Useful Links

Community Penalties

National Probation Service
www.probation.homeoffice.gov.uk

Payback
www.payback.org.uk

Rethinking Crime and Punishment
www.rethinking.org.uk

Youth Justice Board
www.youth-justice-board.gov.uk




Resettlement

Apex Trust
www.apextrust.com

Clinks
www.clinks.org

NACRO
www.nacro.org.uk

Unlock
www.unlockprison.org.uk

Crime Diversion Schemes

Fairbridge
www.fairbridge.org.uk

The From Boyhood to Manhood Foundation
www.usatfbmf.com

The Prince's Trust
www.princes-trust.org.uk

Sacro
www.sacro.org.uk

YMCA England
www.ymca.org.uk

Criminal Justice

Centre for Crime and Justice Studies
www.kcl.ac.uk/ccjs

The Community Justice Portal
www.cjp.org.uk

Crime Info
www.crimeinfo.org.uk

Sacro
www.sacro.org.uk

Restorative Justice

Restorative Justice Consortium
www.restorativejustice.org.uk

Sacro
www.sacro.org.uk

Penal Reform

The Prison Reform Trust
www.prisonreformtrust.org.uk

The Howard League for Penal Reform
www.howardleague.org

Online News

Prison News
www.prison.org.uk

Criminal Justice News
www.ukcjweblog.org.uk

CJScotland
www.cjscotland.org.uk

Arts

Anne Peaker Centre for Arts in Criminal Justice
www.apcentre.org.uk

Agencies who work with Young People

Barnardos
The leading UK children's charity, who work with over 111,000 people. They offer a wide range of support services for children, young people and their families.
www.barnardos.org.uk

British Youth Council
Brings under 26s together to agree on issues of common concern and encourage change through taking collective action.
www.byc.org.uk

Centrepoint
National charity for homeless and socially excluded young people.
www.centrepoint.org.uk

Connexions
Confidential support and advice for 13-19 year olds by phone, text, email or face-to-face.
www.connexions.gov.uk

Fairbridge
Offers young people long-term personal support and challenging activities in 13 of the most disadvantaged areas in the UK.
www.fairbridge.org.uk

National Children's Homes (NCH)
Helps children achieve their full potential. Supports some of the most vulnerable and excluded children in the UK
www.nch.org.uk

National Mentoring Network
Promotes the development of mentoring with advice and support to those wishing to set up or develop mentoring programmes
www.ndparking.com/nmn.org.uk

National Youth Agency
Supports those involved in young people's personal and social development and works to enable all young people to fulfil their potential.
www.nya.org.uk

The Prince's Trust
Helps young people, aged 14-30, to develop self-confidence, learn new skills and get into work.
www.princes-trust.org.uk

Sacro
Sacro is the principal provider of youth restorative justice services in Scotland. They also provide services for Peer Mediation in Schools, Street Mediation and Homeless Mediation for young people.
www.sacro.org.uk

UK Youth Parliament
A national body of democratically elected young people aged from 11 to 18. It ensures that the young people of the UK are given a voice on any issue which affects them as a young person.
www.ukyouthparliament.org.uk

Weston Spirit
National youth charity tackling issues of social exclusion in young people through personal development programmes and projects.
www.westonspirit.org.uk

YMCA
Provides encouragement, support and challenges for young people to become all they can.
www.ymca.org.uk

Young People's Fund (National Lottery)
Aims to support projects that will improve local communities and offer more opportunities to young people.
www.biglotteryfund.org.uk/programmes/ypf/index.htm

Young People Now Magazine
For everyone working with young people
www.ypnmagazine.com/home/index.cfm

YWCA
Works with young woman facing poverty, discrimination or abuse.
www.ywca-gb.org.uk

Young Enterprise
A national education charity that aims to inspire and equip young people to learn and succeed through enterprise.
www.young-enterprise.org.uk

Youth Action Network
A national membership organisation that develops and promotes the youth action approach to volunteering.
www.youthactionnetwork.org.uk

Youth At Risk
Charity dedicated to young people involved in crime, exclusion from school, unemployment, drug and alcohol abuse and other self-harm.
youthatrisk.org.uk

Youth Justice Board
Works to prevent offending and reoffending by children and young people under the age of 18
www.youth-justice-board.gov.uk/YouthJusticeBoard