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Employers and ex-offender support organisations and training providers came together at Brent Civic Centre on Friday (June, 28) to mark Employability Day 2019 and the start of a new programme to help those leaving prison avoid reoffending, by giving them...

The Forward Trust launch a new campaign to show value of employing ex-offenders and people in recovery

Today marks the launch of More Than My Past, a new, ambitious campaign that aims to raise awareness of the potential for ex-offenders and people in recovery from addiction to turn their lives around, including through employment.

National Apprenticeship Week 2019

National Apprenticeship Week 2019 started yesterday and we are excited about the `Blazing a trail’ theme, given that apprentices and employers up and down the country are doing just that.

The Forward Trust, formerly known as RAPt, awarded new contract to deliver community drug and alcohol services in East Kent

The Forward Trust is thrilled to announce it has won a new contract to deliver community substance misuse services in East Kent, in partnership with charities Nacro and ReThink. The service will provide comprehensive substance misuse services for...

Forward launches new service in Hull

The Forward Trust (Formerly known as RAPt) and DISC have today (Friday 24 March 2017) launched a new partnership to offer services for people in Hull who are in recovery from addiction.

Forward Responds to Prison and Courts Bill

The serious commitment to rehabilitation at the centre of the proposed new Prisons and Courts bill is great progress. Our experience at the front line of drug services in prisons shows that for successful rehabilitation more provision of quality, evidence...

Russell Brand launches new employment services for addicts and ex-offenders

"When people work together they can find the connection required to overcome addiction" Forward Patron, Russell Brand

Quiz Night raises more than £15,000

A quiz night held at Barmbyfield Barns in Pocklington has raised more than £15,000 for The Bridges drug and alcohol rehabilitation centre in Hull.

Prison seizures of ‘legal highs’ increased by 30 times in five years

New Government figures revealed today by BBC Breakfast reveal that seizures of New Psychoactive Substances (NPS, such as Spice) in prison have risen by over 30 times in five years (from 136 in 2011 to 4,261 in 2016)

Forward client Re-union

The Forward client re-union took place on 1 October 2016 at the Bloomsbury Central Baptist Church

Russell Brand Donates Trew Era Cafe to Forward

Russell Brand said: "I'm donating this cafe to RAPt - a great charity that helps prisoners stay clean. If I ever get sent down I hope this'll mean I get a cushy job in the library."

The Forward Trust (formerly Blue Sky) wins major charity award for ground-breaking partnership

The Forward Trust has won the Third Sector Business Charity Award for its partnership between its Blue Sky employment and Veolia, one of Europe’s leading environmental service providers. Blue Sky is a social enterprise that breaks the cycle of offending...

HRH The Duchess of Cambridge pays first visit to a prison

HRH, the Duchess of Cambridge, said: "I was reminded today how addictions lie at the heart of so many social issues and how substance misuse can play such destructive role in vulnerable people's lives. I saw again today that a failure to intervene early...

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News and Updates

News and Updates

Employment programme to reduce re-offending in Brent gets underway