Support for young people involved in crime

The Youth Offending Service:

• Works with those at risk of entering the criminal justice system for the first time. It delivers interventions to try and divert them from offending behaviour.
• Assesses young people who have received a Police or Court disposal. They will design an individual intervention programme to address the issues that have led them to offend.
• Engages with parents and carers to help them support their young person in moving away from offending behaviour.
• Prepares reports for the court to advise on what services are available. They will assist in decisions about sentencing for young people.
• Works with victims of youth crime.

The Family Support Service can help a wide range of people, including those:

• involved with the criminal justice system
• excluded from school or having difficulties engaging with education
• demonstrating risk-taking behaviour
• impacted by substance misuse
• affected by domestic abuse or parental conflict
• affected by poor mental health
• impacted by poor attachments or relationships within the family

The Firewise Scheme is aimed at children and young people (and occasionally adults) who:

• have been involved in firesetting behaviour
• are at risk of becoming involved in firesetting behaviour
• are considered to have an ‘unusual’ or ‘unhealthy’ fascination with fire
• have any other specific issue related to fire or firesetting

Nacro is a national social justice charity. They house, educate, support, advise, and speak out for and with disadvantaged young people and adults.

Trailblazers Mentoring support young people just before they are released from prison and help them once they are released. They run projects in Aylesbury, Brixton, Isis and Brinsford.

They mentor and encourage young offenders to make a positive change and provide them with the tools, support and opportunities they need to continue on their new path when they are released.

YMCA work with prisons and probation services, providing citizenship and training opportunities pre-release.

Reach Every Generation help young people caught up in gang culture to instigate change for a better future, and to empower those working with young people to make a difference.