Support Services Directory

Criminal Justice Alliance

The Criminal Justice Alliance is a network of 200+ organisations working towards a fair and effective criminal justice system.

Apex Charitable Trust

Apex Charitable Trust provides career and vocational advice, guidance, and opportunities to help individuals with criminal records make positive life changes.

Blue Sky

Blue Sky is a social enterprise that provides employment opportunities and training for ex-offenders and other disadvantaged groups.

Alpha Prisons

Alpha is a series of interactive sessions exploring the basics of the Christian faith, offered freely and without pressure in various locations across the UK.

Angulima

Angulimala is a Buddhist prison chaplaincy that provides facilities for the teaching and practice of Buddhism in British prisons and supports prisoners upon release.

Catholic Social Action Network

Caritas Social Action Network (CSAN) is an agency of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of England and Wales, coordinating Catholic charitable activities.

Supports and promotes community chaplaincy services for prisoners, ex-offenders, and their families across the UK.

Al-Anon Family Groups

Al-Anon Family Groups provides support for families and friends affected by someone else’s drinking, offering a helpline, meetings, and various resources.

Children Heard and Seen

Children Heard And Seen are a UK charity that supports children and families impacted by parental imprisonment.

Contact a Family

Contact is a charity that supports families with disabled children by providing guidance, bringing families together, and helping them take action.

Email a Prisoner

Email a Prisoner (eMates) provides efficient and secure communication services for inmates, their families, friends, and legal professionals in the UK.

Christians Against Poverty

Christians Against Poverty offers free, confidential debt help, budgeting support, and advice through local churches across the UK.

Community Money Advice

Community Money Advice (CMA) is a charity that helps people overcome money problems by providing resources, training, and support for free, face-to-face debt advice services.

Crosslight Advice

Crosslight Advice provides free debt advice and budgeting help to individuals and families struggling with money worries across the UK.

BLAST Foundation

BLAST Foundation is a Christian Through-the-gate Resettlement Charity empowering offenders with Business, Life, And Skills Training (BLAST) for successful societal reintegration.

Choices

Choices is a charity providing professional counselling and compassionate support for women facing struggles in pregnancy, loss, and parenthood.

Connect to Community aims to facilitate connections between individuals and local support services to build a stronger and more supportive community.

Crisis

Crisis is the national charity for people experiencing homelessness, providing direct support and campaigning to end homelessness across England, Scotland, and Wales.

Criminal Cases Review Commission

The CCRC is the independent body that investigates potential miscarriages of justice in England, Wales and Northern Ireland for free.

Criminal Record Support Service

Nacro's Criminal Record Support Service provides advice, information, and guidance on criminal records for individuals and employers, including advocacy and training.

Counselling Directory UK

Counselling Directory UK connects individuals with verified counsellors and therapists, offering resources and guidance for mental health support.

Circles UK

Circles UK is the national body supporting the development, quality, coordination and effectiveness of Circles of Support and Accountability (Circles) to reduce sex offending and build safer commun...

Clinks

Clinks is the national infrastructure charity supporting voluntary organisations working with people in the criminal justice system and their families in England and Wales.

Adfam

Adfam is the leading UK charity supporting families affected by someone else's drinking, drug use, or gambling, offering support, information, and training.

Alcoholics Anonymous

Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) helps individuals with drinking problems through mutual support, providing a helpline, email support, and resources.

Breakthrough

Breakthrough empowers underserved communities through digital skills and AI training, fostering equitable, sustainable futures and bridging the gap between talent and industry.

Centrepoint

Centrepoint supports young homeless people by providing housing, financial, legal, and career advice, and campaigns to end youth homelessness.

Childline

Childline offers free, confidential counselling and support to children and young people in the UK via phone, online chat, email, and message boards.