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Community & Social Justice

Community power, civic life, and social justice outcomes.

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4,516 young people reached through 162 gambling harm prevention workshops in 2022-23
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2,114 criminal justice professionals trained across 130+ sessions; original target of 500 exceeded by 1,614
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102 people supported through Paul's Place suicide bereavement service since April 2022; £300,800 National Lottery grant secured
Bet You Can Help programme reached 4,500+ individuals; 92% accreditation rate among RSPH Level 2 Award participants; 98% said training improved their ability to intervene
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2,053 people supported through 49 service teams across 5 local authority areas
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241,871 users accessed 4 digital mental health portals; counselling clients averaged 30% improvement in mental health and wellbeing
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£3.39 social value generated for every £1 spent; 135 volunteers involved; 98% of people felt treated with respect and their views were heard
96% of people agreed they were supported with compassion and care; 99% agreed they had better understanding of their mental health as a result of support
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5,386 people supported across all services in 2024-25
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2,100+ people received independent advocacy support; 935 received specialist mental health advice and information
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527 people received employment advice and support; 22 volunteers gave 764 hours; £29,221 raised through fundraising and donations
100% of Mental Health Advice clients reported increased knowledge; 98% of West Sussex Community Advocacy clients satisfied with service; 100% of Employment Advice clients found the service useful
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35,325 people supported in 2024/25 — 3,000 more than the previous year and the charity's highest ever reach — across 74 contracted services in...
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Continuity of care rate from prison to community treatment increased by 50% following the launch of a new working group, with 69% of Forward...
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550+ Naloxone take-home kits distributed across 5 Surrey prisons; 77% of clients completing counselling showing a noticeable decrease in depression and 83% a decrease...
One-to-one counselling for women in 3 Surrey prisons (HMP Send, Downview, Bronzefield) received 200+ referrals and 800+ hours of delivery, with 77% of completers showing measurable reduction in depression and 83% in anxiety — recognised with a Forward Trust Impact and Innovation Award and praised by HM Inspectorate of Prisons
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5,129 families worked with directly through 21,774 sessions of support across 5 counties — a 7% increase in direct work despite a 20% reduction...
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66,279 prison visitors welcomed across 8 prison visit centres over 1,554 visit sessions — a 10% increase — supporting families to maintain ties with...
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89% of people reported feeling safer, 84% felt emotionally healthier, and 86% felt more able to deal with life's challenges after accessing Ormiston Families...
89% of service users reported feeling safer, 84% emotionally healthier and 86% more resilient after working with Ormiston Families — achieved across 5,129 families and 21,774 sessions, despite a 20% income reduction, by strengthening partnerships, improving back-office systems and expanding the Mpower service into Peterborough and a new statutory commissioning model in Norfolk
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5,012 people in prison received the quarterly peer-support newsletter in 2024, alongside 1,669 prison staff across 196 establishments in 4 prison systems
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75 prisons ran regular PPT yoga classes in 2024 — a 33% increase on 58 in 2023 — with 96 accredited teachers active or...
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2,143 prisoners received free resource packs via 13 volunteer mentors writing 47 letters per month; a further 536 received one-to-one written mentoring support
Of 40 participants in Mindful Yoga courses at 2 women's prisons, 84% experienced meaningful improvement in mental wellbeing (measured using the validated Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Wellbeing Scale), with the proportion reporting low mental wellbeing falling from 69% to 5% and high mental wellbeing rising from 0% to 18%
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11,380 learners engaged with reading and/or numeracy programmes in 2025, across 57 contracted prisons plus additional non-contracted settings
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4,841 Turning Pages reading manuals and 2,833 Count Me In numeracy manuals completed; 1,980 new mentors trained and 1,300+ accredited via AQA Level One...
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Total income of £3,571,583 in 2025, up from £2,468,002 in 2023, with contract income of £2,233,988 and trust/foundation grants of £1,053,289
Over 1,300 prison mentors accredited via a bespoke AQA Level One in Teaching Reading across 78 prisons — recognising the skills developed by people in prison as they teach others to read, enhancing their employability on release and providing concrete evidence of learning progression for the first time in Shannon Trust's history
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140,000+ prisoners reached by Unlocked participants and Ambassadors since 2017, across 38 prisons in England and Wales
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Retention for Unlocked participants is 17 percentage points higher than standard entry route after two years, with over 85% of the 2023 cohort still...
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Independent analysis estimates £59 saved for society over five years for every £1 invested in the Unlocked Graduates programme
75% of all programme graduates continue to work towards breaking cycles of reoffending in their primary role, with nearly 40% promoted to a frontline leadership role — demonstrating sustained, career-long commitment to prison reform beyond the two-year programme