantage to become qualified Peer Advisors who help others in their community also make the same journey of positive change.

Yorkshire

COPE (Children of Prisoners Empowered)

Area: Leeds

Working with children and the wider family where a parent is in custody to support them emotionally and to break down the stigma of having a parent in prison.

SFT - (Strengthening Family Ties)

Area: West Yorkshire

Supporting people in custody to make or maintain family ties and helping them through their release back into the community.

West Yorkshire Accommodation Service

Area – Yorkshire and Humber

St Giles, in partnership with Shelter and Nacro, deliver the HMPPS Commissioned Rehabilitative Services accommodation contract in Yorkshire and Humber, supporting men on probation or in prison to maintain the accommodation they already have, or to find new accommodation if they are facing homelessness.

The Peer Hub

Area: Leeds

Training people from the local community who have experienced and overcome disadvantage to become qualified Peer Advisors who help others in their community also make the same journey of positive change.

SOS+ service

Area: West Yorkshire

Preventative work in schools and other settings including Youth Offending Institutions to raise awareness of issues around weapons crime, drugs, serious violence and child criminal exploitation. It uses trained professionals with first- hand experience of these issues to equip young people with the knowledge and skills to stay safe.

Early intervention

Area: Wakefield

Outreach support working work with young people at risk of being involved in gangs and child criminal exploitation to support them to look at changing their mindset, build aspirations. referrals come from local services.

Teachable moments

Area: Wakefield

Working alongside the police in the Wakefield and surrounding areas to attend after an incident has taken place, offering support at point of arrest and following this up in the community.

Wellbeing support for women

Area: Yorkshire

Support for female prison leavers around wellbeing to ensure they feel connected and supported.

Scotland

Peer Hub

Area: Glasgow

Training people from the local community who have experienced and overcome disadvantage to become qualified Peer Advisors who help others in their community also make the same journey of positive change.

Northern Ireland

Peer Hub

Area: Belfast

Training people from the local community who have experienced and overcome disadvantage to become qualified Peer Advisors who help others in their community also make the same journey of positive change.

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