Nacro
Nacro's practical services across England and Wales give offenders and those at risk of offending the skills, support and motivation they need to change their lives for the better. Nacro manages Resettlement Service Finder.
http://www.nacro.org.uk
Nacro's Resettlement Plus Helpline
Nacro's Resettlement Plus Helpline can advise ex-offenders, prisoners, their friends and families, and people working with them about disclosing convictions, CRB checks, and finding work, housing and specialist advice services. The Helpline can be contacted Mon-Fri 9am-5pm by telephone on 020 7840 6464 (or 0800 0181 259 for prisoners only) or by email at helpline@nacro.org.uk.
http://www.nacro.org.uk
Action for Prisoners' Families
Offers a free confidential helpline for anyone who is affected by the imprisonment of a close family member or friend.
http://www.prisonersfamilies.org.uk
Apprenticeships
Provides information about apprenticeships in England.
http://www.apprenticeships.org.uk
Careers Wales
Provides free careers information and advice for young people, adults, parents, employers and professionals in Wales.
http://www.careerswales.com
Child Maintenance Options
Child Maintenance Options provides impartial information and support to help both parents make informed choices about child maintenance. The organisation aims to help both parents and is not biased towards any one way of arranging child maintenance. The service is available to family, friends, guardians or concerned professionals in England, Wales and Scotland.
http://www.cmoptions.org/index.asp
Citizens Advice
Helping people resolve their legal, money and other problems by providing free information and confidential advice.
http://www.citizensadvice.org.uk
Centre for Crime and Justice Studies (CCJS)
CCJS is an independent charity at King's College London that informs and educates about all aspects of crime and the criminal justice system.
http://www.crimeandjustice.org.uk
Clinks
Clinks aims to strengthen and develop the partnerships between voluntary and community-based organisations and the Prison and Probation Services in England and Wales.
http://www.clinks.org
Clinks' Working with Offenders Directory
An online database of voluntary and community organisations working with current offenders and their families.
http://www.workingwithoffenders.org
Directgov
Information on public services.
http://www.direct.gov.uk
Floodlight
Provides information about courses across the UK. Includes details about vocational, academic, part-time and full-time courses for adults.
http://london.floodlight.co.uk
Footprints
Footprints is a charity that mentors men and women leaving prison and returning to Dorset, Bournemouth, Poole, and south Somerset.
http://www.footprintsproject.org.uk
Gatemate
Gatemate is a directory of mentoring services for young adults leaving prison. This includes projects that are both within prisons and in the community.
http://www.gatemate.org
Hardman Trust
Working to help offenders re-integrate into society.
http://www.hardmantrust.org.uk
HM Prison Service
For information about Prisons in England and Wales, prison life, family support and advice, job vacancies and resources.
http://www.hmprisonservice.gov.uk
Homeless Link
Homeless Link is the national membership organisation for frontline homelessness agencies in England
http://www.homeless.org.uk
Ministry of Justice
The Ministry of Justice is responsible for the courts, prisons, probation, criminal law and sentencing.
http://www.justice.gov.uk
National Offender Management Service (NOMS)
NOMS is the system through which we commission and provide the highest quality correctional services and interventions in order to protect the public and reduce re-offending.
http://www.noms.homeoffice.gov.uk
Office for Criminal Justice Reform (OCJR)
The cross-departmental team that supports all criminal justice agencies in working together to provide an improved service to the public.
http://www.cjsonline.gov.uk/the_cjs/departments_of
Prisoner Action Net
Prisoner Action Net provides practical guidance on supporting resettlement and reducing long-term re-offending. It is also an online network for prison officers, probation officers, voluntary and community agencies and housing officers.
http://www.lemosandcrane.co.uk/prisoneractionnet
Prisons.org.uk
Publishes the major prison publications for the penal system of England and Wales including: the (annual) Prisons Handbook; the (quarterly) Prisoners' Pocket Directory; and the (monthly) Converse newspaper.
http://www.prisons.org.uk
Shelter
The housing and homelessness charity.
http://www.shelter.org.uk
The Griffins Society
The Griffins Society researches and promotes effective practice in working with women who are in prison or subject to criminal justice interventions in the community.
http://www.thegriffinssociety.org
The Money Advice Service
Offers free, clear, unbiased advice to help people manage their money.
http://www.moneyadviceservice.org.uk
The Right Step
The Right Step aims to help reduce re-offending by supporting employers and partners secure jobs and training for ex-offenders.
http://www.therightstep.co.uk
UNLOCK (National Association of Reformed Offenders)
UNLOCK’s aim is to achieve equality for reformed offenders. The site features a list of insurance brokers that provide insurance for people with previous convictions and the UNLOCK Forum, an online community for people with previous convictions to share experiences, discuss issues and support the fight against discrimination.
http://www.unlock.org.uk
Youth Justice Board (YJB)
A non-departmental public body, responsible for advising secretaries of state on the operation of the youth justice system in delivering its aim to prevent offending and reducing offending by children and young people.
http://www.yjb.gov.uk