This is a membership website - but read this! Aisosa writes, "I draw on my personal experience of child criminal exploitation to provide expertise and guidance to a range of organisations in their Anti-Trafficking work, and I have recently been awarded the Crime Fighter of the Year award at the prestigious Crimecon True Crime Awards held in London in recognition of the impact I've made on the criminal justice system in the U.K.

As a Lived Experience Advisory Panel (LEAP) consultant with the Human Trafficking Foundation, I design and present impactful modern slavery training and awareness sessions to improve the response of modern slavery first responders. I collaborate with statutory agencies, NGOs, and other relevant bodies to bring lived experience into learning to help improve understanding, attitudes, and how services are delivered. Working alongside the organisation Dignifi, I have trained over 250 Youth Offending Team (YOT) staff in trauma-informed approaches when working with children and young people.
I regularly provide input into modern slavery guidance, policy, and research. I help identify the gaps, challenges, and opportunities for improved response to child criminal exploitation.

Some of the projects I have supported include the Human Trafficking Foundation's 'Child Criminal Exploitation and the Need for Consistency 2022 report and Birmingham City Council's Pre-NRM Casework Toolkit.

I have dedicated significant time to a series of direct engagement, prevention, and intervention projects aimed at protecting children and young people from involvement in crime and criminal exploitation. My work with organisations, including Unique Talent CIC, makes a genuine difference in children's and young people's lives through bespoke support and mentoring.

Your subscription allows me to continue to make a difference in supporting those involved or at risk of gang involvement, modern-day slavery, child criminal exploitation, and serious youth violence. Supporting a range of organisations to provide expertise and guidance on policy and research to their Anti-Trafficking work and allowing me to develop my personal growth through education and training."

The Tottenham Hotspur Foundation has a long established, productive and valued partnership with its local communities where there are significant socio-economic challenges alongside aspirations, potential, talent and opportunity to create, deliver and sustain positive change.

The work of The Foundation and its supporters directly touches the lives of people across North London every day.

We have worked with partners and a network of employers to create job opportunities across a range of industries including retail, education, construction, hospitality, IT and security.

People leaving prison need the best possible chance to rebuild their lives if they are to move out of the justice system for good.

For many people, key to achieving that is long-term holistic support through a relationship based on trust. StandOut delivers intensive group programmes inside prison followed by 1:1 individually-tailored support after release for as long as required.
The StandOut Helpline was launched in May 2020 in response to the Covid-19 lockdown which prevented delivery of all activities and programmes across the prison estate.

This affected everyone in prison. For prison leavers, it meant they were heading to the gate with no preparation, and in many cases no contact at all with services prior to release, and were therefore leaving with the discharge grant of £46 and often nowhere to go.

We are SafeLives, a UK-wide charity dedicated to ending domestic abuse. We combine insight from services, survivors and statistics to support people to become safe, well and rebuild their lives. No one should live in fear. It is not acceptable, not inevitable, and together, we can make it stop. Every year, over two million people in the UK experience domestic abuse. Not one of them should have to wait until they're in crisis before we pay attention. We believe that domestic abuse can be stopped. Stopped before it starts. Stopped before it ruins lives. The cycle needs to stop. Forever. For everyone.

As a funding organisation, our Beneficiaries are other charities working to safeguard children from cyber-bullying, sexting, online grooming and harmful content on websites and in social media and also dealing with the consequences of these pernicious activities.
Our aim is to search out and support projects and other initiatives that focus on safeguarding children from risks stemming from cyber-bullying, sexting, on-line grooming, and harmful content on websites and social media.

Our Beneficiaries are charities and other NGOs working to safeguard children from cyber-bullying, sexting, grooming and harmful content on websites and social media. Areas in which we and the charities we support work are numerous.

Young Londoners are full of ambition and aspiration. We want to ensure that continues into their adult lives and that they can thrive without the challenges of exploitation and violence.

This is not yet the reality for enough young Londoners. Many are facing challenges from multiple avenues; be it personal experience, or simply in the places where they live, learn and have fun.

We believe that all young Londoners can have a positive and productive future. Whatever their history, when a child or young person comes to Safer London, they are just that – a child or a young person. We work alongside them to help unlock their potential, so they can move forward positively.

We put young Londoners at the centre of their support. Our focus is on them and their needs. By building strong, trusting relationships we gain an insight into their world, begin to understand what they need and together find the best ways to keep them safe. We work not only with them and their families, but also their peer networks and directly within the community and the places where they live and spend their time.  

We’re committed to learning, innovating, and delivering high quality, evidence-based support. With a footprint in every borough in London, we build trusting, professional partnerships with statutory, charitable and community partners to embed our approaches and work towards achieving our vision.

The Salvation Army is a worldwide Christian church and registered charity, which has been fighting against social inequality and transforming lives for over 150 years.

The Salvation Army expresses its faith through charitable action by working at the heart of communities across the UK and the Republic of Ireland. We have 650 churches and community centres where we offer friendship, practical help and support to some of the most disadvantaged people in our communities.                                

Motivated by our Christian faith we offer practical support and services to all who need them, regardless of ethnicity, religion, gender or sexual orientation. Our work includes:

• Homelessness

• Modern slavery

• Poverty

• Addiction

• Campaigning and social policy

• Older people

• Community – debt advice, unemployment, isolation

Every day, Samaritans volunteers respond to around 10,000 calls for help.

We’re here, day or night, for anyone who’s struggling to cope, who needs someone to listen without judgement or pressure.

Samaritans is not only for the moment of crisis, we’re taking action to prevent the crisis.

We give people ways to cope and the skills to be there for others. And we encourage, promote and celebrate those moments of connection between people that can save lives.

We offer listening and support to people and communities in times of need.

In prisons, schools, hospitals and on the rail network, Samaritans are working with people who are going through a difficult time and training others to do the same.

Every life lost to suicide is a tragedy, and Samaritans’ vision is that fewer people die by suicide.

That’s why we work tirelessly to reach more people and make suicide prevention a priority.

At SAVE A LIFE DITCH THE KNIFE our aim is to serve communities, and help to inspire our young people to join the right path, away from gangs, street crime, knife crime and anti-social behaviour. Youth violence has devastating consequences for families and our communities, and to society at large. It destroys too many young lives, and sees many bright futures taken away. We also support families that are the victims of knife crime, and send birthday and Christmas messages if that is appropriate. We also cover daily knife crime news across the UK, and we compile monthly statistics on fatal stabbings. Although based in Clacton, we are a national group, covering the whole of the UK.

SOHK delivers life-changing programmes across the UK.  We change the lives of children and adults using rugby, boxing and strongman courses, supported by a curriculum of powerful life lessons. We work with unemployed adults to find and sustain employment; and with school children at risk of exclusion to help them re-engage with education.                                                                                                                                        

Impact and Statistics:

Our programmes change lives.

Our impact is demonstrated both from our measured outcomes and the powerful testimonies of former participants. Please take a look at their Real Stories.

Our programmes also generate consistently excellent hard and soft outcomes while engaging those who are hardest to reach.

Adult Programmes

• 42% of course completers achieve a full-time paid employment outcome

• 79% of those that obtain employment retain the role for a minimum of three months

• 95% of participants report an improvement to their mental health and wellbeing

• 12% enter part-time work or education.

SOHK for Schools

• 94% of our at-risk pupils avoid permanent exclusion

• 62% fall in behavioural referrals across all schools

• 66% increase in punctuality

• 50% improvement in attendance

• 100% of students sat at least 5 GCSEs

• 44% achieved A*-C in English or Mathematics

We're a strong community of disabled and non-disabled people with a shared vision of equality.

We provide practical advice and emotional support whenever people need them most. We do this through our Scope helpline, our online community, a range of employment and child sleep services, community engagement programmes, partnerships and more. Everything we do is with the aims to achieve our strategy, Everyday Equality.

We use our collective power to change attitudes and end injustice. We partner with others to increase our reach and impact. And we campaign relentlessly to create a fairer society.

The Selby Trust was set up as a charity in 1992 by local people who recognised the need for a multi-purpose centre led by the community and third sector organisations. It was supported by the late Bernie Grant MP, who had a vision for a place in the community that people could afford and call their own. Selby registered as charity in May 1994 and Company Limited by guarantee in May 1993.

Since 1992, it has operated from the Selby Centre in Tottenham, in former school premises, which the Trust manages as a multi-purpose community and social enterprise centre, with a 25 year lease from LB Haringey. The site is 150,000 square feet, with offices, meeting rooms, training facilities, sports and events halls and a large car park.

Selby Centre, which is located in an area of high deprivation, brings together a rich mix of individuals and organisations, primarily from BME, refugee and other historically excluded communities in Tottenham, Haringey, north London and beyond.

Almost 80% of Selby Trust funding is self-generated.

MENTAL HEALTH

•Break down the ill vs well stigma to grasp we all have mental health
•Learn the five psychological human needs every person needs
•Spot signs of poor mental health and how to seek support
•Develop positive coping mechanisms to boost resilience
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STRESSED
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•Understand intrinsic motivation and why it is relevant to beat stress
•Explore fight and flight and how to make it work for you not against
•Learn how to dial anxiety down by exploring different strategies
•Create a culture around you that doesn't fuel anxiety

SELF-ESTEEM
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•Get to grips with what our core values system looks like
•Learn how to get to a place of confidence
•Explore identity and how to reject labels that others put on us
•Promote individuality and see why it is important for self-esteem

‍BODY
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•Understand how our world view can distort how we see ourselves
•Recognise how and why we compartmentalise our bodies
•Explore what we really value in people rather than aesthetics
•Create strategies for improving personal body image

A wide rage of support for children and others in Lewisham including mental heath support. For example MASH Professionals dealing with suspected child neglect, abuse or need for support, will endeavour to work in partnership with parents.

Shannon Trust supports thousands of prisoners a year to transform their lives by unlocking the power of reading. We inspire and train prisoners who can read to teach prisoners who can’t. The success of Shannon Trust relies on the quality of the relationship between mentors and learners. Behind the scenes there is a team of people who need to work together to make this experience of learning positive and life enriching. For most of us, reading is a skill we take for granted. For thousands of people in prison, reading a letter from home, a job application or a newspaper is impossible. Shannon Trust changes this, giving adults in prison the chance to learn to read 1-to-1 with a peer mentor.

We build communities where everyone lives a full life, regardless of the support they need. Our members are 6,000 Shared Lives carers, 150 Shared Lives schemes and a growing network of over 25 local HomeShare organisations. We are funded by grants, membership, strategic advice and supporters.

The Helena Kennedy Centre for International Justice is a leading centre for social justice and human rights. It provides a vibrant environment at the cutting edge of legal and criminal justice practice which prepares students for excellence in their chosen professional career. Fighting Knife Crime London is particular indebted to them for the academic work they are assisting with to develop our website into the most effective tool it can be as a first port of call for those seeking help and offering assistance. Operating in support of the Law and Criminology Department at Sheffield Hallam University, HKC is arguably now the nation’s foremost centre for the teaching of human rights and development of practical research tools.

The centre is home to a range of social justice and human rights activities that include:

• research and scholarship work

• global engagement

• impact on policy

• professional training and advocacy

Its central values are those of widening access to justice and education, the promotion of human rights, ethics in legal practice, equality and a respect for human dignity in overcoming social injustice.

“The law is the bedrock of a nation; it tells us who we are, what we value, who has power and who hasn't.”

Helena Kennedy QC

The Helena Kennedy Centre's scope of expertise covers:

• human rights

• criminology

• law

• policing

• probation

The centre works on the high profile projects in a variety of human rights and social justice areas. Research and projects concern Knife Crime, Modern Day Slavery, gender-based violence, hate crime and many more.‍

Sister System's mission is to bridge the gap between care-affected girls and mainstream society, by working alongside them to ensure they have the same opportunities everyone else has - at home, school, work and within our communities.

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Skate Cabal is a platform with a mission to empower the Skate community, as well as amplifying their voices & showcase safe spaces to skate.

We want to help those looking for a sense of community through our digital platforms and we want to ensure you are Roller skating in a safe environments by showcasing these community recommended locations through our Mobile Web App.

• We want to be an outlet for creativity, inspiration and mental well-being through community driven initiatives with a shared interest in Skating.

• To create space for Roller skating to take place in a safe environment.

• Become the leading Digital Skating Community platform in the UK.

• To be the place for your dose of news on All things Skate.

SkyWay works with some of the most vulnerable young people in our society. We offer practical and emotional support through our core projects. Our services are available to young people aged between 8 – 25 years old. We are community focused and deliver a wide range of activities and programmes in youth clubs, local sports centres, parks, housing estates and on the streets. All these services are FREE at the point of access.

We focus on the transitional stages young people go through as they move from childhood to young adulthood. We support them to develop the skills, confidence and resilience to address the challenges many of them face, helping them to form a positive sense of identity and increasing aspiration.

The Slipstreamers were formed in 1998.  The founder's aim was to encourage more young people into the sport of cycling , making it fun whilst teaching them how to ride and race correctly and safely. That aim continues today. For more information about Hillingdon Cycle Circuit see https://hillingdoncyclecircuit.org.uk/home/

The club started with approximately 20 children, and it was the members who chose the name “ Slipstreamers”, as their coaches were always telling them to slipstream each other. In 2004 the Hillingdon Slipstreamers became part of British Cycling’s “Go-Ride” scheme and in 2006 the club gained Sport England’s prestigious Clubmark status. Do you want to have fun? Learn some basic skills? Hone your jumps as mountain biker? Become a national champion? Go for gold at the Olympics?

Within Slipstreamers, we have a balanced programme that meets our British Cycling commitment by delivering sessions that have a focus starting with 70% skills and 30% physical in our Bronze Group, rising to 50% skills and 50% performance development when you reach the Gold Group. We will help you develop a strong foundation in skills that you develop and perfect at Slipstreamers, and help you as you progress through to very high performance levels. We are committed to ensuring that you get the right level of coaching to aid your improvement as a rider. And each year, as we grow, the archives of our history book becomes richer with the amazing achievements of our riders and the incredible dedication of our volunteer workforce, many of whom have won numerous awards over the years.

All you need to do when you get started with us is tell us your goals, and we will help you as best we can.

EARL-V3 (Early Assessment risk List Version 3) is a validated tool to assess risk of future violence in children under 12.

For interventions to be effective and targeted, we must first understand the risks that are surrounding the child. By using structured risk assessment we provide a full picture of the risks from the child- , family- , and community perspective to help plan or refer the child to the appropriate treatment.

Free and open to all young people who live, work or study in Islington

SoapBox Islington is a centre for young people aged 13 upwards, who live, study or work in Islington. We cover a wide range of activities including music, dance, tech, creative arts, digital and everything in between!

Our regular drop in sessions run from 4pm to 8pm weekdays during school term time with daytime activities on offer during holidays. We also organise trips and events over the weekends.

We have ongoing regular free courses in music production using Logic and Ableton, radio production, digital skills and loads more. To take one of these courses you will need to book to secure your place. Talk to staff to find out how to book and the start dates for courses.

Young people plan and produce a monthly performance evening that covers music, bands, spoken word, comedy, poetry, dance and any other performance medium that they are interested in. There is a Forum where young people shape what is on offer, discuss issues that are of interest or concern to them and come together to support the centre and each other.

We also have evenings of activities for autistic young people, people with learning disabilities and care leavers with dedicated support staff.

Our technology activities are focussed on cutting edge, giving you access to the tech and experts in their field, business professionals and other volunteers who can guide and advise you if this is the area you would like to explore as your career.

There is plenty of space to chill out, free wi fi, computers to use and staff for advice or help or a chat. If you need specialist support we can point you in the right direction.

Our programme of activities is constantly changing so keep an eye on social media, but best of all drop in and find out for yourself. Give SoapBox a try – you will be happy you did.

Sobus is a new Community Development Agency for Hammersmith & Fulham. It has been created through the merger of the Community and Voluntary Sector Association Hammersmith & Fulham (CaVSA) and the Fulham Community Partnership Trust (FCPT). Building on the strengths of both organisations, Sobus aims to provide a wider range of support services for local charities, community groups, social enterprises and start up businesses.

SMBP is a volunteer led charity which brings together over 130 professional services firms, commercial organisations and professional sports teams committed to supporting students from low income backgrounds in their pursuit of a career, in particular, as a legal or finance professional. Founder patron is Barry Matthews

Solace Women’s Aid exists to end the harm done through Violence Against Women and Girls. Our aim is to work to prevent violence and abuse as well as providing services to meet the needs of survivors particularly women and girls. Our work is holistic and empowering, working alongside survivors to achieve independent lives free from abuse.

Initially, Solutions Social Care was primarily an agency providing staff for local authorities, charities and the private sector.

We provided staff to some of the UK’s leading charities and organisations since 2011.

In 2012 Solutions Social Care made the decision to shift the focus of the agency and to work independently with families and organisations. This led to us being a provider in our own right, working with people that have direct payments and local authorities with cash budgets and holding accounts.

We have trained support planners and we will arrange a personal meeting to discuss your son/daughter or relative’s details. This includes what type of service will be best suited, what your son or daughter is wanting to achieve, and what timetable we can offer.

We work in all areas of London and Hertfordshire, and have established day service hubs in the following areas:

Acton

Islington

Greenford

Somers Town Community Association is multi-faceted. It believes passionately in its Volunteering Programme and works hard to ensure a tailored experience for all who wish to donate their time, expertise and knowledge to the Association and those we work with ; If you wish to donate your time please make contact.

At our Job Hub, we support everyone – not just people who want to find a job immediately, but also those who want to start thinking through their options. We would love to work with you, wherever you are on your journey.

What can we help you with? You can talk to us about what you would ideally like to do with your life, and we can support you in looking for the right chances to gain experience and qualifications.

Many Job Hub clients start by volunteering to build up their experience and skills; building confidence by taking part in a group or workshop; or undertaking training or education that will give them a qualification and chance to learn and grow.

Once you are ready, we can also help you to create or update your CV, find and apply for jobs, and practise for interviews. Wherever you are in your journey, start by taking one step forward in the direction you want to go.

Overcoming barriers

‍If you are struggling to overcome a particular challenge relating to employment or training, please get in touch and talk to us about it. We can often point you in the direction of an organisation or fund  that can help you.

This might mean:

• Suitable clothing for a job interview
• Childcare costs while you attend an interview
• A license or accreditation that you need to get work
• Access to technology
• Advice on how to set up your own business
• Help with course fees so you can gain a qualification that will help you find employment
• Something else that isn't on this list! If you are experiencing a barrier to finding work or training, get in touch.

People can also support Somers Town Community Association by taking part in sponsored fundraising events, sending a one off donation or becoming a regular giver through a standing order.

Sound Connections exists to create change.  We believe that every child and young person should be able to access and enjoy high quality music, and progress musically should they wish to. We’re working to help bring down barriers to access. We work across the music community to achieve inclusion, equity and social justice with young people.

We focus on four strands of work

1.       Youth Voice and Participation

2.       Training and professional development

3.       Advocacy

4.       Consultancy

Together, these strands ensure that all children and young people age 0 to 25 can access music opportunities and progression routes.

Our Charity is a Specialist Youth Provision supporting young people aged 12 years and upwards through our four interlinking services. Detached youth work, intensive mentoring, therapeutic support and personal develop interventions. Our services provide wrap-around support for young people to enable them to develop their skills, capabilities and propel them towards achieving their aspirations and goals. Alongside mentoring, listening and parenting, they offer a service providing a tailored diversionary program for young people who are at the early stages of entering the Criminal Justice System, creating a personalised package around an individual’s needs. This program reduces the risk taking behaviour and offending, increases an individual’s confidence, value and self-esteem.

South 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 Southwark and Lambeth, 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 Brixton to Bermondsey – 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. South 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.

South London Counselling Services (SLCS) is a voluntary, non profit charitable company, established in December 2006, to provide impartial and confidential services in guidance and free therapeutic counselling services for children, young people and adults on a means tested basis. SLCS is a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and the services rendered include motivational activities to Black and ethnic minority, Refugees and Asylum Seekers, who are living working, training or studying in the South London boroughs of Lewisham, Greenwich, Lambeth and Southwark.

Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) at South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust are here to help you and your family navigate the difficulties that come up when someone is dealing with mental health and wellbeing issues.

We are an NHS service for children and young people up to the age of 18 years of age, and we provide help and support for people living in the south London boroughs of Croydon, Lambeth, Lewisham, and Southwark.

We also have a wide range of specialist teams who are able to help and support people across the UK. You can find out more about our specialist services.

If you are concerned about your mental health and wellbeing, or that of a child or young person that you know, please read more to find out about how to find them support.

Southside Young Leaders’ Academy is a youth leadership charity based in South London that aims to develop boys, aged 8 – 16 of African and Afro-Caribbean heritage. They work with boys from deprived areas and aim to reduce their risk of social exclusion. To do this, the charity provides an engaging programme of activities that motivate boys to become productive members of their community and well-respected young men. Since 2007, the charity has helped over 200 boys through personal development, teamwork and skills training. Although not a school, the same foundation of tutoring to help these children reach their academic potential still applies. Team Up tutors will be helping these boys to appreciate the importance of education and open their eyes to the future opportunities available to them. They were recently awarded £28,600, to work with 40 young black males (aged 8-16) who are at-risk of becoming involved in knife crime and gang activity, via small group workshops and working with parents and local services in Lambeth and Southwark.

Southwark also has a Safeguarding Adults Board and a Safeguarding Children Partnership Board. For more information on the work of the boards, please explore our website.

space2grieve offers free, personal, confidential, one-to-one bereavement support to anyone living in Richmond Borough.

Our highly-trained bereavement support specialists are here to listen, understand, and support you as you find your way forward.

You don't need a referral – you can contact us directly to discuss free support sessions via phone, Zoom, or in person.

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Working in partnership with schools, alongside a large and diverse range of employers, and local and national funders, we enhance young people's employability skills, knowledge and experience so that they are better prepared for and able to effectively transition into the workplace.

Our mission is a society in which all young people are ready, equipped, motivated, and able to enter the world of work.

We are a motivated and passionate team, led by the desire to positively impact on the employment prospects and life chances of young people.

Read our 2025 Strategy and look at the local projects they are engaged in now.
Spark! works with dozens of schools across West London and beyond, as well partnering with more than 700 business partners every year.  

While secondary schools form the largest number of our educational partners, we also work with special schools, alternative provisions, and a growing number of primary schools.

We believe in change. We run two coaching programmes in prisons across London and the South East, that have been proven to encourage rehabilitation and reduce reoffending: transforming the lives of over 1,000 people living and working in our prisons.

Prisons are not protecting the public.

• 99% of people who are currently in prison will be released.

• On average, around 70,000 people leave prison every year.

• Nearly half of all people leaving prison will commit another crime, within one year of release.

• Reoffending is expensive, and costs us £15 billion annually.

• Prisons are not an effective way of preventing future crime, or keeping us safe.

Our prisons are not working, and are failing at protecting the public. Tackling reoffending benefits all of us and improves everyone’s lives – it means there is less crime and fewer future victims. It means we all live in a safer society.

Coaching can transform lives and environments.

Coaching uses tools and techniques that can help transform lives and environments. It has been established, and recognised by global governments, as a transformative tool in healthcare, employment, education and sport. Coaching enables self-sufficiency, fosters independence and builds personal responsibility so that individuals, and systems, can find their own solutions to their own problems. It empowers people – those living and working in our prisons – to become leaders of their own lives. We run coaching programmes in prisons across London and the South East, to encourage rehabilitation and reduce reoffending. ‘The Conversation’ is our systems coaching programme that brings together large groups of prison staff and prisoners in a facilitated group coaching process, to change the culture and environment of prison wings by improving prison staff and prisoner’s relationships, empathy and understanding.

We're an award-winning charity that supports young people and those who face injustice to make positive, productive life choices.

Since 2006, our community-inspired black led initiative has worked across London, Kent and Bucks to help young people to navigate key aspects of life to reduce and prevent the risk of offending.

Through our programmes of awareness, mentoring, detached (we meet young people in streets and areas with high rates of violence and we help them develop an exit strategy from criminal lifestyles) and casework, we plant a seed that continues to grow as children become youth and youth become adults. In particular, we work with vulnerable children and young people aged 11 – 25, in school and in the community.

We guide them to stay in education and access training and employment opportunities. We help them improve their relationships with family and significant others.  We teach them how to stay safe and avoid risky situations. We provide them with counselling so they can become emotionally resilient and live happier lives.

We believe that young people thrive when those around them create a system of support. This is why we train parents how to support other parents. We empower them to feel connected with their children, understand their problems and learn how to ask for support. We equip adults, such as school teachers and youth workers, with the tools and techniques they need to better support young people when we are not there.

Founded in 2010 by ITV’s Political Editor, Robert Peston, our aim is to end educational inequality by giving all young people access to the same prestigious networks available to the top fee-paying schools in the UK. Through talks from today’s influential figures via our Inspiration programme, our work experience programme linking state school students to industry-leading companies and networked support partners we are helping level the playing field for young people of all backgrounds. And, we keep our services for our schools and students entirely free of charge.

Sponsors for Educational Opportunity, Ltd. (SEO London) is a UK-registered charity delivering superior educational, training, and mentoring support to young people from underrepresented and underserved backgrounds. SEO London programmes focus on pre-professional development (Schools programmes), career access (Careers programmes) and long-term success within elite global industries (Alumni programmes). Launched in 2000, SEO London has subsequently delivered two decades of transformative leadership in the UK workplace diversity and inclusion segment. Thousands of SEO London alumni now work in the UK and global corporates and firms, many holding senior leadership positions.

SEO London goes far beyond recruitment operations to create a lasting and powerful community of diverse talent with over 9,000 registrants from more than 120 UK universities. Our holistic training helps candidates to succeed deep into their careers. Our charitable mission and structure magnify our impact by permitting us to engage with more than 8,000 alumni in our training and mentorship programmes. SEO London engages with a gender-balanced mix of ethnically diverse candidates with strong academic performance, social-mobility-qualifying characteristics and demonstrated interest in the industries we work with.

The Mayor’s community sport investment programme, Sport Unites, supports his long-term vision to make London the most active and socially integrated city in the world. Through Sport Unites investment, the Mayor has supported initiatives addressing the following outcomes:

• Decreasing inactivity levels

• Improving mental health

• Decreasing social isolation and increasing social mixing

• Reducing serious youth violence

• Building capacity of people and organisations

• Building capacity of infrastructure and systems

Findings from the period March 2018 to March 2020 are outlined in two status reports:

Download Status Report 1, Published December 2019

Download Status Report 2, Published March 2020

The Sport Unites programme is comprised of key projects that contribute to the Mayor’s long-term vision to make London the most active and socially-integrated city in the world. Find out more about the key projects of Sport Unites and the role they play in improving social integration and getting Londoners active.

At Sported we give community groups the support they need to ensure their long-term sustainability and build their capacity to help even more young people in their local area. We do this by delivering:

Volunteer business mentoring

We train and match skilled adult volunteers to help community groups develop the necessary business infrastructure and plans for their long-term survival and success.  Our volunteers come from a wide range of professional backgrounds and provide free business mentoring to our members in key operational areas such as business planning, marketing, financial planning, fundraising, governance and impact measurement. In providing support to our members, for as long as up to six months, our volunteers help build the confidence, skills and business knowledge of the groups’ leaders, volunteers and staff to leave them better equipped for the future.

Programmes & Projects

Our programmes and projects provide our members with tailored support to help them become more inclusive and tackle major societal problems such as educational inequality and youth violence.

Sported’s programmes bring together the expert insight of partner organisations such as Women in Sport, with the professional support of Sported’s skilled volunteers. This holistic approach improves the knowledge base of the grassroots sports and voluntary sector by disseminating the latest research and insight. But most importantly, gives community groups the guidance and support they need to put the insight into action through the development and launch of new programmes, tailored to the needs and nuances of their local community.

Sports Fun 4 All was set up in September 2016 by our Founder & CEO, Kieran Connolly. Sports Fun 4 All is run by people from the community for the community.  All our coaches grew up in South East London, which means they have first-hand experience of the issues young people are dealing with as a teenager growing up in an inner city London where deprivation is high and personal safety is an issue. Our coaches can build strong relationships with the young people because of this, which means they regularly attend, and we make a more meaningful impact in their lives due to the longevity we get to work with them. we operate in Bellingham, Brockley, Burgess Park, Catford, Coldharbour, Crystal Palace, Deptford, Downham, Elephant & Castle, Goldsmiths, Kennington, Kidbrooke, Lewisham Way.

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Open to inspire. Spotlight is a creative arts youth space. FREE for all 11 -19 year olds. This is such an amazing space and project. It would take too much space in this directory to describe the range of activities and opportunities this place offers. It could be a model for others of its type. Do have a look at their current programme here as a taster:

https://wearespotlight.com/summer-programme/

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St Ethelburga’s is a maker of peace-makers. We inspire and equip people from all backgrounds to become peace-builders in their own communities and lives. St Ethelburga’s addresses three core needs of our times:

• climate breakdown

• refugee integration

• community polarisation.  

We believe climate breakdown is an existential threat and likely to become a key driver of conflict, migration and hardship.  All of our programmes speak directly to that need.

Debunking myths and stereotypes around crime, weapons, gangs, county lines and related issues, challenging the messages in social media and popular culture, de-glamourising the lifestyle and exposing the realities of negative choices such as carrying a weapon; Equipping young people with practical tools and strategies that they can use to build resilience to risks, such as negative peer pressure and grooming, giving them real knowledge and insights that will help them to make positive choices.

Encouraging children and young people to stay engaged with education and take part in positive activities. Equipping parents and professionals with the knowledge, understanding and tools to help safeguard children and young people from becoming involved in gangs and violence.

The St Pancras and Somers Town Living Centre has a mission to improve the overall health and personal wellbeing of the surrounding area. It also aims to be seen as the reference point for what a health initiative can do in Camden, London and beyond.

The centre has the following objectives:

• To help improve the health and wellbeing of residents and reduce health inequalities.

• To help reduce the economic and social deprivation in the local area.

The Living Centre helps to empower local residents and foster a feeling of community ownership, acting as a catalyst to help unlock the skills, knowledge and resources locally. It does this by reaching out to the community, encouraging ideas, mentoring people with ideas, and supporting them with resources.

Most public services weren't designed with domestic abuse in mind, and they often struggle to keep people safe. Poor communication and gaps between services put survivors at risk. Standing Together aim to end domestic abuse by changing the way that local areas respond to it. We do this through an approach that we pioneered, called the Coordinated Community Response (CCR).

The Coordinated Community Response brings services together to ensure local systems truly keep survivors safe, hold abusers to account, and prevent domestic abuse. Our model of a coordinated local partnership to tackle and ultimately prevent domestic abuse is now widely accepted as best practice.

We also deliver training to a range of professionals including criminal justice partners, police, health professionals, housing associations, MARACs, social services, local authorities and faith groups. If you are interested in learning more about the training we offer see our training page.

Steel Warriors are an anti knife crime charity that melts down knives taken off the streets and recycles the steel into outdoor street gyms. We use street workout to transform the lives of young people affected by crime, violence and social exclusion, giving them the skills and confidence to create positive futures.

Our vision is to build a UK-wide network of gyms, a street workout movement, that not only empowers young people to realise their passions and pursue their goals, but also fosters stronger, safer, better-connected communities.

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StopWatch is a coalition, which works to:

• Promote effective, accountable and fair policing

• Inform the public about the use of stop and search

• Develop and share research on stop and search and alternatives

• Organise awareness raising events and forums

• Provide legal support challenging stop and search

Since forming in 2010, StopWatch has led a wide-ranging campaign against the disproportionate use of stop and search, the increasing use of exceptional stop and search powers and the weakening of accountability mechanisms. This includes legal and policy analysis, media coverage and commentary, political advocacy, litigation, submissions to national and international organisations and community organising. The unique mix of academics, activists, young people and lawyers has proved effective at challenging the current use of the tactic and drawing attention to the realities for those on the receiving end of police powers.

In an increasingly divided world, God calls us to bring people and communities together and to see our diversity as our strength. We strive to build communities where people find healing, a sense of belonging across all generations and where everyone can fulfil their God-given potential.

At Street Doctors we believe knowledge is power, so we equip young people at risk of youth violence with the skills to save lives in their communities and with the knowledge to make informed decisions about keeping themselves and others safe. We do this by teaching emergency first aid, including what to do if someone is bleeding or unconscious.

We use a peer to peer teaching approach delivered by our network of young healthcare volunteers (student nurses, paramedics and doctors) who work in partnership with criminal justice services, schools, pupil referral units, sports and community groups. By putting young people at the centre of emergency first-aid provision, we empower young people to become part of the solution to youth violence, rather than just being seen as ‘part of the problem’.  £44,100 was recently awarded to Street Doctors in Croydon and Hackney to deliver a partnership project to educate up to 300 young people with knowledge of dangers and risks of knife crime, first aid training and lifesaving skills.

Street League use sport and physical activity to tackle youth unemployment. We do this by working with young people who live in the most disadvantaged areas of the UK, and engage them in structured football, fitness or dance fitness and education programmes with a view to getting participants into work, mainstream education or training.

This is an organisation which is all about partnership which directly addresses the challenges of youth violence.

“The back story to the founding of Streets of Growth was quite simply a response to growing number of young adults on our council estates disengaging current youth provisions and wider educational and economic opportunities. Instead, many were getting caught up in low-level anti-social behaviour and more formalised street gang drug dealing, violence and associated criminality. Being both local residents and professionals in this work ourselves, who had either grown up or were still living in these neighbourhoods, we wanted to build an intervention model that challenged and removed the unhealthy dependence upon Police, Prisons, and Youth Clubs being the answer to tackling disengaged young communities living harmful lifestyles.

In 2001, following intensive international research on a Sir Winston Churchill Travelling Fellowship finding world class practitioners, who themselves were asking similar questions and building cutting edge approaches, we were inspired to build our own entrepreneurial intervention model here in the east end of London. Our core aim was to build a healthier bridge that interweaved organisation led interventions with community led interventions, with young adults at the centre of leading change in their lives, their streets, and their futures. Today, our charity has grown to become a multi award winning model of approach we now call the Appropriate Intervention Bridging Model ™.

Our journey has not been easy where we have all had to make life changing sacrifices and ask ourselves some very tough questions to shift our own thinking and habitual behaviours in order to stay at the top of our game in this work. But it is our relentless dedication and organisational and community culture, that we instil into every young adult we encounter to ensure they achieve their fullest potential in this world.

Despite space, funding, and finding the right calibre of person being an ever-imposing threat to our existence and growth, we have gone from starting out with a disused shop, to developing a semi derelict temporary use print factory that we converted into an 8000 sq ft intervention centre before it was recently torn down to make way for luxury apartment blocks, to transforming a temporary use office block next to the Canary Wharf financial district, to now currently operating from a converted disused nursery building. Such is our resilience that every move involved designing and converting dilapidated spaces with no grant build funding and using 95% reclaimed, repurposed and upcycled materials. We ensure that every space we adopt and adapt involve and offer our young client’s bespoke interventions to transform their socioeconomic situation, so they are internally and externally supported to live out of harm’s way as they learn to compete in the regeneration opportunities that previously passed them. Awarded £34,646 to outreach to 50 high-risk young people on three estates in Tower Hamlets and deliver coaching support, life skills workshops and anti-social behaviour awareness workshops.

Streetwise Defence provides trauma-informed personal safety, violence prevention and self defence training.

We want to empower people with the knowledge, skills and mindset that they can stay safe and that they are worth protecting.

We offer self defence classes for schools, colleges, universities, businesses, groups and individuals.

And, we have a range of online self defence courses that are affordable and can be completed at home.

Switchback’s purpose is to enable young men to find a way out of the justice system and build a stable, rewarding life they can be proud of.

Switchback Trainees are five times less likely to return to custody.

Through consistent, motivational relationships with a Switchback Mentor on both sides of the prison gate, we support young Londoners to change their relationship with society.

We share what we’ve learned to inspire change across the justice system and beyond.

Established in 2000 Synergy Theatre Project works towards rehabilitation and resettlement with prisoners, ex-prisoners and young people at risk of offending through theatre and related activities whilst placing the wider issues surrounding criminal justice in the public arena.

Our work is founded on the belief that theatre can be transformative and challenges perceptions of both prisoners and society, building a more positive future. Synergy is committed to artistic excellence, believing it to be an integral part of achieving this purpose.

A social enterprise that tackles Knife Crime & Youth Violence in Croydon, South London!

We offer:
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- FREE Mentoring
- FREE Life Skills Workshops
- FREE Career Advice
- Music Management as a career pathway

At breakfast time, at the school gates, in the park, and as their heads hit the pillows; it doesn't matter where they are or what they're up to, for a whole generation of children – every day is tough.

We're here because across the UK there are children finding it hard to cope for an uncomfortable number of reasons. That's why TLG is all about helping churches to bring hope and a future to struggling children.

Local churches – they are the beating heart of TLG. In every town and city across the UK, you'll find church communities full of ordinary people ready to make an extraordinary difference. As a Christian charity, we're confident in the impact that churches of all shapes and sizes can have in their own communities.

TLG's network of more than 200 partner churches, 80 staff and 1,100 trained volunteers is transforming lives for good every day.  Since day one, we've supported over 10,000 children and young people and we're not done yet.

With our nationwide network of partner churches, we are committed to reaching out to some of the most vulnerable children in the UK. With expertise in school exclusions, emotional wellbeing and holiday hunger, TLG is one of the UK's fastest growing children's charities.

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Since Together was formed in 1879, we have believed that people with mental health issues have the right and the abilities to lead independent, fulfilling lives as part of their communities.
The people who use our services are at the heart of everything we do. They influence and shape the support they receive from us, and the way our services are run.
These core beliefs underpin the vision, mission and values we aspire to.
We understand that everyone who seeks our support is different and their needs are individual to them. We believe in enabling people to lead their own recovery at their own pace by supporting their decisions about the care they receive.
We offer a wide variety of support to help people deal with the personal and practical impacts of mental health issues. The services we can provide range from one-to-one support in the community to supported accommodation and making sure people understand and are able to express their needs in their dealings with official bodies.
We now work with nearly 5000 adults every month at 80 projects throughout England. You can find your nearest service using our service finder.

We are committed to tackling inequality of opportunity, and countering adversity, by enabling and developing positive, supportive relationships uniting school, club and community.

TackleLondon was established to make a tangible, constructive difference to the lives of 6- to 24-year-old Londoners who face disproportionate challenges including living with ACEs. We work with schools and rugby clubs, in communities affected by increased levels of poverty, neglect and social disadvantage, to facilitate access to our own brand of sports mentoring: regular and ongoing engagement with trusted, reliable adults.

By providing access both to sport and to stable, dependable relationships, we aim to bring about significant, long-term change. These benefits are not confined to regular physical activity and the development of new skills. The establishment of friendships and trust in teamwork, alongside respect for colleagues, opponents and officials, is equally important. Above all, the transformational change we seek to influence derives from the positive effect of mentoring and its resultant influence on a young person's aspiration to, and realisation of, their own potential.

Teen Challenge London is an organisation that deals exclusively with young people caught up in street life, gang life or young people possibly heading in that direction. Working with these young people is a passion for all our workers especially as we all have personal experience in this area of life. We offer help in every area required to exit a life of thinking that there is no future except on the streets. We expose the lie that once you have a criminal record there is no hope. There is hope and we provide proof in showing positive role models to that effect. Exit Foundation are available for presentations and/or workshops at churches, schools, colleges, youth clubs, probation and YOT services. Parent workshops are also available to aid parents in identifying the signs of gang affiliation.

The "Dream, Believe, Succeed" project is an alliance of local partners (led by Edmonton Community Partnership), that as a collective have embarked on an ambitious vision of in-school and extra curriculum delivery, using creative arts, mentoring and family intervention. We know that effective early intervention is about taking action as soon as possible to tackle problems for children, young people and families before they become more difficult to reverse.  We plan to ensure that children and young people in Edmonton, Enfield are listened to, inspired and enabled to meet their full potential and express the concerns that mean the most to them.  This project is funded by the Young Londoners Fund.

The Mayor created the Young Londoners Fund to help give young people the support they need to build a better future and avoid getting caught up in crime. The fund will see £30m made available for projects in local communities. The remaining £15m will be invested to expand existing projects funded by City Hall that support young Londoners.

The Academy of Hard Knocks is a new initiative designed to challenge destructive and antisocial behaviour patterns, and with the use of a carefully structured programme that incorporates esteem building, teamwork, positive role models and respect, aims to reduce reoffending rates. We use  martial arts,  and boxing with a 12 week program. Contact 07949327491 for further information or visit our website here.‍

The Academy is designed to provide a safe and protective environment for young people. All instructors are highly qualified, holding all necessary in date registrations and licences. All necessary protective policies and procedures have been undertaken and all instructors have extensive experience within their relevant fields and have a genuine desire to help change lives.

The Academy of Hard Knocks is a community based interest project. We operate purely on donations, government grants, good will and promotion/sponsorship agreements.

Our programme incorporates gym sessions, mixed martial arts, nutrition classes, drug and alcohol work,  and guest talks.

Participants are expected to commit to a twelve week course, attending twice weekly for two hours per day. The training programme is progressive in the methods and equipment used and aims to be physically challenging for all ability levels whilst also being varied enough to maintain interest.

The Access to Sports Project is a community led, innovative sports development project that has historically worked across the London boroughs of Islington, Hackney & Haringey. The project originally started off working in the Finsbury Park regeneration area in 2002 with 1 full time staff member, through a successful track record of project delivery and fundraising the Project now employs 9 full time and over 30 sessional members of staff. Access to Sports is an 'on the ground' organisation delivering responsive and relevant sports programmes in tune with local and national agendas.

Working with partners from the voluntary, community and statutory sectors A2S delivers targeted programmes directly addressing some of the social and economical issues that effect London's 'hard to reach' communities. Developing partnerships strengthens the effectiveness of the projects delivered and creates sustainability in what we do.

The Apprenticeship Ambassador Network (AAN) is a group of employers whose main aim is to spearhead the drive to engage new employers to commit to apprenticeship delivery in England.‍

Ambassadors are chosen to join AAN because:‍

They demonstrate a high commitment to apprenticeships and/or traineeships in their own workforce
They have a high profile in their sector or geographical area
They represent a diverse range of employment sectors
They undertake their ambassador role (on a voluntary basis) by supporting and influencing a wide range of key stakeholders including schools, colleges, local enterprise partnerships, employers and their supply chains, trade associations and employment bodies.
They champion and support marketing, publicity and events to raise awareness of apprenticeships and also mentor other employers.

A lack of diversity in the medical field is a pressing issue; the majority of medical school applicants come from a minority of schools and applicants from underrepresented backgrounds are less likely to be successful.

We envision an NHS workforce that reflects the diverse society it serves and where any student possessing the capability and passion for becoming a doctor is able to, irrespective of their background.

We believe that the only way to achieve sustained, effective change is through cohesive, long-term intervention. Our three, two-year programmes are designed to inspire, equip, and increase the self-confidence of students who want to study medicine, from year 8 through to year 13. Created and delivered by inspirational young medics, these school-based programmes will transform the NHS of tomorrow by bringing equity to the medical school admissions process and giving students from underrepresented backgrounds the opportunity to achieve their full potential.

The Baytree Centre is a social inclusion charity for women and girls, based in the heart of Brixton, south London. An integral part of the community since 1991, we provide holistic support through personal development activities and workshops, mentoring, coaching, as well as English classes and integration support for newly arrived migrants and refugees.

Our approach is informed by our Character Development Programme, which aims to equip the women and girls who come to the centre with all the skills they need to succeed and flourish in life.

Our Youth Service is committed to providing a safe, supportive space for girls, aged 6-20 years, to develop academically and personally. Our wide variety of positive activities offer young women the opportunity to cultivate the key skills they need to build a brighter future for themselves, their family and their community. Character development is embedded in all our work and we co-produce the activities with the girls to ensure that the activities are always relevant to the girls' needs and goals.

The Children's Home Training Hub is part of The Big Initiative which is a multi-agency collaboration bringing together expert practitioners to provide exceptional resources free of charge.

Every single young person is amazing. But not every young person develops in the same way and the influences around them can be a challenge for some.

As part of The Big Initiative, we offer preventative online courses for young people on real topics such as gangs, knife crime, social media, and bullying – to name a few. The Initiative also offers a multitude of life-skill courses to prepare a young person for adulthood. Each and every course has been created by leading experts and reviewed by young people across the UK. Their aim is to support young people and help them make better choices in life. The young people's courses have recently been featured on the BBC and are nationally recognised.

From an award-winning magazine offering employment opportunities to people in poverty, a multi-million pound social investment business supporting enterprise to drive social change, to a charity Foundation supporting vendors to rebuild their own pathways to a better future and a shop curating social enterprise products. For 29 years The Big Issue Group has strived to dismantle poverty through creating opportunity, in the process becoming one of the most recognised and trusted brands in the UK

We are a social mobility charity committed to breaking the corporate mould.  We believe in equal access to opportunity irrespective of background or race, and talented young people getting the jobs they deserve in a world where their ability and aspiration alone determine their career path.

For nearly 25 years we have supported disadvantaged young people achieve their career potential; providing opportunity and helping them take their first step into a professional career.   Our award winning programmes have helped thousands of talented young people.

We also work with employers to drive a culture shift in the workplace, helping them make meaningful change and include diverse talent irrespective of background or race.

Together, with our corporate partners, our alumni and our volunteers, we are Changemakers; every day we see the impact of our work and the life changing effect it has on thousands of young people each year.

The Bromley by Bow Centre is a pioneering charity that combines an extensive neighbourhood hub with a medical practice and a community research project and seek out employment opportunities for the young.

“Our role is to link schools and colleges to employers and to help them deliver world-class careers support for all young people.

How we deliver our role

• Building Networks: Linking schools and colleges to employers and other external careers providers through the Enterprise Adviser Network and Careers Hubs.

• Supporting Careers Leaders: Providing training and support for Careers Leaders in schools and colleges.

Backing the Gatsby Benchmarks: Supporting implementation of a best practice standard for careers support, the Gatsby Benchmarks, with tools and targeted funding.”

Alongside our vast network of lived experience leaders, the Centre for Knowledge Equity invigorates and connects human wisdom and leadership to catalyse transformational change.

We are facilitating the emergence of diverse and intersectional networks, coalitions and movements as they develop radical collaborations for positive change.

We design and support a range of leadership development programs that elevate LEx Leaders and their organisations to strengthen their social impact work.

We develop dynamic partnerships across sectors, industries, communities and institutions to allow all forms of knowledge and wisdom to flourish.

We are driving core ideas and understanding of knowledge equity across academic disciplines.

Innovation & Design

We support brave and bold organisations determined to embrace equity as a core driver of their future work, including working with funders and impact investors.

Imagination Observatory

We connect wisdom and creativity from across our networks to reimagine systems in an ever-evolving world, forging new ideas and visions for the future.

The Centre for Youth Impact is committed to working collaboratively to progress thinking and practice in evaluation, learning, and continuous improvement in youth work and provision for young people. Our vision is for all young people to have access to high quality programmes and services that support them to thrive. We work in collaboration with others to develop, test, learn and build momentum for shared evaluation approaches, across a wide range of organisations working with young people.

The Challenger Trust is a UK registered charity that has been working with some of the most socio- and economically- deprived areas of the UK for over 20 years. We help young people to raise their aspirations, develop vital character attributes and learn lifelong skills that will improve their academic achievement and future employment opportunities, whilst meeting Ofsted criteria. This is all strongly influenced by the Department for Education's policy to encourage more 'character education' in every young person's learning.

In 2014, The Trust became a sponsor of the Challenger Multi-Academy Trust (CMAT), a group of schools in which the 'Challenger' model is supported and developed: an environment for study where honesty, character and fair play are highly valued, and the Challenger Diploma is an integral part of improving standards and achieving academic success. The Trust's duties as sponsor of CMAT are to appoint the leadership team and select the governing body, monitor the academy's performance, reporting to the DfE as necessary, and making sure the academy spends its funding effectively.

The Childhood Trust funds grass roots charities and their projects to alleviate the impact of child poverty in London. Every child has the right to a safe and happy childhood so we partner with and fund the very best initiatives and projects.

We use our funds to generate and match other donations, primarily through our online fundraising campaigns and fundraising partnerships. Since our inception in 2013 we have been able to multiply funds donated to us by an average factor of 4.69, meaning that for every £1 donated to us, we've generated £4.69 of funding for projects supporting children. In total, since 2013 our matched giving campaigns have raised £14.8m. We make grants to proven charities that are working directly with disadvantaged children. Our work is themed across three areas; meeting children's practical needs, supporting children's emotional needs and inspiring children with new experiences and opportunities. Our support across these themes promotes the development of strong foundations for learning, resilience and aspiration. The impact of our grants is externally monitored and since we started we have helped more than 180,000 children through our partnerships with over 150 charities throughout London.

We provide specialist support that empowers young people to make positive changes and rediscover their hope. They want a future they can look forward to and we're here to make sure they get it. Working alongside young people, their families and community, we will not rest until together, step-by-step, we've created a society built for all children.

Young people come to us when they have low self-esteem. When they're living in families who can't afford the next meal, the next size up in school uniform. Or when there's no one else to lean on.

Refugee and migrant children land in this country alone and look to us for guidance to achieve the life they dreamed of. To have a settled home, a secure job and starting a family. They're not asking for too much.

We see teenagers in our services who want to quit using drugs or alcohol. Who are looking after mum, dad, or their siblings more than they bargained for. Or who have been taken advantage of and find themselves carrying drugs to far away towns, or having sex with strangers.

Often, the hope inside them has taken a battering, it might only be hanging by a thread. But we know it's there. And we see a better future is within reach.

The Chrysalis Programme helps people learn how to do things differently and better. We create capability. Our unique approach, The Chrysalis Programme, is a world class Personal Leadership and Effectiveness Development Programme. Chrysalis aims to stimulate peoples thinking, attitude, social capability and capacity. We enable those that work with us to think more positively, creating self-esteem, self-belief, self-confidence, self-motivation and hope.

Circle Collective supports young people experiencing a range of barriers to find permanent, life-changing work. The charity, Circle Community, runs our successful?#BackYourFuture ?programme, while our social enterprise, Circle Collective, runs two streetwear stores that serve as a training ground for our young people. We aim for all profits from our stores to be fully reinvested back into the training of young people and #BreakingTheCircle of youth unemployment.

Since 2012, we have now helped over 400 young people into permanent work. Over 75% of young people who complete our course have a job at the end of it. This means we offer a strong return on investment, with £4.31 of social value is generated from every £1 we spend.

The Comedy School is the only arts organisation of its kind in the UK which works with comedy in many different settings.

The Comedy School aims to raise the profile of the many uses of comedy, from stimulating personal creativity to encouraging social skills and improving literacy. We achieve this through our innovative workshop, performance and arts projects. These are varied and inclusive, catering for those who wish to be comedians, to work in the arts and the entertainment industries, or to improve their communication skills and confidence.

The Comedy School is committed to enhancing the lives of local communities and developing responsive projects, using the arts as media for making learning interactive and fun. Our unique way of working has enabled the company to take arts practitioners to many varied environments, including schools, prisons, traveller sites and excluded communities across the UK.

a major independent commission to evidence and design a new national system to prevent crisis in vulnerable young people and support them to succeed in life. It launched in September 2021 and is chaired by Anne Longfield CBE, the former Children's Commissioner for England, and hosted by the Oasis Charitable Trust, who have decades of experience of working in and with communities, empowering families and vulnerable children.

Thousands of children in England are growing up living very vulnerable lives. Every year, hundreds of the most vulnerable fall off the radar of the education and social services system, putting them at increased risk of criminal or sexual exploitation and making them more likely to become caught up in the criminal justice system. Their chances of entering adulthood with positive opportunities and choices are low and as adults they are more likely to be seen in our prisons or suffering from serious mental health problems or homelessness. The problem has been growing over recent years but has also been exacerbated by the Covid pandemic.

Bringing together experts and working collaboratively with system leaders, the Commission will identify solutions which can transform the outcomes of the most marginalised teenagers who are at risk of violence, harm, criminalisation, and diminished opportunities.

Preventing young people from entering the justice system is in all our interests. That is why we are co-producing a new way to bring hope and success to young people through education and personal support.

The Commission on Young Lives will publish a series of interim reports throughout the year and its final report in Autumn 2022.

The Compassionate Friends (TCF) is a charitable organisation of bereaved parents, siblings and grandparents dedicated to the support and care of other similarly bereaved family members who have suffered the death of a child or children of any age and from any cause.

Many people who have suffered the loss of a child feel a bond with others in the same situation and wish to extend the hand of friendship. We offer support, both directly to bereaved families, and indirectly by fostering understanding and good practice amongst professionals concerned with child death and by increasing public awareness.

In TCF, “family” covers a broad spectrum of relationships. We aim to help any individual or family affected by the death of a child, including unmarried partners, adoptive parents, step families, same sex couples and single parent families.

TCF has no religious affiliation and offers support to bereaved families irrespective of the age of the child, cause of death, ethnic, social or political background. We respect the privacy of all those who come to us for support and offer a confidential service.

The Corbett Network for prisoner re-integration is a coalition of over 105 decision-makers of major rehabilitation charities and organisations dedicated to reducing re-offending by supporting people with convictions find and keep a job. Members also offer mentoring, coaching, training and on-going support.

The Network Mission

Bridging the gap from custody to community by improving routes to employment

Primary aims:

- Engaging with employers from a wide spectrum, many of whom have skill shortages but do not yet consider recruiting people with convictions

- Providing support for self-employment options – back office, mentors etc.

- Providing support for entrepreneurial activity – start up grants, route to market, mentors

- Using social networks and media to publicise rehabilitation

The crib is a charity from since 1999.

We are the first organisation that brought postcode war to the attention in Hackney bringing them together to create some kind of unity. That's when boroughs united was formed to bring boroughs together to to fight this divide with young people. We were the only organisation that put victims families and perpetrators in the same arena. We did the first knife crime march in Hackney and then Hackney and Islington. We need to fight this together. Knife crime is on the rise in Ireland. We deliver a knife crime workshop called Sharp End with family member who have lost a child to violence and a young person who was the victim of knife crime coming from the roads.

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YUVA at DVIP offers confidential support for young people ages 11-18 (up to 25 for young people with additional needs) who want to change their behaviour, develop improved awareness of healthy communication and relationships. We help young people to look at their abusive behaviour and find safe, non-abusive alternatives.

The Dalgarno Trust is a community centre in the heart of Ladbroke Grove. We work with the local communities offering a wide range of activities, projects and services that promote, health, wellbeing and inclusion for both the young and the not so young.‍

Health Partners Programme‍

We are proud to be a part of the Health Partners Programme with other community, voluntary, faith groups and residents associations working in the community of North Kensington, brought together by NHS West London Clinical Commissioning Group. The Health Partners programme brings community organisations together to improve the health and wellbeing of Grenfell-affected communities. Click here for updates on the work.

The Daniel Spargo-Mabbs Foundation is a drug and alcohol education charity that aims to support young people to make safe choices about drugs and alcohol and reduce harm. We do this through increasing understanding of the effects and risks, and helping to develop life skills and resilience. The Foundation was set up in January 2014 by Tim and Fiona Spargo-Mabbs in response to the death of their 16-year-old son Daniel having taken ecstasy.

We work with young people, parents, teachers and professionals in schools, colleges and community groups using our evidence-based, multi-component drug and alcohol programme, developed in line with best practice for the most effective outcomes. The site also provides access to other charities dealing with the problems DSM is engaged with.

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The Deptford Challenge Trust (DCT) is a grant-making charitable trust that aims to improve the quality of life for people who live and work in a defined area of Lewisham, that covers Deptford and parts of New Cross. DCT started out as part of the national City Challenge regeneration programme in the mid-1990s. In partnership with Goldsmiths University the Deptford City Challenge (as it was then known) invested part of the funding it was given in student accommodation. The Trust was set up and through this rental income it has been able to provide grants to voluntary and community organisations for activities which benefit residents within the DCT area for almost 20 years. The Trust’s grantmaking programmes are managed by The London Community Foundation.

Barry Murphy, a Partner at PwC is the project director of the Employers Social Mobility Alliance.  The aims of ESMA are to

• “amplify what is already going on in regards to social mobility and make it easier for people to come together”, a strong call to action for other organisations to play their part in the advancement of this movement.

• Understand the issues affecting all stages of social mobility and collect information on best practices in social mobility schemes around the UK and share it.

• Promote a joined-up approach to the identification, recruitment and retention of talent from low income backgrounds by UK employers.

• Identify how UK employers can assist State and Third Sector in combatting issues which inhibit individuals from low income backgrounds achieving their career ambitions.

• Highlight existing collaborative projects focused on low income and employability which provide UK employers with an easy “step on point” in terms of resource & cost ‍

UK Employers have the collective resource, operational expertise and geographic coverage to be the ‘hub’ for action uniting Business, State and Third Sector. Check the website for an updated list of top employers who promote social mobility.

The Esmée Fairbairn Foundation aims to improve the quality of life for people and communities throughout the UK both now and in the future. We do this by funding the charitable work of organisations that are building an inclusive, creative and sustainable society. The Foundation is one of the largest independent grant-makers in the UK. In 2018 we made grants of £40.5 million towards a wide range of work within the arts, children and young people, the environment and social change. We also have a £45 million allocation to social investments for organisations with the aim of creating social impact.

Our Mission at Exit Foundation is to equip, empower and encourage ex-offenders,adults and young people that want or require help in making positive life choices leading into a brighter life. We provide support and mentoring to those who want to exit a criminal and gang-related lifestyle. We major on building relationships first and foremost by establishing the trust required to mentor individuals into employment,training, and education. We work with offending behaviour including, but not limited to, gang affiliation, knife crime, violent behaviour, drugs, and county lines.

In our diverse society, positive relations between people of different faiths, beliefs and cultures are essential.

The Faith & Belief Forum has worked tirelessly for over 20 years to build good relations between people of all faiths and beliefs, and to create a society where difference is celebrated.

We create spaces in schools, universities, workplaces and the wider community where people can engage with questions of belief and identity and meet people different from themselves. Enabling people to learn from each other in this way is often the most effective way to tackle ignorance and challenge stereotypes – and create understanding and trust between people. The Faith & Belief Forum’s inclusive approach welcomes everyone – whether you’re an Atheist, Buddhist, Christian, Hindu, Jew, Muslim, Zoroastrian, or identify with any other belief. Our programmes reach over 16,000 people a year. They include teachers and students, artists and professionals, political leaders in Parliament and upcoming leaders at university.

On a Regenerate UK  trip (see too in this FKCL directory) taking young people from London estates to volunteer in Kenya with a project supporting street children, a light bulb moment happened. One of the young people on the trip who had been heavily involved in gang life, poured out his heart saying he didn't want to go back to a negative lifestyle when back in London, he wanted to help others, but he didn't believe he could even get any kind of legitimate job back home.
We decided to set up an enterprise that would support, train and employ young people that wanted to turn their lives around and at the same time do something that makes a difference in the wider world. We set up The Feel Good Bakery.

We support local young people facing barriers to employment by offering amazing work opportunities as baristas, and for every coffee we sell we fund a meal for a child in need. We are proudly part of Regenerate, the youth work charity based in Roehampton and Putney.

Since being established in 2014 we have created over 60 jobs for local young people who wanted the opportunity to turn their lives around. Not only that, we have funded over 280,000 meals for children through our 'one for one' scheme working in partnership with grassroots organisations in Kenya and Romania.

In response to the challenges on the Bakery business due to Covid-19, in July 2020 we set up our first mobile coffee cart and then in September we started another one. Over the next two years we plan to create employment for at least 75 young people in our community through our growing fleet of coffee carts! See for example our services in battered and at Vine Rd, Barnes.

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The Fore is a seed funder for the non-profit sector. We catalyse fresh solutions to pressing social issues including knife crime, childhood obesity, social isolation, food poverty and homelessness. Our venture capital style approach opens up access to finance and professional expertise for innovative small charities and social enterprises. We bring together businesses, funders and social entrepreneurs committed to removing barriers and sharing skills to strengthen society as a whole.

TFN supports grassroots non-profits whose aim is to achieve positive social change for individuals, communities and the environment. TFN is an open network which links potential donors to charitable cases and social entrepreneurs through live crowdfunding. We aim to raise money for small non-profits driving social change and help both individuals and businesses to combine their giving with others, to make a bigger impact. To apply for funding, non-profits must be nominated by a current TFN member. Organisations do not have to be registered charities, however they must be not-for-profit and have a clear charitable purpose at their core.

GT Scholars is a not-for-profit social enterprise and registered charity that is open to all young people. Our mission is to give young people aged 11-18, the strategies, skills and support they need to achieve their academic and career aspirations, regardless of their background. We believe that all young people have their own unique set of gifts, talents and strengths and they can achieve amazing things when they are given the chance to build on their natural strengths and develop new skills.

So how can we help you? We have four key learning strands which ensure that our scholars are equipped with the strategies, skill and support needed to achieve their goals. These are Tutoring, Mentoring, Skill building and Enrichment.

Our mission is to inspire and empower girls from the least advantaged communities by connecting them with a mentor and a network of professional role models who are women.

This is a very helpful research programme to:

• Explore local young people’s issues relating to carrying of knives and knife crime, including Education, Prevention, Early Intervention, Targeted Support, Deterrence, Disruption and Detection.

• Identify specific factors which young people deemed to facilitate/inhibit involvement in knife crime and knife activity

They were recently awarded £47,528 to deliver in-school presentations around dangers of knife crime to 900 young people followed by targeted workshops and support for 40 young people across four schools in Enfield and Haringey.