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Help for Ex-Offenders
NACRO
www.nacro.org.uk/services/prisoners.htm
Resettling ex-offenders and prisoners to reduce the risk of their re-offending is at the heart of crime prevention work.

Dedicated Resettlement Plus Helpline offers information and advice to
ex-offenders, serving prisoners, their families and friends and organisations working with them. Each year, the Helpline deals with over 7,000 enquiries. The most common enquiries are about dealing with a criminal record, and how to find work and somewhere to live.
Download this useful NACRO leaflet 'Applying for work with a criminal record' 'Applying for work with a criminal record'
UNLOCK - the National Association of Ex-Offenders
www.unlockprison.org.uk
Founded in 1999, we exist to campaign for better facilities for serving prisoners to plan for life after release, and to support ex-offenders in leaving crime behind and rebuilding their lives.
TUC - Trade Union Congress
www.tuc.org.uk/welfare/tuc-4590-f0.cfm
The TUC is the voice of Britain at work. With 70 affiliated unions representing nearly seven million working people from all walks of life, we campaign for a fair deal at work and for social justice at home and abroad.
Highlights from the recent TUC report on Employment and Ex-offenders, which promotes fair employment policies for people with a criminal record, and looks at policy reforms that could help more ex-offenders to get jobs.
Review of Rehabilitation Act

Review of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974
  • Over a quarter of the working age population has a previous conviction
  • The annual cost of crime is £60 billion
  • Employment can reduce re-offending by between a third and a half
  • But a criminal record can seriously diminish employment opportunities
  • We must break this circle

    Go Here - to download a PDF booklet from NACRO Review of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974
Revolving Doors
www.revolving-doors.co.uk
Revolving Doors Agency is the UK’s only charity dedicated to improving the lives of people who are caught up in a damaging cycle of crisis, crime and mental illness. They work with ex-offenders who struggle with mental illness.
The Apex Trust
www.apextrust.com
Apex Charitable Trust seeks to help people with criminal records to obtain appropriate jobs or self-employment by providing them with the skills they need in the labour market and by working with employers to break down the barriers to their employment.
Youth Justice Board
www.youth-justice-board.gov.uk/YouthJusticeBoard/
Website dealing with preventing crime and the fear of crime. Reducing reoffending. Dealing with young offenders.
Youth Offender Panels
www.youth-justice-board.gov.uk/YouthOffenderPanels
Youth Offender Panels are a new way of dealing with young people who commit crime. Being a Panel member is a challenging yet rewarding role.
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