Charities

• What are charities independent from?

  Government control
• Whats the aim of charity and pressure groups?

  Promote the interests and welfare of the people they're concerned with, eg. ex offenders
• Whats a charity?


  An organisation that helps those in need.
• Whats a pressure group?

  An organisation that campaigns for change
• What does NACRO stand for?


  National Association for the Care and Resettlement of Offenders
• Whats NACROs aim?


  Change the views towards ex offenders and stereotypical attitudes towards them.
• What does NACRO do?

  1. Offer education
  2. Set up outreach projects to help young people at risk to criminality
  3. Provide resettlement advice
  4. Provides housing for tennants
• How many people did NACRO provide permanent housing to in 2018?

  2.5 thousand people to support them leaving prison
• Whats Ban the Box?


  NACROs campaign to remove the requirement to declare criminal convictions in job applications. As its not always necessary disadvantages ex offenders.
• How is NACRO funded?

  1. Public donations
  2. Government support/ contracts
• How much is NACRO typically funded?

  £50 million a year
• Who does NACRO work with?

  1. Range of ex offenders
  2. Young people at risk to criminality
  3. Disadvantages communtiies
• What campaigns do NACRO have?

  1. Ban the Box
  2. End Friday Releases
• What is the philosophy of Women In Prison?

  “We deliver support for women affected by the criminal justice system in prisons, in the community and through our Women's Centres. We campaign to end the harm caused to women, their families and our communities by imprisonment.”
• What do Women In Prison do?

  1. Produce a magazine to send across women prison estates and community.
  2. Provide information and support
  3. Provide opportunities for women to be heard
• How many activities and projects do NACRO have across England and Wales?

  50
• What are NACROs staff?

  Largely full time staff and many unpaid volunteers