Making a difference to learning in communities

Nacro

Nacro redues crime by changing lives.

Call: 020 7840 7200

Visit: www.nacro.org.uk

Nacro is the largest charity in England and Wales dedicated to reducing crime, helping over 83,000 people each year. Our team of over 2,000 staff and volunteers work with a network of partners through projects in 300 communities. Our experience on the ground gives us unrivalled insight into reducing crime, which informs our positive and pragmatic voice in media and policy debates. We exist because we want to do something about the destructive impact of crime on individuals and communities. It creates victims, stifles opportunity, generates fear and hostility, and blights lives. We know that by changing lives we can reduce crime and that by reducing crime we change countless more lives for the better. Our origins were in the 1920’s as a Prisoners Discharge and Welfare organisation before we became a Registered Charity and Company known as Nacro, in 1966. Our wholly owned Subsidiary – Nacro Community Enterprises (our Housing Association) was formed in 1972. Nacro’s work focuses on three areas:

Preventing people getting into trouble – running projects to support children and young people. We steer individuals away from drugs and crime, teach them new skills, provide housing and support and create new positive opportunities to help improve opportunities for education, training and employment.
Offender management – working with people in prison, on post-release licences and on community sentences. We challenge them to stop offending, provide positive skills, help them find a suitable home and create chances for people to move on from crime and to give something positive back to their communities.
Resettling prisoners – helping them cope after serving a prison sentence, so they can settle back into the community; find a place to live and the chance of education, training and a job.

Our work includes delivery of :

Statutory programmes
Diversion programmes
Information, advice and guidance programmes
Education, training and employment programmes
Housing Support
Attitude and behaviour change programmes
Coaching
Policy and practice innovations programmes

In 2010 83,500 people used our services:
24,100 children and young people were steered away from crime through our preventive services.
130 offenders were supported on Nacro’s 3 intensive support and surveillance programmes.
Courts remanded 570 defendants to our community bail support schemes.
32,600 people contacted Nacro’s Resettlement Plus Helpline for advice.
More than 2,200 ex-prisoners and other offenders were able to stabilise their lives in Nacro accommodation or by having support from Nacro in their own tenancies.
19,800 offenders serving sentences in prison or the community were given practical help to make a fresh start and move on from crime.
690 Nacro volunteers dedicated themselves to reducing crime and changing lives in over 300 communities across England and Wales.
68 % of our 4000 + NEET clients achieved a qualification with 75% making a positive progression into further education, training or employment.

For more information contact:
Head Office Address:
Park Place,
10-12 Lawn Lane,
London,
SW8 1UD

Chris Dare
National Business Project Manager
Email : chris.dare@nacro.org.uk

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