Youth violence is increasing and the growth in 'county lines' means the effects are being felt in every part of the UK. The National Centre for Gang Research has been established to study youth violence and its causes so we can inform and contribute to the wider responses around the issue.

Funding through the National Lottery - National Lottery funding. The National Lottery raises money for good causes. People use this funding to do extraordinary things, taking the lead to improve their lives and communities. Every time you buy a National Lottery ticket, you help make this happen. Communities come in all shapes and sizes, and National Lottery funding is there for everyone. There are 12 distributors of money raised by the players of the National Lottery, which fund projects and activities that transform communities, protect our heritage, and enrich lives through arts, sports and culture.

"The national body for youth work in England". We have a steadfast belief in young people and their potential to shape the world, no matter what society puts in their way. NYA is dedicated to:

1. Championing youth work in all its many forms – showcasing great practice, incubating new approaches, celebrating its many thousands of practitioners and winning more understanding of the value and depth of the discipline among policy-makers, educators and employers.

2. Professionalising youth work –training youth workers, setting occupational standards, offering accreditation for professional development, and constantly researching, innovating and improving the methodologies and practice of youth work in all its forms.

3. Enabling youth work –making it happen through our networks of front-line youth work providers, our deep experience of managing complex projects and through innovative tie-ups and funding arrangements with imaginative commercial and public sector partners.

NYA holds a unique position within the youth sector, offering guidance, support, advice, training, and staff development opportunities for youth workers and youth work organisations.  We deliver training both face-to-face and through our online learning Academy. Our team of Youth Work Specialists are experienced youth workers and teaching staff and are well placed to support professional development of staff teams and individuals.

As the PSRB we are responsible for quality assurance and compliance for all Joint Negotiating Committee (JNC) recognised programmes in the country through the Education Training Standards committee, and more widely in the UK through JETS. This includes quality assurance and compliance on youth work programmes from Level 2 - 6.

National Youth Music Theatre offers exceptional opportunities in pre-professional musical theatre training for talented young people aged 10 to 23. We offer skills workshops, masterclasses and residential courses led by industry professionals. We commission and present exciting new work and – in collaboration with some of the UK's leading creative minds – produce bold, new realisations of major works of the core repertoire.

NYMT represents the very best in work with young people through musical theatre, enabling thousands across the UK to develop both their creative and personal potential – leading Andrew Lloyd Webber to dub it "the best youth music theatre in the world".

Many of us enter adult life without a way of making sense of the challenges we face in life. When it comes to understanding ourselves and other people, it can feel at times as though we are missing some of the essential pages of life's instruction manual. And that matters, because it impacts how happy we feel, how well we thrive at work, and how effective we are in contributing to a better world.

Whether you are trying to make a tricky decision, communicate more effectively, parent the way you want to, or make a difference in the world, Needs Understanding can help. It's based on one simple, powerful idea: that whenever we do something, it's in order to meet our underlying shared human needs like belonging, purpose, knowing we matter and fun. Once we know how to apply it, we have new tools for thriving at home and at work.
Alice Sheldon our founder works with organisations and teams to bring the unique insights of Needs Understanding to your work.

Needs Understanding trains, consults, mentors and works alongside you to support you and enhance what you are doing.
Look at at our website and discover more about what we do.

The New Economics Foundation is a British think tank that promotes "social, economic and environmental justice". NEF was founded in 1986 by the leaders of The Other Economic Summit with the aim of working for a "new model of wealth creation, based on equality, diversity and economic stability".

The New Futures Network (NFN) is a specialist part of Her Majesty's Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS). We broker partnerships between prisons and employers in England and Wales. These partnerships help businesses fill skills gaps and prison leavers find employment.

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London Nightline is an anonymous listening and information service run by students, for students. You can talk to a trained volunteer about anything – big or small – in complete confidence. We won't judge you or tell you how to run your life: we'll simply listen to whatever's on your mind.

North London Cares is a community network of young professionals and older neighbours hanging out and helping one another in our rapidly changing city. We do this because London is a place of extremes. While our capital is one of the most dynamic places in the world, full of cultural and economic opportunities and a hotbed of innovation and change, it can also be anonymous, lonely and isolating. For our older neighbours in particular, many of whom have spent a lifetime in their home neighbourhoods in Camden and Islington, the rush and pace of the city can often now feel too much. Getting around can be frightening, and trends including globalisation, gentrification, migration, digitisation and the housing bubble are transforming our communities faster than ever. The multiplying effect of those pressures is that many older people have deep roots – from Kilburn to Kentish Town – but few connections. Meanwhile, young professionals – often graduates from across the country and around the world – can have hundreds of connections in the social media age, but no roots in their communities. The separation of those parallel worlds wastes human potential, entrenches loneliness and isolation, perpetuates social division and is ultimately corrosive for our society. North London Cares seeks to address this modern blight of disconnection in our capital by harnessing the people and places around us for the benefit of all.

Our objectives are to:

- Reduce isolation and loneliness amongst older people and young professionals alike;

- Improve the connection, confidence, skills, resilience and power of all participants so neighbours can feel part of our changing city rather than left behind by it.

We want to promote a culture of educational excellence for the muslim athletes, from within a caring and secure Islamic environment enriched with the values of discipline, mutual care and respect which extends beyond and in to the wider community. By building, empowering and supporting a community of muslim athletes, Nujum will empower our future generations to be positive and inspirational members of society.

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Nutmeg Community is an award winning charity working with young people to promote self-reliant, sustainable, cohesive and prosperous communities. Our slogan ‘Get a Piece of da Peace’ encourages young people to recognise that they are a piece of the jigsaw and play a part in bringing peace to their communities.

We deliver an array of highly effective projects engaging with hard to reach young people across the London Borough of Barnet, particularly in areas of high need (Grahame Park, West Hendon, Burnt Oak, and Edgware). Projects have included providing mentoring, organising community cohesion events, delivering workshops and promoting volunteering opportunities.

Operation Black Vote is non-partisan and not-for-profit national organisation that was established in 1996 to address the Black British and ethnic minority democratic deficit. Focusing on voter registration, lobbying politicians and mentoring schemes, OBV aims to inspire black and minority ethnic communities to engage with public institutions to address the perceived race inequalities in areas including education, health and employment.

OCG Solutions are a violence reduction and offender rehabilitation consultancy who provide expert advice and services to professionals, organisations as well as individuals. OCG Solutions can provide preventative initiatives which will allow you to avoid potential problems and mitigate risks in new ways.

We use unorthodox methods which have proven effective in preventing children and young people from becoming criminally inclined and entering the OCG / gang arena.

With OCG Solutions, you can be confident you will receive the correct support, advice and training in how to apply effective techniques aimed at building resilience and awareness in children and young people which will significantly reduce the prospect of them being groomed, recruited and exploited by gangs or Organised Crime Groups. OCG Solutions recognise that community cohesion is vital to preventing and reducing crime within communities.

We can can develop strategies to promote and restore cohesion within your local community whilst providing ideas for local projects which can be implemented effectively in accord with the individual circumstances to that particular community.

We recognise that community dynamics differ between different communities and there is no one solution approach.

OCG Solutions will work to exclusively develop an effective plan of action aimed at reducing crime and anti social behaviour whilst developing community cohesion.

Download our mental well-being App on this site. Our mission is to improve wellbeing with tools to help people develop self-awareness and make choices based on their values OK Positive's approach is based on Acceptance and Commitment therapy - known as ACT. It's an approach that is widely used in both therapy and workplace settings and it's backed by many scientific research studies - we've listed some further reading below. ​

The aim of ACT is to increase psychological flexibility - your ability to choose how you respond to situations, so that you can live a more meaningful life - one that is aligned to your values. ​ ACT is built on 3 main pillars - Open, Aware and Engaged. Being open means accepting everything that happens in your life, good or bad. Being aware means noticing all your thoughts, feelings and experiences Being engaged means doing the things that matter to you - making choices based on your values. ​ It's important to note that OK Positive is not a medical or diagnostic tool - it doesn't replace speaking to your doctor or therapist.

We offer tools and content to help you build self-awareness, identify your values and make choices in your own life that support your wellbeing. Learn how OK Positive's features can benefit your employees Build self-awareness by tracking your mood Our mood check-in feature helps you notice how your thoughts and feelings can impact how you behave, both in and out of work. ​ Be guided through a short series of steps to identify your feelings and reflect on the triggers or reasons why you feel this way. View insights that show you patterns over time, and learn how you can choose your behaviour next time a trigger arises. Add optional anonymous feedback for your employer and let them know what they can do to help.

The Sentencing Bill White Paper from the Ministry of Justice commits the government to opening the first Secure School – a replacement for youth jail – in Kent in 2022, which Oasis Charitable Trust has been appointed to develop and run.

Rev. Steve Chalke, the Founder and Leader of Oasis said: “Our national systems – of welfare, health, education, housing, etc. – are failing the most vulnerable young people who, as a result, all too frequently find themselves caught in a persistent loop of exclusion that defines their future and inhibits their life chances. “Working in partnership with the government, NHS England and Improvement and a range of other partners across the charitable and public sector, it is our job to bring about much needed radical change.    

“With a vision focused on restoration rather than retribution, and creating a safe environment with a holistic approach to education, care and health, this unique project is at the very forefront of a long awaited revolution in youth justice. The Secure School places therapeutic, integrated and bespoke support for children, along with pathways for successful transition designed to enable them to make different choices and lead positive, productive lives at the very heart of the youth secure estate for the first time.”

£50,000 to deliver two six-month outreach projects and associated workshops over one year to 60 young people engaged in or at risk of engagement in knife related crime on and around the Ocean Estate in Tower Hamlets.

Octopus Network is a Network of 15 of Islington's largest multi-purpose community centres. We are passionate about the role that Community Centres play in local communities as they are often at the heart of communities, offering and hosting an ever-expanding range of services, public events and activities, and spaces to meet friends and contribute to community life.

Octopus collaborates with Voluntary Action Islington to develop the infrastructure needed to deliver the ambitions for local residents to take a proactive role in tackling health issues in Islington.

Wellbeing Networks aims to deliver Fairer Together to build and strengthen the partnership of services working together to tackle inequality and create a fairer Islington.

The Social Change Agency and Community Organisers bring to the Network development their tried and tested networking building canvas and community organising to ensure a community-led approach.

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Perhaps you’ve heard of the rehabilitation revolution – it’s been much debated at parliamentary level for some time. We’re here to ensure it happens. Offploy has created a pathway to connect business and ex-offenders, and support both parties throughout every step of the employment journey. For businesses, we offer specialist legal advice, HR guidance, staff training and more, so that from start to finish, you only face opportunities, not obstacles

Our dedicated team of peer mentors also support ex-offenders through a nine-step journey into employment helping with goal setting, employer training, interview skills and we continue to support candidates once they’ve achieved a secure position. We are on a mission to reduce reoffending and make society safer by placing people with criminal convictions into meaningful, mentored and sustainable employment.

One Westminster exists to serve the voluntary sector and volunteering in the City of Westminster. We are a second-tier organisation, which means our main aim and purpose is to support others rather than deliver direct services ourselves. From time to time, we do deliver services, particularly if we identify a gap in provision or in partnership with other providers.

Only Connect is a crime prevention charity, established in 2006 by Danny and Emma Kruger. Since then Only Connect has evolved into one of the most highly regarded and effective crime prevention Charities in London, with a track record of halving the re-offending rate (New Philanthropy Capital, Unlocking Value).

We have over eleven years experience of working with young people who have been involved in the criminal justice system. We have delivered projects at all stages in the offending cycle: from delivering preventative work in schools across the capital, to working in London prisons for over a decade, to our community model that works in partnership with youth offending teams and probation services throughout the capital to minimise reoffending. Since 2006, our work has reached tens of thousands of Londoners, helping them to move away from crime.

ONLY A PAVEMENT AWAY is a charity founded by representatives from the hospitality industry. We act as a conduit to support vulnerable homeless, ex-offenders and veterans to overcome hurdles by finding jobs within the hospitality, pub and restaurant industry. We are not a recruitment agency and solely focus on helping those on the project to find work. Outside of the moral benefits, the project is underpinned by a strong commercial and financial benefit to the hospitality, pub & restaurant industry whilst reducing the ever increasing strain on funding required for those who find themselves in such extreme circumstances. Homeless charity, Crisis, have worked with us from the very beginning to ensure that the standards required to help someone return to work are adhered to and are in no way compromised. For those who are on the project but are not / nor are in danger of being homeless or sleeping rough then the same high standards apply. The funds raised by ONLY A PAVEMENT AWAY will be used to support those returning to work, supplement the resources required by the charities/associations to manage the project and promote the jobs available. The ethos of the project is based on a very simple concept, that no matter who or where you are, you are ONLY A PAVEMENT AWAY.

Youth Zones are a place where young people can engage with youth workers on their own terms – away from the pressures of school and family.  Through one-to-one sessions and targeted programmes  – such as employability and mentoring schemes – youth workers help young people to look after their mental health, develop the skills they need for the future – from communications to sexual health – and much more.

Our youth workers at all Youth Zones across the UK are continuing to support young people every day.

Working closely with their local authorities, partners and other stakeholders we are determined to meet the needs of young people as best we can at this difficult time, as well as support the wider community.

As well as maintaining a digital offer, Youth Zones are also visiting local parks and communities setting up games and activities for them to join in outdoors.

Like they did through lockdown, youth workers are reaching out by phone to give support to those we know will need us most and for any young people who want to speak one to one, supporting good emotional health and wellbeing and safeguarding vulnerable young people. Small Zoom groups are enabling us to replicate some of the high quality discussion sessions that great youth work is built on.

The OYA approach to learning and personal development is HOLISTIC.

Our activities range from formal National Curriculum lessons to vocational training, drama, dance & drumming, football, fashion and public speaking.
In many ways, the young people who participate in OYA activities in 2020 have not changed much in the 20 years since we started. They:

*are all pre-teenagers or teens, ages ranging from 10 to 19.
*come from all over Africa – east, west, south - and the Caribbean
*live all over London, but mostly in Barnet, Harrow and Brent.
*attend 40 different primary and secondary schools.

Osmani Trust is a youth and community organisation based in Tower Hamlets. The Trust offers a wide range of community, health and sporting initiatives tailored to the needs of the community. It aims to provide a holistic service, which helps people, particularly those living in disadvantaged urban communities to re-engage with mainstream society and improve their quality of life. Through its provisions, Osmani Trust seeks to address issues impacting the community including substance misuse, racial tensions, criminality and anti-social behaviour, territoriality and gang-related violence, unemployment and overcrowding, lack of training and employment opportunities. It also places strong emphasis on the health and social welfare of the community.

Our Pain 2 Power is a grass-root youth organisation providing wrap-around support for at-risk youth from underserved communities.

We define at-risk youth as youth with greater vulnerability to a life of crime, violence, substance abuse, school failure, mental health disorders, and social, emotional, and behavioural challenges.

We support our young people through personalised learning, tailored preventative mentorship and creative workshops to equip them with the skills and knowledge to maximise positive outcomes.

Our mission is to empower under-represented youth, encourage positive behaviour, and give them a chance to prove their credibility and access creative opportunities they would otherwise be locked out of. Progressing in this way means that young people are more able to seek and secure further education and employment opportunities, resulting in well-rounded individuals who contribute to the local community.

We aim to educate, challenge, and change the way the exploitation of children, young people, and vulnerable adults is discussed, viewed, and understood in the UK.
We aim to give a unique view and understanding of exploitation from the eyes of the victim.
We aim to give the survivors and the families of exploitation a chance to step out of the shadows and be heard. Our expertise is in developing toolkits, handbooks, audits, and deep dive of safeguarding files.
We offer several services for children and young people including 1:1 mentoring, group work and advocacy. Out of the Shadows offer the opportunity of motivational and thought-provoking keynote speakers that will educate and inspire audiences

Oxygen is a well established youth work charity in Kingston upon Thames set up by local young people and supported by local churches.

Oxygen's tagline is Believing in Young People. All of Oxygen's work seeks to empower young people to develop to their full mental, physical, emotional and spiritual capacities and enable them to realise their potential.

Oxygen undertakes a range of youth work initiatives in Kingston upon Thames and surrounding areas. We engage young people of all faiths in our projects which include open youth work sessions such as after school clubs and youth clubs as well as more targeted interventions around specific issues including Knife Crime, Employment and Education, Leadership Skills and Mentoring. Oxygen also manages delivery of Kingston Street Pastors whose mission is to care, listen and help people in Kingston's night time economy (this includes regular engagement with the homeless).

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We're a charity and social enterprise, made up of passionate people, who care about people. We run a variety of services all across the UK, that aim to give everyone the chance to be part of the community they live in and feel connected to society. We think that everyone is unique, and with support and confidence can unlock their inner potential, opening up a world of possibilities. Oh, and did we mention that we love people?

PARENTS AND COMMUNITIES TOGETHER

We're a community-led social support project, set up by Citizens UK, to empower parents and improve the health and development outcomes for young children.

PARENTS AND COMMUNITIES TOGETHER

We're a community-led social support project, set up by Citizens UK, to empower parents and improve the health and development outcomes for young children.
We run a variety of weekly workshops that provide a fun space for kids to play and a safe environment for parents to build a network of support and share their experiences.

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Penificent is a social enterprise that creates comic books and workshops that tackle difficult topics and social issues and has gained national attention and media coverage since its launch in 2017.

We want to connect with young people and allow them to realise their full potential in a fresh way. Using a diverse set of characters, our comic books explore a range of difficult topics such as mental health, knife crime, gang culture and much more. Comic books are a fantastic medium for education and for facilitating conversations, as the stories are able to creatively capture the voices of those most affected by such social issues.

Inspiration for our stories come from real-life scenarios that we've experienced growing up in London, but also from broader issues involving wars and famine. Integrating these comics into education, each book contains thought-provoking questions for individuals or classes/groups to discuss. Questions such as "What do you think you should do if someone was to tempt you to do something bad like this character was?" Or "What would you have done in this character's shoes and why?"

Our Mission is to support offenders, ex-offenders, victims and people at risk of offending and victimisation thereby improving their life chances and future prospects.

Our Vision is to make a positive difference in the lives of adults and young people who are, or at risk of becoming, perpetrators and victims of crime. Through supporting them to access Education, Training, Employment, and other support consistent with their needs, we will reduce the risks of re-offending and future victimisation. By continued learning and effective partnership working we will adapt our service delivery to meet the needs of clients we engage with in different geographical locations

We help people who, because of disability, illness, social exclusion and other challenges, find it difficult to express their views or get the support they need.

Our mission is to empower people to have a voice and make a real difference to their lives. We do this by speaking for them when they can't and supporting them to speak for themselves when they can.

We are a charity and the advocacy, information and advice services we provide are free, independent and confidential. POhWER is a charity and membership organisation. We provide information, advice, support and advocacy to people who experience disability, vulnerability, distress and social exclusion. POhWER delivers information, advice, support and advocacy services throughout England. We aim to support people who face difficult issues and want to make their voice heard.

Police have a long history of working to prevent vulnerable people being drawn into criminal behaviour. The government-led, multi-agency Prevent programme aims to stop individuals becoming terrorists and police play a key role. We work with local authority partners and community organisations to help find solutions and work to support and protect vulnerable people.

Following assessment, many referrals to Prevent do not result in any further police action. In some cases other organisations such as health, housing or education step in to provide support.

All referrals to police are handled with sensitivity and in confidence. If a person is assessed as being a terrorism risk, they may be referred to Home Office’s Channel Programme and maybe given help from a mentor. UK Policing has a proud history of community engagement, and the success of Counter Terrorism Policing – just like other areas of policing – relies on the trust, confidence and support of all communities.

Project GRAE is a transformative initiative rooted in its acronym: Grow, Rise, Aspire, Empower. We are a visionary initiative with a steadfast commitment to empowerment, particularly within marginalised communities. Our mission centres around imparting invaluable knowledge about legal rights, and we achieve this through dynamic and informative sessions and talks. By addressing critical issues, such as increased knife crime, instances of police misconduct, abuse, or excessive use of force (including the potential abuse of stop-and-search powers), we strive to foster a deeper understanding of legal principles and societal challenges that arise when these principles are not upheld.

PTSD UK is the only charity in the UK dedicated to raising awareness of post-traumatic stress disorder – no matter the trauma that caused it. If you recognise some of the symptoms of PTSD or C-PTSD in yourself, it's really important to speak to someone if you feel you can. This might be a friend or loved one initially, but seeing a medical professional will also allow you to get a full diagnosis, understand your condition better, and most importantly, find out what treatment options are available for you.

100% of the profits from everything in our online Supporters Store goes directly to our mission – to help everyone affected by Post Traumatic Stress Disorder in the UK, no matter the trauma that caused it.

PAPYRUS Prevention of Young Suicide is the UK charity dedicated to the prevention of suicide and the promotion of positive mental health and emotional wellbeing in young people. We believe that no young person should have to struggle alone with thoughts of suicide.

PAPYRUS exists to reduce the number of young people who take their own lives, by shattering the stigma surrounding suicide and equipping young people and their communities with the skills to recognise and respond to emotional distress.

We work with 1,000s of amazing residents in Barking and Dagenham to build networks of friendship through the ‘every one every day’ initiative.

Together we aim to co-create the first large scale, fully inclusive, practical participatory ecosystem.

Traditional mental health services meet the needs of some people but are often not flexible enough to meet the specific and complex needs of those who are marginalised, stigmatised and excluded.

For good reason these communities often have difficult relationships with help and negative experiences with our current systems; where whiteness prevails, the evidence base for interventions is Eurocentric, mental health trainings are underpinned by theories that are rooted in slavery and colonialism, and racial trauma is pathologized.

These services may have long waiting lists, be in areas where people feel unsafe, staffed by professionals with limited understanding of their cultural contexts and worlds, have rigid appointment times, and are bureaucratic.

Marginalised, stigmatised and excluded communities are often left feeling judged, uncomfortable, unsure who they can trust, and further harm is caused as a result of our existing systems and services that are often trauma-inducting, rather than trauma-informed. As a result people often don't engage and services lose resources. Communities have long felt the effects of these discriminations. What we do is different.

A real bridge builder                                                                                                                                                               

• Connect - We’re connecting everyone who cares about young people in London - bringing together organisations, local and regional government, and young people themselves.

• Develop - We’re developing and sharing knowledge and skills – equipping others to help young people in London access the support they need.

• Influence - We’re influencing policy and practice – generating the new ideas that will help young Londoners thrive.

Paul Hamlyn Foundation was established by Paul Hamlyn in 1987. Upon his death in 2001, he left most of his estate to the Foundation, creating one of the largest independent grant-making foundations in the UK.

Our mission is to help people overcome disadvantage and lack of opportunity, so that they can realise their potential and enjoy fulfilling and creative lives.

We have a particular interest in supporting young people and a strong belief in the importance of the arts.

I provide drug awareness talks in the London borough & Havering, as it's where I was brought up & committed a lot of crime, so I wanted to put something back into this community. My drug awareness talks do require a small fee as I'm not a charity neither am I funded.

I travel all over the UK visiting 100s of primary/secondary schools, youth centres, young offenders and many professional football clubs on their 'football in the community' projects, speaking with around 50,000 kids every year.

The age range of the kids I speak to about drug awareness starts from 7 through to young adults and I do tailor my drug awareness workshops for the younger ones, giving them a watered down version of my life. Each drug awareness workshop lasts around 45 min allowing 15 min for Q & A but most of my feed back come through twitter & Instagram (@paulhannaford).

Since 2009 I've spoken to well over 300,000 young people giving them a real life insight into drug addition, alcohol, gang life, gun & knife crime, prison life, self harm & bullying.

Every child matters and their future should be a bright one!

The Peabody Group is responsible for 66,000 homes in London and the South East. We have 17,500 care and support customers. Our mission is to help people make the most of their lives.

Pecan is a community development charity based in Peckham. We work with South East London communities to help people find a way through seemingly impossible barriers to a better future. Over the past 25 years, we’ve seen 27,000 clients flourish through our programs, including: ex-offenders and their families, refugees and asylum seekers, young people and the long-term unemployed. We see our service users as people who need supporting – not problems which need solving. We advocate for those we work with, challenging inequality and injustice at a local and national level to provide hope and belief in a better a future for our community.

Our vision is that empathy-led services and systems support ALL children, teenagers, and young adults to achieve their dreams and lead their best lives.
Our mission is to be a caring support network for young people, helping to change their lives through trusted, healthy relationships. We empower them to positively change the lives of others and bring more empathy into the services that are designed to help them.

The yyuoperate a wide range of projects and activities involving violence reduction, bespoke projects, therapeutic support, training, and personal development. Their training is co-produced and co-facilitated with our Young Partners. Aimed at organisations and professionals, this training is here to help you understand and embed co-production in your work. They also facilitate training and co-produce toolkits and resources ensuring user voice is at the heart of organisations within the Health and Justice sector.

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Peer2Peer train young people (Peer Educators) to deliver workshops in schools and other youth organisations. Our sessions cover a wide range of topics affecting young people today, such as: Gun and Knife Crime, Sex and the Law, Online Safety, Bullying, Drug and Alcohol Abuse, Stereotypes, Peer Pressure, Self Confidence, Relationships and more!  We provide the information, advice and support young people need to help them make well informed decisions about situations they face on a daily basis. Their Gun and Knife Crime workshops can be delivered for as little as just £5.00 per student. A small price if it helps to save a life.

PeoplePlus is a leading public service provider, supporting hundreds of thousands of people each year. Our mission is to make a direct difference to the lives of 1 million people by 2022. Our reach spans from Scotland, across to Wales and Northern Ireland and all across England.

We run a number of frontline public services including employment support, skills training, apprenticeships, independent living, and prison education on behalf of the government, as well as recruitment, training and development and wellbeing solutions to employers. We aim to:

• Support people to find and keep jobs, and help others set up their own businesses

• Deliver skills and training to ensure people can access the right employment and enhance their career prospects

• Help people live more independently with disability and carer support services

• Reduce the risk of reoffending by tackling the root causes of crime and offending

• Work with businesses to attract talent and develop workforces through apprenticeships and learning and development programmes.

• Develop wellbeing strategies for businesses that look to improve mental health in the workplace

They have recently received £30,000 to deliver the ‘BootCamp’ program to young people identified as being at higher risk of serious youth violence. They are a Community Interest Company specialising in behavioural education for young people. They were founded in 2010 to help young people improve their social, emotional, physical and behavioural development.

As we move to a knowledge-based economy, literacy is more than ever an essential skill for young people in our society. The COVID pandemic has exposed the great lack of understanding and application of health information that illiteracy in society has caused. Access to adult literacy resources on line & in person need to be readily available & encouraged otherwise our disadvantaged youth will be further marginalised & exposed to criminal gangs.

Steps to improve the employability of offenders are part of the government’s aim to drive a ‘Rehabilitation Revolution’ to create more purposeful regimes that help reduce reoffending and the Coalition Programme committed to ensuring prisoners engage in “properly paid work”. Some good examples of creative employment in custody already exist, but major obstacles remain in the current system that need to be overcome before HM Prison Service can deliver on the government’s objectives. Inside Job maps out what real work in prison should look like and what needs to change in the current prison system to make it a reality.

Experiencing difficulties with mental health is common. Being a young person is hard & we know how much pressure is felt due to...

exams, family, friends, identity

...and much more! Over time this can impact on young people's emotional health and wellbeing. This is a safe space to explore difficulties and learn helpful ways of coping.

Helping young people turn their dreams into reality.

Positive Role Models is a North London based community interest company, committed to supporting young people, so that they are empowered to be successful in education and in life. Our mission is to help create bright futures, regardless of race, gender, background or current circumstances.

Through bespoke projects and workshops, that often combine the power of sport and peer-to-peer mentoring, Positive Role Models engages with young people under the age of 25, to raise their aspirations, so that they can clearly define their own ambitions and develop a wide range of skills and qualifications, that enrich every area of their life.

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PTG founder Dan Brown and their Executive Chairman Sir Ken Olisa OBE have each been at the forefront in positively encouraging Fighting Knife Crime London and the particular ethos we promotes among the organisations whose details can be found on this website.

Dan Brown writes “PTG is a collaboration of organisations supporting Charitable Opportunity and our campaign of Positively Impacting 1 Billion Lives by providing the right networks, connections, resources, and opportunities to create brighter better futures.

Everything depends on our ability to make other people's lives better. This is not some CSR bolt-on to business as usual, with a need to tick some boxes and write an impact report for a boardroom coffee table. We are driven by purpose not financial targets and will be positively impacting 1 billion lives by providing the right networks, connections, resources, and opportunities to create brighter better futures.

I am committed to making sure we are transparent, inclusive, and accessible in everything we do. No exceptions, no excuses.

I hold a firm, unshakable belief in myself and the people around me. We have grit, determination, and a relentless will to lead a new era of Positive Transformation during a time it is needed most, and we will be mercilessly persistent in creating brighter, better futures for those who need help, support and encouragement.

Our focus in 2021 is to lift a minimum of 1 million people out of digital poverty and connect them to new opportunities through education and pathways to employment.

“We are also active as a voice in Enfield on behalf of all people from the Horn of Africa, working with council and borough wide agencies to promote awareness of the issues faced by refugees and economic migrants to the UK. We provide a trusted source of support to people who have suffered trauma or abuse and are attempting to make a new life in the UK.

Some Aims and Objectives.

1. To promote for the benefit of the inhabitants of the London Borough of Enfield and surrounding area, the provision of facilities for the recreation or other leisure time occupation of individuals who have need of such facilities by reason of their youth, age, infirmity or disablement, financial hardship or social and economic circumstances in the interests of social welfare and with the object of improving the condition of life of the said inhabitants.

2. To relieve poverty and improve health and wellbeing among refugees, asylum seekers, migrant workers and their dependants living in the London borough of Enfield and the surrounding boroughs, and to promote social inclusion among the aforesaid persons who are socially excluded on the grounds of their social and economic position, by providing advice and education.”

Research shows that we need to treat violence as a public health issue – as a disease – and not simply a criminal justice issue. Only a holistic approach with a cross fertilisation of specialists from a range of disciplines can tackle the root issues and protect the lives of our children and young people. As a society, we all have a role to play.

The Prison Advice and Care Trust (Pact) is a national charity that provides support to prisoners, people with convictions, and their families. We support people to make a fresh start, and minimise the harm that can be caused by imprisonment to people who have committed offences, to families and to communities.

What we do:

• Build stronger families and safer communities.

• Reduce risk of harm to prisoners and their children.

• Remove barriers and increase awareness in public services.

• Influence commissioning, policy and legislation.

Prison radio offers a unique, innovative and effective way to communicate with prisoners and engage them in education, debate and community. Working alongside serving prisoners and focusing on speech radio, the PRA produces and delivers National Prison Radio, broadcasting information and educational materials which support the National Offender Management Service (NOMS) reducing reoffending agenda.

Through our varied programming, we provide additional practical and emotional support for groups with specific needs. We've run series of programmes highlighting specific support available for ex-service personnel, care leavers, women in prison, young people behind bars, the disproportionate number of Gypsy and Traveller people behind bars, as well as programming addressing age, ethnicity, race, gender, sexuality and LGBTQ+ issues.

Project Future is a community based holistic and youth-led, mental health and wellbeing service situated in Haringey. It seeks to transform the delivery of mental health for young men aged 11-25 years old who are involved in offending, have experiences of the criminal justice system, and specifically for those exposed to serious youth violence or labelled ‘gang-affiliated’.

Funded by the Big Lottery, the project is a partnership between Mind in Haringey, Barnet, Enfield and Haringey NHS Mental Health Trust, and Haringey Council and has been co-produced by the young people themselves: young men who are entrenched in cycles of poverty and offending, and who are not able to access regular services.

It is primarily a wellbeing service in which evidence-based psychological interventions are delivered to young people in accessible ways. The project is accessed by peer referral only, helping create an environment where young people feel comfortable and safe. At Project Future young people are appointed as experts in their own lives and in the community. They are consulted at every level of the project and are responsible for co-producing a service that best meets the needs of themselves and their peers.

The project is facilitated by a team of clinical psychologists, specialist youth workers and local young people, ‘community consultants’. Together they provide a supportive and nurturing environment for young people to thrive in by addressing their mental health, wellbeing and occupational needs. The service provides bespoke interventions that are tailored to the individual needs of young people, to ultimately improve wellbeing, facilitate rehabilitation and reduce the risk of future offending.

At Project Lifeline we have been working under the radar as a family run unit serving our communities for many years. Our organisation was established to address the growing need for gang related crime prevention especially concerning vulnerable young people in South London.

At Project Lifeline, our mission is to prevent crime and improve the lives of those in need, by providing essential crime prevention services and support to our community. We believe that everyone deserves the chance to turn their lives around. We work effortlessly with young gang affiliated people, male and female. Our methods of communication have proven to be successful

Project ReMAKE is a simple entrepreneurship training programme for formerly incarcerated people. The 12 week programme teaches basic business skills to aspiring ex-offenders, helping them to build, launch and sustain self-employed businesses.

Our UK programme is following much of the same style and features of the US Stanford Programme, but is independent of it. We work alongside universities to convey their ethos of support, learning, camaraderie, and motivation. None of our participants in 2018 and 2019 have attended a university; this course allows them to become part of the university community and be mentored by students and a faculty.

Project ReMake is rapidly expanding to offer courses and mentoring in partnership with two organisations, Capital City College and Visionnaires.

Project Zero main aim is to see a year when there has been ZERO deaths of a young person through knife or violent crime:

• Engage Young People in Positive Activities to promote social inclusion and reduce anti-social / offending behaviour.

• Raise the aspirations of young people in reaching their full potential and grow into well adjusted adults.

• Help young people to feel safe and part of their Community.

Our Objectives:

• Deliver creative and exciting projects that engage young people in positive activities.

• Encourage young people to engage in Youth Social Action projects. To be part of the change.

• Create long lasting sustainable projects that will have a wider impact for the community as a whole.

• Create and promote employment opportunities for the most at risk young people of becoming a victim or perpetuator of a violent crime.

• Support young people into further education, employment or training where appropriate, through workshops, events and information sharing.

• Facilitate networking events and activities for other organisations that engage young people with our same agenda.

• Share resources, good practices, tools and templates for engaging young people.

• Work in partnership with other like-minded organisations to tackle the complex issues around knife and violent crime.

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"Our team does more than just meet and engage with young people within the confines of the centre. We have been advocates for our children and teens with school, the police, and other authorities.  We meet with parents and their peers to help mediate conflicts, and accompany them to meetings or important appointments to provide support. If we feel their voices are not being heard, we speak up, and encourage them to do the same. We listen when they need us to, and signpost them to other organisations where necessary. Our team and volunteers build lasting, meaningful relationships with the young people who come to us. We let them be themselves and engage in positive activities designed to promote and stimulate healthy bodies and healthy minds."

Our Mission

To work in partnership with communities, to develop an inclusive range of sporting, educational, cultural and social opportunities, improving the quality of life for individuals and neighbourhoods.

Our Values

- Working collaboratively, both internally and with external stakeholders for the benefit of our current and potential beneficiaries

- Reviewing and reflecting on our delivery to ensure that we meet and maintain the highest standards of quality for our work

- Working with passion and celebrating the difference we are able to make to individuals and in communities

- Embracing change and taking up opportunities for our own personal and professional development

- Remaining locally-led and grounded in the community

They have recently been awarded £28,500 to deliver the Raising Awareness Programme, Street Smart, Street Safe to respond to the issue of gang affiliation, violence and knife crime to children and young people.

Communities Against Hate Crime: Organisations across East and North London have joined forces to deal with the menace of hate crime. Rights and Equalities in Newham, Enfield Racial Equality Council, Redbridge Equalities and Community Council, Barking and Dagenham Racial Equality Council and Waltham Forest Race Equality Council are working in partnership to eradicate this problem, with funding from the Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime (MOPAC).

The Community Against Hate Crime project will:

*Provide a hate crime advice and advocacy service across Barking and Dagenham, Enfield, Havering, Newham, Redbridge and Waltham Forest.

*Establish a Community Witness & Support Team – a team of volunteers who we will train to go and visit victims of hate crime – across these boroughs.

*Speak to community organisations, congregations, schools, youth clubs... about the menace of hate crime, how to report it, what you can do to support those being targeted.

*Leaflet hate-crime hotspots, to encourage victims and their neighbours to come forward to report incidents and to seek support.

*Establish mutual support groups of victims of hate crime, allowing them to support each other and have a collective platform to talk to the appropriate authorities about the problems they are facing.

We work with social enterprises and charities to help them raise capital from like-minded investors. We also create and manage award winning impact investment funds, which deliver a financial return and a targeted social impact.

We are one of the UK's leading social impact investment companies. Since 2002 we have worked with over 165 social enterprises and charities, enabling them to raise capital to grow their impact, and make a greater difference to the communities they serve. We currently manage over £260m of investors' capital across eleven operational funds, with a team of forty across five locations – Launceston, Bristol, Manchester, London and Birmingham.

In 2019/2020 we mobilised £43m of useful capital into the hands of 30 social enterprises from 175 investors.

Rethink Mental Illness was formed almost 50 years ago by a group of inspiring people who were caring for a loved one living with schizophrenia. Since then, the experiences and knowledge of carers and people living with mental illness have been vital in helping our organisation improve the lives of thousands of people every year. Together, we’ve done this by developing and establishing expert information and advice, services and support groups for people severely affected by mental illness. We’ve also provided training and launched local and national campaigns that have changed, and continue to change, how people and society as a whole view and behave towards people living with mental illness. Today we directly support almost 60,000 people every year across England to get through crises, to live independently and to realise they are not alone.

The RSA (Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce) believes in a world where everyone is able to participate in creating a better future.

Through our ideas, research and a 30,000 strong Fellowship we are a global community of proactive problem solvers, sharing powerful ideas, carrying out cutting-edge research and building networks and opportunities for people to collaborate, influence and demonstrate practical solutions to realise change.

The RSA has been at the forefront of social change for over 260 years. Today our work focuses on supporting innovation in three major areas: creative learning and development, public services and communities, and economy, enterprise and manufacturing.

RTK is simply a community of people, who have been affected in some way by knife crime, including:

Those experiencing loss due to the death or injury of someone they know, including through recent events as well those that happened many years ago.
Parents and those working with children or young people who want to positively support and educate the younger generation
Those with an awareness that knife crime has a serious impact on society, especially on young people
There is a shared understanding that we need to support one another to listen, comfort, encourage and look for positive solutions. We meet monthly to give space to remember those who have lost their lives to knife crime, to share ideas for positive change and to connect with others affected by violent youth crime. We are open to people of all ages, faiths and outlooks.

We began by meeting in a church hall, but at present meet via Zoom calls. It is a local initiative, based in the borough of Wandsworth, but open to anyone further away who would like to join us.

Val and Rosie are the facilitators of RTK.

Race on the Agenda (ROTA) is one of Britain's leading social policy think tanks focusing on issues that affect Black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) communities. Originally set up in 1984, ROTA aims to increase the capacity of BAME organisations and strengthen the voice of BAME communities through increased civic engagement and participation in society.

There are excellent links here to assist ex-offenders and all others who are seeking employment, volunteering roles and many other jobs influencing social change and empowerment of young people.  It is a dynamic site, which is best summarised as follows:

Radical Recruit is a pioneering recruitment revolution - a movement which excites, agitates and shakes things up in the recruitment industry. We bridge the gap between disadvantaged job seekers and the business world. We simultaneously deploy our business mind and community heart to facilitate the leap, from the rhetoric of diversity, equality and inclusion, to action. Action that manifests in authentic, diverse, equitable and inclusive practice. Action that transforms the lives of disadvantaged candidates and their children. Action that prevents children and young people from going into care. Action that reduces homelessness. Action that decreases crime and re-offending. Action that alleviates poverty including in-work poverty. Action that addresses the inequity of opportunity faced by young people from ethnic minorities. Action that recognises the skills obtained in service of country by returned veterans. Action that celebrates difference of ability. Action that dismantles the systems and structures which render our candidates powerless. Radical Recruit supports disadvantaged job seekers as they strive to make better lives for themselves and their families. We represent candidates who courageously take action to regain control of their futures. Radical Recruit provides seamless recruitment consultancy services and sponsorship opportunities to some of England’s biggest and most reputable employers. We only work with employers who can demonstrate a genuine commitment to diversity, equality and inclusion and want help to turn that commitment into action. Radical Recruit acts as an expert intermediary. We broker connections between the corporate world and local government as well as other third sector providers who share the responsibility of providing vulnerable people with opportunities to access paid employment. Our unique and applied understanding of the not for profit sector; coupled with our expansive network of employers across all sectors, and our recruitment skills and expertise, enables us to support our charity and government partners to deliver on their mandated responsibility to take action.

A well known organisation that stands alongside women who have been subjected to sexual violence.

This organisation runs a youth club in West Norwood and operates on many levels in the community. It holds the London Youth Quality Mark. It also highlights the work of other groups.

Raw Material is a creative arts and music centre for young people and adults, working in both the local area in Lambeth, further afield across London, in other regions of the UK and internationally.

The extensive and widely inclusive programme maintains access for those with the greatest needs and our ethos places positive transformation at the forefront of creative pursuits.
We believe that the arts and music, delivered in a socially and culturally relevant way, have the power to change and shape people's lives. The knowledge, skills and experience made possible by the performing and visual arts, music, film and in creative experimentation, are essential to young people's and adults' development, including access to professional resources to create and celebrate the outcomes, both in real-time and digitally.

The cultural learning and practice we support take place in the community, in hospitals, in museums, with arts, voluntary and community organisations, schools and colleges and informally in the wider world, creating opportunities for children, young people and adults to express their ideas and form their values. Through cultural learning and experience, young people and members of the community are encouraged to explore and be inspired to contribute to the arts, music and culture of the present – and the future.

The Reach Foundation seeks to:

• Have impact in communities. Starting in Feltham, the Foundation seeks to have a transformative impact on communities, making them beacons of social mobility and opportunity for young people, and developing evidenced-based best practice for effectively tackling the complex difficulties affecting vulnerable families.

• Provide new models and challenge for the system:  Across the range of its activities, the Foundation seeks to influence policy and practice through its well-documented, codified and stress-tested approach to delivering change.

The Reach Foundation is now running Reach Children's Hub, a new initiative providing cradle-to-career programmes and services to benefit local children, young people and families in Feltham.

As at 16/11/21 this is a holding page for a new website. This is an exciting new project for creating and empowering through coaching and training.  This information wil be updated.

ReachOut2All was started  in 2013, hosting events for young people and running youth initiatives ages 13-30 years old. Our youth led services include mentoring, facilitated workshops, enrichment trips, and training programmes. Our mission is to advocate for young people. We continue to work in partnership with young people, youth organizations, schools and others to promote the importance of valuing young people's voices and giving them opportunities to transform their lives.

ReachOut2All Youth Organization is known for supporting young people and helping them realize that their voice matters and that they can be that change they want to see today. Our aim is to continue to invest in our youth-centered ideas, advocate for systems changes that meet young people's needs, as to give young people a voice through their talents.

Among their wide range of project work, The Youth Inclusion and Community Safety Project is a community engagement focused project aimed at Haringey’s young people. The project develops existing and new routes for engaging with alienated and at-risk youths providing them with first-hand accounts of self-improvement. The project deters and diverts young people from anti-social behaviour and youth violence and motivates them towards personal development and community inclusion.  

£10,140 was recently awarded to deliver a community safety project predominantly aimed at Haringey’s young Somali community, including mentoring, workshops, awareness raising and a one-day summit reaching 300 people overall, in order to reduce knife crime in Wood Green and surrounding areas.

Redbridge CVS is the local umbrella body for charities and community groups. Our office is presently closed and our staff are working from home to support local groups and provide information. Our office will remain closed until at least the end of July. We are keeping the situation under review as the lockdown eases, and are thinking through how we can reduce the risk of infection when the office does re-open.

About Redthread‍

We support any young person aged 11-25 who presents to our services because of challenges with health, violence or exploitation.‍

Where we do our work‍

Redthread works within the health system. We have worked in primary care and extensively in hospitals
and have considerable expertise in using the teachable moment across multiple settings. This experience continues to inspire our ambitions to ensure that Redthread is placed where young people need us most.

This is why I called you - because you taught me that it’s safe to say ‘I need help’’

‍King’s Adolescent Outreach Service (KAOS)‍

KAOS seeks to improve the care of adolescents in hospital. We currently support young people aged 13-25 who are admitted to adult and paediatric wards at King’s College Hospital, London.

‍Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) and Young Women’s Service‍

Our dedicated Young Women’s Service employs specialist professionals who are able to provide longer-term, intensive interventions. Redthread’s VAWG lead works strategically both across the organisation and with external partners to ensure that we are contributing to the collective response to violence against women and girls.

‍Social Switch‍

The Social Switch Project is switching the narrative on how social media’s relationship to youth violence is understood, tackled and solved. Initially funded by Google.org, it is co- delivered by social business Catch22 and Redthread. Recognising our impact, the Mayor of London and its Violence Reduction Unit is now supporting our next phase, backing our work to divert at-risk youth towards fulfilling digital careers.

‍The Well Centre

‍Between 2011 and 2020, we partnered with Herne Hill Group Practice in running The Well Centre which provided young people, aged 13-20, with drop-in access to GPs, CAMHS counsellors and Redthread’s experienced team of specialist youth workers. Whether in crisis or wanting to chat over a hot chocolate, young people have a safe space to raise their concerns and receive helpful and appropriate support and advice. The Well Centre continues to be run by Herne Hill Group Practice.
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Refuge is committed to a world where domestic violence and violence against women and girls is not tolerated and where women and children can live in safety.

We aim to empower women and children to rebuild their lives, free from violence and fear. We provide a range of life-saving and life-changing services, and a voice for the voiceless.

Regenerate is a youth charity established in  2000 to work with young people on estates in Roehampton, Putney and surrounding areas.
Regenerate inspires and supports young people by building strong relationships and creating life changing opportunities; helping them grow in confidence, make the best of their lives and impact the world for good.
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OUR SERVICES

- Youth and Community
- Mentoring and coaching
- Employment Opportunities

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We’re the UK's largest provider of relationship support, and last year we helped over two million people of all ages, backgrounds, sexual orientations and gender identities to strengthen their relationships. Find out more about what we do and how we can help you here.

Renaisi is an award-winning social enterprise that helps people and places to thrive. Our vision is the creation of strong, cohesive communities, in which individuals are able to flourish economically and socially, and have positive connections with the organisations that support them. We specialise in employment support, community-led regeneration, neighbourhood services and social research and deliver a number of programmes to support disadvantaged communities. We were established almost 20 years ago by Hackney Council to drive the regeneration of the Borough and our work today is divided into five core areas. In two, frontline service provision is central: our employment service and our bilingual adviser service. We also continue to leverage our experience in regeneration and economic development as consultants to local authorities and other public sector organisations. We enable local communities to take action to improve their neighbourhoods and we support other not-for-profit organisations to understand and improve their social impact by carrying out evaluations and research studies.

This think-tank has many strands of work, one of which concerns social reform. It has launched its Social Reform programme to overcome the defining political issue of our time: the great divides of wealth and power across the nation. These are driving damaging populist movements in our public life, but they are also having more profound and lasting impacts on families and communities, depriving people in all parts of the country of the chance to flourish. We believe that existing approaches to these challenges have not worked. In the case of economic inequality, the problem has been seen through the wrong end of the lens – as redistribution has been pursued, inequalities in asset ownership have doubled. And strategies to address economic exclusion delivered from the centre have failed to take account of a key determinant: place. At the same time, localism and devolution have been unable to keep up with growing political divisions, and have so far failed to empower people and communities.

Our framework for social reform is based on three strands: Home, Community and Culture. Only a place-based approach focused on assets and delivered with, rather than to, communities will heal the profound divisions in British society. Through our Social Reform programme, ResPublica will provide policy-makers with the insight and tools to do so.

The Resolution Foundation is an independent think-tank focused on improving the living standards of those on low-to-middle incomes. We work across a wide range of economic and social policy, combining our core purpose with a commitment to analytical rigour. These twin pillars of rigour and purpose underpin everything we do and make us the leading UK authority on securing widely shared economic growth. Our work includes incomes and inequality; jobs, skills and pay; housing, wealth and debt; tax and welfare; public finances and the economy.

We inform public debate, alongside key decision makers in government, the private sector, and civil society. Alongside regular publications from our team on a range of policy issues, we hold a wide ranging programme of events, hosting diverse speakers from academia, the voluntary sector and business, and regularly engage with politicians from across the political spectrum.

The Foundation conducts authoritative analytical research on living standards in the UK, working across a wide range of issues with a specific focus on the experiences of low to middle income households. Typically, these are considered to be working households with incomes below the median in the UK.

There are eight million low-to-middle income families in the UK, including twelve million adults and nearly seven million children. As each includes at least one working adult, they are not the very poorest in society, but they are often struggling to get by. While national debate has focused on the “squeezed middle” or “just about managing” families, this attention has not been matched by an adequate policy response. Every year we publish an annual Living Standards Outlook, and a Living Standards Audit. The Foundation was founded in 2005 with the purpose of producing high quality research and analysis that raised the profile of the challenges facing those on low to middle  incomes, and developing policy solutions to these problems. From 2005 – 2010 the Foundation built a consensus on the need to fill the gap in independent financial advice available to low and middle income families, and secured a government commitment to increasing the provision of generic financial advice. From 2010 – 2015 the Foundation’s work focused on the underlying living standards of the low to middle income group, with a strong focus on the jobs market. During this time, it hosted the high-profile Commission on Living Standards and the Bain review into the future of the minimum wage. Between 2016 and 2018 the Foundation hosted the Intergenerational Commission, which brought together leaders from business, academia and policy-making to devise a means of repairing the social contract between generations. Since 2018, we have calculated the real Living Wage – a voluntary hourly pay rate that is based on what families need to get by.

Rich Mix is a cultural centre in East London that hosts a variety of events, performances, and workshops for young people, covering music, film, visual arts, and theatre.
Stretched over five floors, the building contains a three-screen cinema showing the latest mainstream and independent films, and a multitude of flexible performance spaces, where both emerging and established artists are welcome to rehearse and perform. Rich Mix also house 20 creative organisations employing more than 320 people across a wide range of businesses

We work in partnership with Richmond and Hillcroft Adult Community College (RHACC) and are funded by the Council to deliver three support contracts for the sector, under the branding Community Connections Richmond:

Strategic Leadership, Voice and Representation – supports voluntary groups to have a voice

• Richmond Volunteer Service - supports local people to volunteer in their community

• Capacity Building Service - helps voluntary groups to develop and thrive

Additionally we:

• provide the Strategic Lead function for the children and young people’s voluntary sector and offer specific support for organisations working in this area

• run a Community Involvement service which works with individuals who use local health and care services to inform and shape service design and delivery

• We receive grants and fees from a range of bodies and use these to achieve our charitable objectives and deliver a range of services to support member organisations and the voluntary sector as a whole.

Membership of Richmond CVS is free and open to charitable, voluntary and community groups working in the borough of Richmond upon Thames. Our Board of Trustees are elected by our members.

We are a member of the South London CVS Partnership alongside counterpart organisations in Kingston, Merton, Sutton, Croydon and Bromley.

“Our vision and mission is to create confident and skilled young people able to tap into their talents to build a brighter future. We believe that with the right support, role models and opportunities, young people can achieve great things. To support our vision, we have developed a selection of sessions delivered across London, Manchester and South Africa encompassing both sport and the arts. These sessions have led to young people accessing training and volunteering opportunities. The offer of a wide variety of accredited and non-accredited courses has been an excellent tool in attracting a diverse cross-section of the community and as a result participants have been more involved in positive and productive community engagement activities. Moreover, the foundation's brand is positive, fun and current and appeals to young people. The foundation was a personal initiative of Rio and his family, who has long been involved in philanthropic and charitable activities. Rio Ferdinand himself grew up on the Friary Council estate in Peckham, and in his early teens divided his time between professional ballet and football, before choosing to become a professional football player. With the support of our partners we were able to provide further employment opportunities to young people involved with the foundation, which for many of them represented a real life turning point.

If you would like to explore how your organisation can get involved with Rio Ferdinand Foundation please contact us on info@rioferdinandfoundation.com – collectively we can make a difference!”

WE WORK TO IMPROVE YOUNG PEOPLE'S LIVES THROUGH OUTREACH, MENTORING, AND ENGAGEMENT.

RISE Projects is a community empowerment and skills development organisation based in the London Borough of Haringey. Our mission is to provide young people with a safe atmosphere to develop their skills and to build positive relationships. We do this through the provision of leadership and mentoring programmes, signposting information and through community building, training and education.

Our vision is to empower young people to realise their potential and to create a society where people have active agency in improving their life outcomes.

We take an innovative and collaborative approach to support the aspirations and personal development of young people aged 11-25, towards living fulfilling lives and careers. Rising Stars Support was birthed in the aftermath of the London riots in 2011, which highlighted the need to remedy the traditional and conventional means of engaging and supporting young people. We developed the Rising Stars Support program - Fight For Your Future, which takes an innovative and holistic approach to personal development and employability support.  See website for locations.

A board game that enables young people to explore and express their views, understandings, and beliefs regarding personal safety

Growing up has never been easy, but right now there are so many new threats to the safety of young people, it is tougher than ever.

So, what do young people think about how to stay safe? What do they believe they can do to keep out of harm's way? Just surviving is a risky business. Just surviving is risky business.

Rocket Scientists are committed to helping clients transform people's lives. Rocket Science is a policy, research and grant making organisation working across the UK from our offices in London, Edinburgh and NE England. Established in 2001, we are a values-led organisation, working with our clients to help them deliver sustainable change to services that address inequalities and transform peoples’ lives. Increasingly our work spans many sectors, but we specialise in employment, education and skills, health and social care, poverty and housing and the charity sector. An example is the Havering Employment Strategy. We recently completed a three-year strategy and action plan to support the council to implement a new approach to employment and skills.  To support poverty reduction and ensure that people were helped to sustain employment, we designed and costed a referral management system supported by a business case and cost benefit analysis.

Located in Camden, Roundhouse offers a wide range of creative activities and events for young people, including workshops, performances, and projects spanning music, dance, theatre and digital arts.

At Royal Voluntary Service, we’re here to help you find the voluntary role that’s right for you. We are a national charity built on local volunteering giving support to the people that need it in our hospitals and communities. Whether you have a specific voluntary role in mind, you want to create your own activity or group or you’ve never even considered volunteering before, we can help.

Enriching lives & expanding horizons for children & young people in North Kensington & beyond.

RPT is a children's, youth and family support charity that has been operating in North Kensington for over 130 years. We provide a range of sporting, cultural and educational activities which are delivered in the daytime, evenings and during holidays, both on and off site.

Runnymede is the UK's leading independent race equality think tank. We generate intelligence to challenge race inequality in Britain through research, network building, leading debate, and policy engagement.

Runnymede is working to build a Britain in which all citizens and communities feel valued, enjoy equal opportunities, lead fulfilling lives, and share a common sense of belonging.

In order to effectively overcome racial inequality in our society, we believe that our democratic dialogue, policy, and practice, should all be based on reliable evidence from rigorous research and thorough analysis.

Our authoritative research-based interventions in social policy and practice, and our public engagement with decision makers, will assist policy-makers, practitioners, and citizens, to reduce the risk of our society being blighted by racism and discrimination to the detriment of us all.

They provide advice, information and guidance for the Ethnic communities for whom English is not their first language particularly women and children.  They promote the welfare and positive integration for refugees and migrants through training and workshops. They facilitate access to the support necessary for the integration for refugees and migrants, particularly single parents and their children. They increase awareness of socially excluded communities, mainly women, about opportunities accessing them employment and self-employment. Currently they provide:

• Advice, information and guidance for all communities in Brent. SAAFI is a member of BACN (Brent Advice and Community Network).

• Youth Mentoring and coaching at Round Wood Youth Centre and Harlesden Library.

• Heritage and cultural activities - we curated the lives of Somalis in Brent exhibition in 2014 and Somalis in WW1 in 2018/19.

• Pre-level English classes for all communities at The Yellow in Wembley to build their confidence and communicate. They were recently awarded £11,790 to fund 20 group sessions of motivational and mentoring content for 30 Somali young people in Harlesden aged 11-17.

• They are also a leading Somali organisation in Brent libraries to provide workshops on Somali traditional crafts making.

SAMM is a national UK Charity (No 1000598) supporting families bereaved by Murder and Manslaughter. We also provide advice and training to many agencies on issues relevant to the traumatically bereaved who are also victims. If you have been bereaved by murder or manslaughter you may find it difficult to make the first call, regardless of how long it is since you were bereaved. Perhaps you can ask a family member, a friend, or your Police family liaison officer to make the call on your behalf. Support After Murder And Manslaughter have no membership fee; we are supported by charitable trusts, individuals, business and industrial donations and by members fundraising activities. Please note our database of members is absolutely confidential and will not be revealed to anyone.

SFT Foundation Trust is a UK based non-profit organisation with core objectives to support women and young people.  Susan Fajana-Thomas (SFT), a social and community activist established the organisation as a progression to the work she has been doing in the community for many years.

SFT Foundation's goal is to help build and develop better communities by supporting families in disadvantaged communities by empowering them through training, coaching, mentoring, befriending, awareness generation and research.

SHiFT exists to break the destructive cycle of children caught up in, or at risk of, harm. We work with children and young people up to the age of 25 for whom things are getting worse, not better, and who would benefit most from an intensive, therapeutic relationship.

Working as highly skilled, multidisciplinary teams of professionals, SHiFT gets alongside young people who are among the most disadvantaged and vulnerable and causing the most prolific and damaging harm to themselves and others. We start from wherever a young person is, working systemically with them, their family, friends, and community (including all statutory professionals in their lives) to develop high trust, culturally competent and strengths-driven relationships that catalyse pro-social change.

We know that change is difficult. We also know that young people in contact with the criminal justice system have complex and overlapping education, health, and social care needs. Offending behaviours can mask significant and underlying vulnerabilities. Recognising this, SHiFT commits to doing whatever it takes to break destructive cycles of harm and trauma. Unconstrained by age, geographic or professional boundaries, SHiFT starts with aspiration and belief in all young people. We support them with unrivalled intensity, longevity, and ambition - our work with young people finishes when they are set on a path for success. Over 66,000 children every year end up being arrested. More than half of those will be given custodial sentences and will reoffend. At SHiFT, we aim to help break that vicious cycle as we believe every child has to the right to a life that's free from violence and crime

We are here for the long term and we will do whatever it takes to support each child to create a better, more positive and happier life. In London they currently operate in Bexley, Greenwich, Kingston and Richmond but plans are afoot to work in other boroughs.

SOS Project, established in 2006, works with young people involved in or at risk of being exploited through gangs and serious violence. It offers both interventions to those already involved and preventative work in schools through its sister project SOS+. Critically, the support comes from staff who have been there themselves and have made positive changes in their own lives. They are the ones who really understand what life is like for our clients, how difficult the choices may be to change and can become inspiring role models for them.

Back when we were established, SOS was carried out by a single caseworker – myself – and had a turnover of £20,000. Today, we have a 40-strong staff team and are looking to turnover £3.5million this year. Our work has extended beyond London to address problems across the UK. We have innovated, changing our service so it matches the changing needs of those young people, families and communities of those entrenched and because of this we were one of the first organisations to spot when young people were being exploited through county lines.

In 2008 we had record numbers of serious youth violence on our streets. One of those was the younger brother of a client I worked with. His tragic death was not because of gangs but because of school rivalry. Such was the impact that I felt we needed to do something about it. SOS+ our schools and community project was borne. Last year alone we reached over 24,000 young people.