Aldates Community Transformation Initiatives (360G-ocf-a06G000000MUXJV)
Three community meals, that attempt to convey that each guest is important and valuable
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Grant Details
Amount Applied For | 975 |
Amount Awarded | 975 |
Amount Disbursed | 975 |
Award Date | 2013-04-17T00:00:00+00:00 |
Beneficiary Location: Country Code | GB |
Beneficiary Location: Geographic Code | Oxford 008A |
Beneficiary Location: Geographic Code Type | LSOA |
Beneficiary Location: Name | City Centre, with wide reach OX1 1BP |
Funding Org: Department | Red Nose Day Community Cash |
Grant Programme: Title | 2013-03-01T00:00:00+00:00 |
Planned Dates: End Date | 2013-12-31T00:00:00+00:00 |
Planned Dates: Start Date | 2013-09-01T00:00:00+00:00 |
Recipient Org: Charity Number | 1143136 |
Recipient Org: City | Oxford |
Recipient Org: Company Number | 7279350 |
Recipient Org: Description | Aldates Community Transformation Initiatives (ACT!) aims to prevent ex-offenders from re-offending. We achieve this through a series of objectives: - Providing supported housing to ex-offenders who would otherwise be homeless; - Building a community where ex-offenders and homeless people are welcomed in and given hope; - Encouraging people through mentoring; - Helping people find work; - Helping people access local services. We work intensively with prisoners, ex-offenders and the homeless in the Oxfordshire area connecting with an estimated 300 people every month either in or outside prison. We specialise in “relational rehabilitation”, a significant factor contributing to criminal desistance, as supported by evidence from the National Offender Management Services, amongst others. Our activities in prison are as follows: we have been visiting 3 local prisons (HMPs Bullingdon, Huntercombe and Spring Hill) on a weekly basis for 5 years. In these we run courses, do ward rounds and build relationships with prisoners which are sustainable once they have been released. At Spring Hill prison alone we have over 30 inmates attending our course each week and are now running extra courses due to the high demand. Outside of prison, we provide services in the form of an established community programme. This consists of mentoring, supported housing, weekly community groups, monthly large-scale meals and biannual retreats. We are responsible for 2 two-bedroom properties where we house former offenders or those who would otherwise be homeless. These are currently full so we are providing supported housing to 4 men. We run two weekly group meetings for ex-offenders, the homeless and marginalised attended by approximately 35 people in total. We also run a community meal which feeds over 100 people every month and is a ‘way in’ to our other community work. These are the building blocks of our community. We have found, in keeping with the evidence (including the Ministry of Justice sponsored report "Transforming Rehabilitation"), that the transition for those we meet in prison to life on the outside is extremely difficult. We improve this process and enable people to successfully cross-over from an institutionalised life behind bars to a full life as contributing members of society. |
Recipient Org: Postal Code | OX2 6JU |
Recipient Org: Street Address | 40 Pembroke Street |
Recipient Org: Web Address | http://www.actinitiatives.org |
URL | http://www.actinitiatives.org |