Health

The mission of Change Grow Live is to help people change the direction of their lives, grow as individuals, and live life to its full potential. The vision they're working towards is to develop, deliver and share a whole person approach that changes society.

First Tier provides trauma-informed support to survivors of sexual abuse, childhood abuse and complex trauma who are experiencing struggles with their mental health and/or have learning support needs.

Glasgow Council on Alcohol offer alcohol counselling, group work and deliver Alcohol Brief Interventions in Glasgow and surrounding areas. They offer introductory to advanced level training courses.

Heavy Sound transforms the lives of vulnerable and disengaged young people and adults across East Lothian, Midlothian and Edinburgh. They work with young people to improve their health, wellbeing and capability by teaching them new skills in music, biking, sports, life skills and mentoring, leading them into positive pathways to future destinations. They work with adults involved in the criminal justice system in HMP Edinburgh and in the community, building relationships and supporting them into services. Their lived experience mentors show people that change is possible.

Nemo Arts is a charity that provides free creative classes for adults, and exists to support people in recovery from poor mental health. Our creative workshops have a focus on mental wellbeing, teaching people coping strategies and developing a greater understanding of their own mental health, where to get support and how to support others.

Release Ayrshire are an online men’s support service that has been set up to help provide confidential support and advice to men of any age who are down, in crisis or simply need to talk. Their volunteers are there to chat about anything that could be troubling you; work frustration, relationship dilemmas, money worries or just general day to day worries.

School of Hard Knocks began with delivery to unemployed adults, and it remains the core of their work today. They are passionate about achieving their mission of empowering people to fully realise their potential and they deliver life-changing eight-week programmes to adults in challenging circumstances.

Scottish Recovery Consortium supports, represents and connects recovery across Scotland. They achieve this by working with recovery in all its forms - from grassroots to government, from individuals to international organisations and they value lived and living experience throughout. They are a small team working nationally across Scotland to develop and provide a variety of offerings including events, training, representation and community development. Scottish Recovery Consortium adopts a rights-based approach and believes in collaborative working.

Scottish Families Affected by Alcohol and Drugs is a national charity that supports anyone affected by someone else's alcohol or drug use in Scotland. They give listening support and information to many people and help them with confidence, communication, general wellbeing, and they link them into local support. They also help people recognise and understand the importance of looking after themselves. When they say family, they mean who you see as your family. It could be your spouse, your parent, your sibling, your partner, your friends, your friend's family, your colleagues, your neighbours, and anyone they may have missed.

Venture Trust use Scotland's outdoors and work in communities to deliver intensive personal development for people, at any stage in their life, struggling with issues such as involvement in the criminal justice system, long term unemployment, recovery from addiction, homelessness or risk of homelessness, isolation, and a history of trauma or harm.

Vox Liminis are an arts and community organisation working within criminal justice, to spark fresh conversations and insights so that our responses to crime, harm and conflict might build or rebuild connections, trust and belonging rather than further divisions.

Fedcap Scotland deliver programmes that give you every chance of getting back into work. They take the time to get to know you and your needs, so they can personalise their approach to support you. Then they'll work with you to put an action plan in place and help you to achieve your goals.

Includem are a Scottish youth support charity that works with young people and families to help them transform their lives. They see a world where every child and young person is respected, valued, and has the opportunity to actively participate in all aspects of society.

Partners in Advocacy help people speak up and be heard, and to make sure that their thoughts and feelings are respected. Partners in Advocacy want to make sure that everyone can be involved in important decisions that affect their lives. Partners in Advocacy's independent advocacy service is completely free and private, and anyone can ask for our help. Partners in Advocacy are an independent charity, not part of any other organisations like social work or the NHS.

The ethos of Sisco's model includes providing opportunities to those most disadvantaged; creating employment and voluntary opportunities within the service. Their approach utilises the knowledge and experience of those previously subject to the criminal justice service.

The Wise Group is a leading social enterprise working to lift people out of poverty. As an enterprise, they build bridges to opportunity for the most vulnerable in our society. Their team does this through mentoring support, employment, skills, and energy advice. Every day they support their customers into jobs, work to lift people out of fuel poverty, and help people coming out of prison to build a better future. Their work is varied, and underlying everything they do is a passion and commitment for social justice and a fairer society for all.

Debt, housing, family, law and courts, immigration, health, work, benefits, disclosure advice

Building a fairer future for people with criminal records. Their mission is to support & advocate for people with criminal records in England and Wales to be able to move on positively in their lives.

A writing group for the benefit of family members (18+) of someone who has experienced "the knock" ("the knock" refers to an arrest for sexual offences involving children).

The Arkbound Foundation is a charity that aims to widen access to literature and improve diversity within publishing. They run projects that empower people from disadvantaged backgrounds and deprived communities to get their voices heard, supporting books with important social and environmental themes. They mentor aspiring authors so that they can produce books that are widely read and which dispel negative stereotypes, whilst seeking to build resilience for the most excluded communities through the power of literature and journalism.

ATSAC (the Association for the Treatment of Sexual Addiction and Compulsivity) is a not-for-profit organisation that provides information and support on sex addiction and compulsivity.