3.1 Charities Unit 4 Criminology

• Nacro


  • Aim to change lives and build up the communities to avert any criminal activity
  • Aim to subvert stereotypical views of former prisoners
• Nacro


  • Houses over 3,000 tenants in its own properties
  • Provide bail accommodation and support services
• In 2018, over 2,600 people left custody with secure permanent accommodation through Nacro
• In 2018, 4,900 people studied through Nacro's education services
• Nacro


  • Outreach projects to keep young people from reoffending
• Ban the Box campaign


  1. Aims to enable people with convictions to compete for jobs by removing the tick box on criminal convictions that appear unnecessarily on many job application forms

  2. Nacro campaigns change laws and policies affecting ex-offenders
• End Friday Release campaign


  1. Research shows an offender's release day can make a difference to that person's likelihood of reoffending

  2. Those with stable accommodation lined up are 50% less likely to commit further offences

  3. ⅓ leave custody on a Friday- this gives them a few hours to access critical support e.g. finding a bed for the night, registering with a GP and signing up to the jobcentre before services shut for the weekend
• Women in Prison


  • Know that transformational change must and can happen for women who are facing criminalisation
  • Actively strive to be feminist and antiracist- challenging oppressive systems of privilege and celebrating the power and diversity of women
  • Challenging injustices against women in prisons
• Majority of Women in Prison's money comes from events and activities but they also spend the most on charitable activities
• Women in Prison also get funding from government grants (avg. 2.5 million pounds in 2023)
• Women in Prison


  • They produce a magazine that is distributed nationally across women's prison estates and communities- providing information, support and advice while also giving a platform to voices of women in prisons that educates people on the outside
  • Provide opportunities for women to be heard- believe in the power of the creative arts as a therapeutic tool
• Women in Prison


  They organise the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Women in contact with the justice system (APPG)- helps to influence politicians and put forward suggestions for change in the system