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Offenders & Family Support

Agencies providing advice, support and information

Aftermath: 0114 275 3883, www.aftermathuk.org.uk - Offering support and befriending to families of serious offenders.

Jobcheck: 0870 608 4567, www.apextrust.com - Helpline for ex offenders, prisoners, probation staff and employers. Cover a range of issues that affect ex-offenders seeking employment including when a conviction becomes spent, how to find local sources for help, information about the Criminal records Bureau and how to disclose a criminal record to an employer.

Langley House Trust: 01993 774075, www.langleyhousetrust.org - To spread and sustain Christianity among men and women who are ex-offenders or who have been or who are at risk of committing a criminal offence. Provides resettlement support for ex offenders working towards crime free independence and reintegration into society. Residential projects including drug rehabilitation centres, women’s projects and a new homeless project, along with associated move on facilities and floating support services, provide a range of supported accommodation and are able to work with those who are hard to place and who have special needs.

Nacro-Resettlement Plus Helpline: 020 7840 6464, www.nacro.org.uk - Information and advice for prisoners, ex-offenders, their families and friends. Freephone number for ex-offenders and their families and friends only on 0800 0181 259.

Out-Side-In: 01689 835566 - Helpline for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transsexual and transvestite prisoners. Information, counseling, advocacy and support. Penpal service. Pastoral visits from a chaplain, advice to families and partners of inmates.

Partners of Prisoners and Families Support Group: 0161 702 1000, www.partnersofprisoners.co.uk - Range of services for families, partners and friends of someone in prison. Provide casework support, access to welfare rights, debt counseling, advice on accommodation, the prison system and financial assistance for prison visiting.

Prison Advice & Care Trust: 020 7582 1313, www.prisonadvice.org.uk -Advice, information and support to the families of prisoners, prisoners and ex prisoners.

Prisoners Abroad: 0808 172 0098, www.prisonerabroad.org.uk - Support for British nationals in prison outside the UK, and their families. Financial and practical assistance.

Prisoners’ Families and friends Service: 0808 808 3444, www.prisonersfamiliesandfriends.org.uk - Advice and information for prisoners friends and relatives. Volunteer befriending service for prisoners’ families in some area of Inner London

Prisoners’ Families Helpline: 0808 808 2003, www.prisonersfamilieshelpline.org.uk - Information, support and a listening ear for anyone who is affected by the imprisonment of a close family member or friend. Can link callers with services and local support groups n their area.

Prison Fellowship England and Wales: 01621 843232, www.prisonfellowship.org.uk - Supporting, through 160 local groups, prisoners, ex offenders and families. Run programmes intending to change prisoners behaviour and attitudes, work outside prison with released offenders and prisoners families including practical support for those families.

Revolving Doors Agency: 020 7253 4038, www.revolving-doors.co.uk - Provide support to people with mental health problems through work with the police and criminal justice system.

Scottish Prisoners Families Helpline: 0500 839383, www.familiesoutside.org.uk - Helpline for families affected by imprisonment.

SHARP (Support, Help & Advice for Relatives & Friends of Prisoners: 01743 245365, www.s-h-a-r-p.org.uk - Advice, support and befriending for relatives and friends of people serving or about to serve a prison sentence.  Can accompany people to court and occasionally on prison visits.

SOVA: 020 7793 0404, www.sova.org.uk - Promote community involvement in the care and resettlement of offenders and young people at risk.

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