18 Feb 2019
The Forward Trust’s volunteers meet Russell Brand at his recent mentorship event
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Our Impact
The original ‘Rapt’ 12 step treatment programme, showed a 65% reduction in the volume of crime committed by programme graduates, compared to a comparison group completing less intensive programmes.
For every 100 people completing Forward's 'Rapt' programmes an estimated £6.3 million is saved through reduced crime and re sentencing costs
The 'Blue Sky' employment model reduces re-offending by up to 23%
What we Do
We are The Forward Trust (formerly RAPt and Blue Sky), the social business with charitable status that empowers people to break the often interlinked cycles of crime and addiction to move forward with their lives. For more than 25 years we have been working with people to build positive and productive lives, whatever their past.
We believe that anyone is capable of lasting change. Our services have supported thousands of people to make positive changes and build productive lives with a job, family, friends and a sense of community.
Prison Services
Community Services
Employment Services
Family Work
After Care
Housing Services
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It is encouraging to learn how organisations like Forward are offering specialist support to help people break the cycle of addiction and look forward to a positive life.
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- HRH, the Duchess of Cambridge on visiting HMP Send
Latest News and Stories
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We have a new opportunity for a Commercial & Enterprise Manager to manage the delivery of the Forward #Enterprise Fund & commercial growth of Blue Sky Services, which both create employment opportunities for ex-offenders & people in recovery. To apply: https://buff.ly/2XeksQL pic.twitter.com/gETJfHidwU
Regulations on the provision of #naloxone have now been widened to increase nasal naloxone https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/widening-the-availability-of-naloxone/widening-the-availability-of-naloxone … If given a choice, 14% of our service users would choose to use nasal naloxone in the event of an #overdose so these regs may encourage more SUs to accept naloxone pic.twitter.com/yAIwhwwXDL
Our #MondayMotivation is the amazing Vimbai Dzimwasha who will be running the Vitality #BigHalf as part of #TeamBreakTheCycle who are dedicated to helping individuals and their families to break the cycle of crime and addiction : https://buff.ly/2tlEhaI #MovedbyLondon pic.twitter.com/J1wp74os2h
Hearing from service users is always inspiring, especially when they are doing so well. Here is a letter a service user wrote to her children, which shows how our interventions enable parents to re-build and maintain relationships with her children. #COAWeek2019 pic.twitter.com/1SV9RsLey4
Make a difference to the lives of ex-offenders and people with drug and alcohol issues by #volunteering with us. We have opportunities in our prison and community projects, and at our Head Office. To apply: https://buff.ly/2ssD8ht pic.twitter.com/IG25Wblv88
18 Jan 2019
Pulse 5: Involving service users and stakeholders as equal partners in the Forward East Kent Substance Misuse Service
This issue of Pulse focuses on how we involved service users and stakeholders as equal partners in the design of Forward’s East Kent Substance Misuse Service.
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