ACTION TRUST PARTNERS
Action Trust is an innovative collaboration between Action Homeless Leicester, HMPS Glen Parva YOI, Apex Works and the TREES Group to reduce re-offending and homelessness by providing training and employment opportunities to ex-offenders.
www.actiontrust.co.uk
Action Homeless
Action Homeless is a Leicester based charity dedicated to tackling the causes and consequences of homelessness.
Founded in the early Seventies with the help of Leicester City Council, it opened 2 housing projects providing accommodation for 22 homeless men.
By the end of the 1980s, Action Homeless had formally registered as a charity and company limited by guarantee. There then followed a period of major expansion in the charity’s housing and support services for homeless people in the city.
In 1997, Action Homeless took over the management of Bridge House, this enabled the charity to be able to support women and children escaping domestic violence.
Working in partnership with Leicester City Council and other local agencies, Action Homeless opened a new specialist housing support project for homeless people with alcohol problems in August 2009.
Action Homeless operates a resettlement service to help clients move from supported accommodation to independent living. The service also supports clients to take up a range of learning, training and work-based opportunities to assist their movement into employment.
www.actionhomeless.org.uk
HMP YOI and RC Glen Parva
HMP Glen Parva is the largest prison of its type in Europe accommodating up to 808 young men aged between 18 and 21 years of age. We service approximately 100 Courts and take prisoners from the East Midlands, London and the Home Counties, East Anglia and the West Midlands.
We are committed to providing the young men in our charge with the best possible training and educational opportunities to give them the skills they need to re-integrate back into society and to contribute positively to their communities.
We are always striving to develop links with external organisations who can assist our prisoners in obtaining employment and further training upon release.
www.hmprisonservice.gov.uk/Glen Parva
Apex
Apex Works supports people into training and work. We are a charity which helps people, particularly those facing barriers, to raise their aspirations and achieve their potential.
Apex works has been established for over 28 years and is situated in the heart of the East Midlands. We currently have 70 staff and a pool of volunteers, many of whom are located at Apex House in Leicester City Centre. Over 3,000 people aged from 14-65 years old access our services each year from all the surrounding areas.
Our services include information, advice and guidance about getting training and jobs to anyone either currently working or unemployed, we also deliver training courses at Apex House and help people with job hunting, interview skills and ongoing support when they get into employment.
We offer a number of services to employers including training and skills development for staff and a full recruitment service.
We work with a variety of regional and national partners to deliver a comprehensive range of services including local authorities, schools and education establishments, training and careers organisations, prison services, and employers.
www.apex-works.co.uk