SERVICES AND LINKS
Employment and Criminal Records
Listed below are services offering support with employment and/or holding a criminal record
Please get in touch for further advice, training, and coaching
Employment Provision
A charity that supports people to change their lives for the better.
For people affected by trauma and abuse. Midlands, Yorkshire, North East and West.
Employment support for women in Staffordshire
Career Ready
Preparing young people for the world of work
Community Led Initiatives
Working with criminal justice partners to provide mentoring support
First Step Trust
Creating employment opportunities for disadvantaged people
Jericho Foundation
Delivers individually tailored apprenticeships
Linklaters
A multinational law firm headquartered in London and a Ban the Box employer
Luminary bakery
Offering skills training, paid employment and support
Marks and Starts
A work placement programme for people who face barriers getting into work
Nacro
Designing and delivering services to equip people with skills, advice and support
n-ergy Group
Vocational training and employment support to offenders and ex-offenders
Move - Voluntary Action North Lincolnshire
Helping people into paid work
Overlooked Talent
Ensuring ex-offenders can apply for employment
Helping offenders find work
St. Giles Trust
Helping people facing severe disadvantage to find jobs
The Footprints Project
Offering employment and training prospects
Working Chance
A London-based charity supporting female ex-offenders to find work
Young Women’s Trust – Work It Out
Supporting young women aged 18-30 providing free personalized telephone and online coaching
Unlock
Employers who have a positive attitude towards people with convictions
Criminal Justice Support
Supports women to avoid and exit the criminal justice system
Advance Charity
Divert women from the Criminal Justice System at the earliest opportunity
Liverpool and Knowsley
Manchester
Reading and surrounding area
Nova Training
Supporting ex-offenders and vulnerable young adults aged from 14 to 24 across the West Midlands
Liverpool and other areas in the UK
Lincolnshire Action Trust works
Useful Links
Support to take action for gender equality
Dawn Project
Providing an alternative to custodial sentences for women and reducing the instances of breaching community orders
Survivor advocacy group
Legal change for gender equality
Include
Supports people to reduce offending and create happier, safer communities
National Alliance of Women’s organisations
Working to make gender equality a reality
Help with clothing for job interviews
Remploy
UK's leading disability specialist, transforming lives through sustainable employment
Providing conflict resolution to repair harm and reduce reoffending
Counselling service for women affected by CSE
The Clink
Working to reduce reoffending through the training and rehabilitation of prisoners
For women affected by repeat removals of children from their care
UK Home Office
Women's Centres
Cumbria
North Yorkshire
Lancashire
Surrey
Sussex
Nottingham Women's Centre
Nottingham
Wakefield
York
Oldham
Merseyside
Derby
York and surrounding area
Woking
Sutton
Farida Women's Centre
Oldham