Other organisations offering practical help and advice and relevant institutions, policy and grants.

Young people
Crime, prison and resettlement
Criminal justice policy and institutions
Funding organisations

Young people

Child Maintenance Options

At Child Maintenance Options, we provide impartial information and support to help both parents make informed choices about child maintenance. The fact that we're impartial means we are here to help both parents and we aren't biased towards any one way of arranging child maintenance. Our service is also available to family, friends, guardians or concerned professionals in England, Wales and Scotland.
cmoptions.org

Lifetracks

Lifetracks.com helps you take your next step in learning, training and work. It’s crammed full of useful articles, videos, features and a free question and answer service, all aimed at helping you make informed choices about your future.
lifetracks.com

Mencap

The leading UK charity for people with a learning disability and their families.
www.mencap.org.uk

SLAMbassadors UK

SLAMbassadors UK, the Poetry Society’s pioneering performance poetry championship, is open to all 12-18 year olds living in the UK. It encourages young people to reclaim their voices, edit them and amplify them to the nation.
http://slam.poetrysociety.org.uk/

YoungMinds

We provide a telephone helpline service to parents with a concern about their child's emotional problems or behaviour. If you're a worried parent, call us at the YoungMinds Parents Helpline on 0808 802 5544. Our opening hours are 9.30am-4pm Monday-Friday. Calls from landlines and mobiles are free.
youngminds.org.uk

TheSite.org

YouthNet is a charity which specialises in using new technologies to inspire, support and engage with young people across the UK. YouthNet runs TheSite.org, a complete guide to life for 16 to 24 year-olds
thesite.org

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Crime, prison and resettlement

Action for Prisoners’ Families

Offers a free confidential helpline for anyone who is affected by the imprisonment of a close family member or friend.
prisonersfamilies.org.uk

Citizens Advice

Helping people resolve their legal, money and other problems by providing free information and confidential advice.
citizensadvice.org.uk

Crimestoppers

An independent charity helping to find criminals and help solve crimes. We have an anonymous phone number, 0800 555 111, that people can call to pass on information about crime; alternatively people can send us information anonymously via our website using our secure online form. Callers don't have to give their name or any personal information and calls cannot be traced.
Tell us what you know, not who you are.
crimestoppers-uk.org

Clinks’ Working with Offenders Directory

An online database of voluntary and community organisations working with current offenders and their families.
workingwithoffenders.org

Directgov

Easy access to the public services you use and the information you need, delivered by the UK government.
direct.gov.uk

Drugs Prevention Advisory Service

Home Office site dedicated to drug prevention, with links, articles and publications.
drugs.gov.uk

Hardman Trust

Working to help offenders re-integrate into society.
hardmantrust.org.uk

HM Prison Service

For information about Prisons in England and Wales, prison life, family support and advice, job vacancies and resources.
hmprisonservice.gov.uk

Homeless Link

Homeless Link is the national membership organisation for frontline homelessness agencies in England. Our mission is to be a catalyst that will help to bring an end to homelessness.
homeless.org.uk

Moneymadeclear

From the Financial Services Authority. We cut out the jargon and give you just the facts about financial products and services, helping you to make an informed decision.
moneymadeclear.fsa.gov.uk

Prisoners Education Trust

Provides learning opportunities for offenders in custody, and promotes to the importance of offender education.
prisonerseducation.org.uk

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.
lemosandcrane.co.uk/prisoneractionnet

Shelter

Shelter produces on-line housing advice for prisoners and ex-offenders. Get advice on issues including keeping a home when in prison, eviction, housing benefit, where to get help, money on release and more. Find links to practical resources such as housing benefit claim forms for offenders at all stages of the criminal justice system.
shelter.org.uk

The Spike

A blog providing support to outreach workers and thier colleagues who work with rough sleepers.
thespike2010.blogspot.com

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.
unlock.org.uk

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Criminal justice policy and institutions

Assessment and Qualifications Alliance (AQA)

We are the largest of the three English exam boards. AQA has a leading reputation for promoting education for the public benefit and draws on long experience of setting and marking public exams such as GCSEs, A-levels and other qualifications. We also offer first class support for teachers and learners.
aqa.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.
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.
clinks.org

International Journal of Prisoner Health

A forum for an interdisciplinary approach to prisoners' health. Its purpose is to facilitate an exchange of information and good practice among experts in the field from a range of different cultural interpretations and perspectives.
informaworld.com/tijp

Hertsdirect

The Hertfordshire County Council website. As well as information about the County Council it provides access to a wide range of information and advice about other public services, and details of voluntary and charity groups locally and nationally.
hertsdirect.org

Ministry of Justice

The Ministry of Justice is responsible for the courts, prisons, probation, criminal law and sentencing.
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.
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.
cjp.org.uk/news/government-and-its-institutions/office-for-criminal-justice-reform

Prisons.org.uk

The definitive independent guide to informed coverage of the penal system of England and Wales.
prisons.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.
thegriffinssociety.org

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.
yjb.gov.uk

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Funding organisations

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