ST GILES TRUST

Future Foundations Bradford

We have developed a rigorous safeguarding framework that informs all our services. This work is overseen by our Safeguarding Panel, and supported by a Staff Recruitment Risk Panel, consultations with NSPCC and regular training for all staff. We have ....more

We have developed a rigorous safeguarding framework that informs all our services. This work is overseen by our Safeguarding Panel, and supported by a Staff Recruitment Risk Panel, consultations with NSPCC and regular training for all staff. We have a robust set of policies and practices covering working with CYP, these policies are reviewed annually, or when policy/practice changes. They are comprised of: • Safeguarding Children and Young People Policy • Safeguarding Clients at Risk Policy • Safer Recruitment Policy • DBS Checks Guidance Policy • Staff Risk Assessment Policy • Managing Allegations Against Staff working with Young People and Children policy • Criminal Records and Self-Disclosure policy Our Safeguarding procedures are led and overseen by our Safeguarding Panel. This is comprised of a Safeguarding Lead, a Deputy Safeguarding Lead, and 8 Designated Safeguarding Officers (DSO). All Panel members hold a management role within our organisation and attend Safeguarding refresher training every two years, or when policy or practice changes. Each member provides safeguarding expertise, and their contact details are made available to all staff via the organisation’s intranet. The Panel is responsible for coordinating all safeguarding activity including responses to safeguarding incidents and reviewing our policies and working procedures.

Hardship Fund

This grant will provide support services for children and young people facing drug-based exploitation. It will help to improve their self-esteem, empower them to make positive decisions, and give them greater ability to seek appropriate help.

£146,725 over three years (£48,492, £48,463, £49,770) to sustain the Peer Circles programme, a tailored advice service supporting 180 of the most vulnerable and stigmatised people to build a better future for themselves.

Community Safety grant from the Environment, Neighbourhoods & Growth department

Community Safety grant from the Environment, Neighbourhoods & Growth department for MOPAC - PRU mentoring

Luton SOS+

Choice Yorkshire - Footsteps Programme

Unrestricted funding

SOS+ Mentoring Programme (Brent River College)

‘Cost of Living uplift: £500 to help projects meet their rising costs and respond to increased demand 31/10/2022’

This grant will empower Black children and young people from Cardiff to deliver Social Action in their community

Towards a project that will work with 40 children and young people per year (80 in total) on the edge of being taken into Local Authority care.

Response & Rescue and Variation (Original MOPAC 130). Cost Ext for FY 2022/23 Funding Allocation

Sector partner grant

Unrestricted funding

St Giles a national social justice charity based in Camberwell with a focus on helping individuals facing multiple and complex disadvantages. Their 'SOS' project employs ex-gang members to support those at risk of gangs in the community and SOS+ is ....more

St Giles a national social justice charity based in Camberwell with a focus on helping individuals facing multiple and complex disadvantages. Their 'SOS' project employs ex-gang members to support those at risk of gangs in the community and SOS+ is an extension of this work in schools. The project aims to de-glamorise gang culture and expose the realities of crime and violence and would create an embedded SOS+ mentor post within Bishop Thomas Grant School. This mentor will work across all years and offer a variety of interventions, including intensive mentoring for those at the greatest risk, shorter group work programmes for those considered medium risk, whole year group assemblies, mediation, trips out and separate parents and teachers awareness-raising events. Issues such as weapons awareness, grooming, county lines, child sexual exploitation, joint enterprise and online safety will be covered with success measured both in terms of lowing the risk of gang involvement/exploitation and improving school engagement.

Community Safety grant from the Environment & Leisure department

Community Safety grant from the Environment & Leisure department for MOPAC - PRU mentoring

Hardship Fund

This project will provide support for children with a parent in prison by providing 1-2-1, family and peer support. This work will reduce social isolation, increase resilience and help towards achieving development milestones.

Girls and Gangs

This funding will enable us to continue working with pupils at Lea Manor School who are at risk of being drawn into criminal activity, supporting them towards positive life choices.

Evaluation of SOS+ programme

Using £497585 over three years St Giles will continue their peer advisor programmes. They will work with 100 Community Champions to identify solutions to help improve their communities. The project will be delivered across Butetown Grangetown and ....more

Using £497585 over three years St Giles will continue their peer advisor programmes. They will work with 100 Community Champions to identify solutions to help improve their communities. The project will be delivered across Butetown Grangetown and Riverside in Cardiff as well as Newport and will help people to gain qualifications employment support and practical support.

Unrestricted funding

Unrestricted funding

to help run preventative sessions on violence, vulnerability and exploitation for pupils in seven Essex schools

Towards a SOS+ Mentor/Facilitator working at Olive Alternative Provision Academy, Stowmarket.

Our Pantry is a food hub with a difference. We will provide weekly, healthy food to hundreds struggling to feed themselves and their families. We will couple healthy food packages with expert advice and personal support from our trained peer ....more

Our Pantry is a food hub with a difference. We will provide weekly, healthy food to hundreds struggling to feed themselves and their families. We will couple healthy food packages with expert advice and personal support from our trained peer advisors ? helping to break the cycle of poverty.

A grant to support disadvantaged children and families in Leeds through short term crisis support in response to COVID-19

Towards a SOS+ crime prevention and intervention programme for children and young people involved in, or at risk of criminal exploitation.

COVID19 - This grant will fund 1-1 and holistic family support to children on the edge of care and care leavers who have been isolated due to Covid-19, this will improve safety, family relationships and reduce criminal activity.

SOS+ Schools Project Coordinator (Lea Manor)

Evaluation of SOS+ programme

Unrestricted funding

COVID19 - This grant will fund activity packs and personal support for young people exploited by County Lines gangs and are further isolated by the Covid-19 pandemic to continue to improve their confidence and make more informed life choices.

St Giles Trust Peer Hubs provide support people with multiple complex needs closer to and into employment. They do this by training up peer advisors who then go on to use their lived experience to support others in a similar position. The project is ....more

St Giles Trust Peer Hubs provide support people with multiple complex needs closer to and into employment. They do this by training up peer advisors who then go on to use their lived experience to support others in a similar position. The project is looking for funding to support the adaptation of the work they do to an online platform including both equipment and training required to enable their peer advisors to continue.

Community Safety grant from the Environment & Leisure department

Community Safety grant from the Environment & Leisure department for MOPAC - PRU mentoring

COVID-19 community grants wave 2 grant from the Finance & Governance department

To move claimants either into work or closer to work.

The Prime Minister has publicly expressed his commitment to roll up county lines and in October 2019 the Home Secretary announced a new package of measures to disrupt the county lines model, underpinned by £20m of investment. This included a ....more

The Prime Minister has publicly expressed his commitment to roll up county lines and in October 2019 the Home Secretary announced a new package of measures to disrupt the county lines model, underpinned by £20m of investment. This included a commitment to expand specialist supportto help young people and their families exit their involvement in county lines.This grant funding is part of the Home Secretarys commitment and will deliver one-to-one specialist support in FY 2020/21 to highly vulnerable young people and families, to help them safely exit county lines involvement.The project will be focused predominantly in three locations (London, West Midlands and Merseyside) which have the highest number of exporting county lines and where operational pilots are already ongoing and identifying young people in need of support.Support will be delivered flexibly in light of current COVID19 restrictions with an initial focus on phone/digital contact with clients (particularly families where young people are reluctant to engage but families are very keen to do so) during lockdown, moving to a face-to-face support model when lockdown is loosened/lifted

The St Giles Trust SOS Project works to support gang affected individuals or those at risk of violence and criminal exploitation, who want to move away from that lifestyle into mainstream work and training opportunities.

Unrestricted funding

St Giles Trust will provide a six-week intensive programme to high risk young people identified as being at an increased risk of vulnerability, exploitation and violence. The structured programme focuses on building confidence and life skills, ....more

St Giles Trust will provide a six-week intensive programme to high risk young people identified as being at an increased risk of vulnerability, exploitation and violence. The structured programme focuses on building confidence and life skills, assisting them in creating a more positive future.

This grant will support continuation of the SOS County Lines service for a period of 12 months, from 1 April 2019 31 March 2020, at an amount of £202,350.This will include costs such as for senior management of the service, caseworkers, a trainee ....more

This grant will support continuation of the SOS County Lines service for a period of 12 months, from 1 April 2019 31 March 2020, at an amount of £202,350.This will include costs such as for senior management of the service, caseworkers, a trainee coordinator and NVQ qualifications.The grant will mean the service can continue to provide casework support to vulnerable young people affected by county lines. This will allow us to build on evaluation conducted previously regarding operation of the service to produce a more robust evaluation and will contribute to longer term monitoring of county lines trends. We also see this as a vital proof of concept for developing a wider national support service for victims of county lines.This will be reviewed on a regular basis through bi-monthly monitoring meetings with the provider and through the submission of mid year reporting by the provider to set out progress.

The fund was set up in 2017/18 to support community projects which reduce knife crime and have a positive impact on young people at risk of carrying a knife and committing crime. The fund was open to voluntary and community sector groups and the ....more

The fund was set up in 2017/18 to support community projects which reduce knife crime and have a positive impact on young people at risk of carrying a knife and committing crime. The fund was open to voluntary and community sector groups and the Home Office made up to £800,000 available in 2017 to 2018.A second round of the fund was announced in the Serious Violence Strategy, launched by the Home Secretary on 9 April 2018.In 2018/19 were are increasing this fund to £1.56 million pound for 68 projects.

To address the distinct needs of young adults and improve approaches to their management and rehabilitation. 

Community Safety grant from the Housing & Modernisation department

The purpose of the Tampon Tax Fund is to allocate the funds generated from the VAT on sanitary products to projects that improve the lives of disadvantaged women and girls.

Towards the St Giles trust Prevention and Intervention Service.

Peer Advisor Hubs

The women who will access Peer to Peer have multiple, complex needs, drug and alcohol misuse, mental health issues and a history of offending. They often have a long history of poor engagement with statutory services and due to their numerous ....more

The women who will access Peer to Peer have multiple, complex needs, drug and alcohol misuse, mental health issues and a history of offending. They often have a long history of poor engagement with statutory services and due to their numerous barriers are not ready to engage in mainstream services. Our key objective is to build the confidence of women enabling them to improve their engagement with mainstream and statutory services allowing them access the support they often so desperately need. This will also increase engagement with any statutory requirements such as probation licence conditions or social services child protection plans allowing the women to make positive steps in breaking cycles of offending. We also expect to see the following outcomes as a result of attendance at Peer to Peer group sessions: - Skills Development: through participation in activities and discussions women will improve their team work and communication skills, time management, managing boundaries, listening and presentation skills all of which are transferable and will benefit them in other aspects of their lives. - Improve Health and Wellbeing - nutrition and yoga/mindfulness activities will increase understanding of healthy eating and looking after your self, physically and emotionally. Women will feel better able to seek support and advice for their health and will have improved self esteem leading to women respecting their health and their bodies. - Improved networks - as a result of the peer to peer support women will build a positive support network and increase their understanding of healthy and positive relationships. As a result of guest speakers from local services women will also increase their support network via accessing other services. Ultimately, women will improve their confidence leading to a belief in themselves and the possibility of a positive future.

Unrestricted funding

Working with young people to develop their office into a space they want to access

Working with young people to develop their office into a space they want to access

Be WISE will deliver credible, consistent and holistic work with the young people to address their specific needs, building on a small pilot service. Working alongside employment services, St Giles Trust’s London SOS gang exit/youth violence ....more

Be WISE will deliver credible, consistent and holistic work with the young people to address their specific needs, building on a small pilot service. Working alongside employment services, St Giles Trust’s London SOS gang exit/youth violence service and wide range of established partners, it will enable young people to make progress in education, training and employment and build a positive crime free future.

With your help, we will help 50 of the most disadvantaged people in society for 12 months, transforming their lives.

This project will support children with a parent in prison through 1-2-1 and family support. This will result in reduced social isolation, improved ability to express their emotions, and a happier home.

Towards training and mentoring young people coming out of Pupil Referral Units and a 2 week voluntary placement.

The fund was set up in 2017/18 to support community projects which reduce knife crime and have a positive impact on young people at risk of carrying a knife and committing crime. The fund was open to voluntary and community sector groups and the ....more

The fund was set up in 2017/18 to support community projects which reduce knife crime and have a positive impact on young people at risk of carrying a knife and committing crime. The fund was open to voluntary and community sector groups and the Home Office made up to £800,000 available in 2017 to 2018.A second round of the fund was announced in the Serious Violence Strategy, launched by the Home Secretary on 9 April 2018.In 2018/19 were are increasing this fund to £1.56 million pound for 68 projects.

To address the distinct needs of young adults and improve approaches to their management and rehabilitation. 

The funding is for a specialist Career Coach addressing the issues of low pay and poor quality jobs, as they impact on people with criminal convictions, a group that experiences significant labour market disadvantage. The project will pilot ....more

The funding is for a specialist Career Coach addressing the issues of low pay and poor quality jobs, as they impact on people with criminal convictions, a group that experiences significant labour market disadvantage. The project will pilot effective support for individuals and employers and share learning with wider stakeholders.

purchase of new boiler for a charity which works with prisoners and ex-offenders in South London

Community Safety grant from the Housing & Modernisation department

As part of the Ending Gang Violence and Exploitation programme the Home Office will provide funding to ST GILES TRUST of up to £46,502.The grant will support continuation of the SOS County Lines service for a maximum period of 6 months, from 1 ....more

As part of the Ending Gang Violence and Exploitation programme the Home Office will provide funding to ST GILES TRUST of up to £46,502.The grant will support continuation of the SOS County Lines service for a maximum period of 6 months, from 1 April 30 September 2018, of £46,502. This funding is to enable St Giles Trust to appropriately close the existing cases of 26 young people, and will not be used to support any new clients in Kent.This will be reviewed on a regular basis through monthly monitoring meetings with the provider.

The purpose of the Tampon Tax Fund is to allocate the funds generated from the VAT on sanitary products to projects that improve the lives of disadvantaged women and girls.

The project will provide Peer Advisor training to people from across South Wales who have faced significant disadvantage. Beneficiaries will receive training, including a 12 week module ‘Learning to Advise’ course, one to one support for ....more

The project will provide Peer Advisor training to people from across South Wales who have faced significant disadvantage. Beneficiaries will receive training, including a 12 week module ‘Learning to Advise’ course, one to one support for learners, supported volunteer placements, IT skills, professional development workshops and employment/job search training. The grant, over three years, will fund three Trainer/Assessor roles, recruitment, training, monitoring and evaluation, and overheads.

To deliver an individualised intervention service working with 16 young people over a 12 month period.

The fund has been set up to support community projects which reduce knife crime and have a positive impact on young people at risk of carrying a knife and committing crime. Bids have been assessed on the extent to which they provide value for money ....more

The fund has been set up to support community projects which reduce knife crime and have a positive impact on young people at risk of carrying a knife and committing crime. Bids have been assessed on the extent to which they provide value for money and demonstrate, based on their understanding of knife crime in the local area, that they will achieve at least one of the following key aims:Â? Prevent young people from becoming involved in carrying a knifeÂ? Respond to knife crime in our communitiesÂ? Improve support for knife crime offenders and offer an effective exit strategyÂ? Increase reporting of knife carryingÂ? Help young people to deal with conflict without resorting to violenceÂ? Support the siblings of young people involved in or at risk of involvement in knife violenceÂ? Build our understanding of the drivers behind knife crimeÂ? Build our understanding of how to prevent young people from carrying knives

To develop new models/interventions that can be effective in promoting inclusion, positive engagement and optimal rehabilitation of Muslim prisoners.

To support the delivery of a pilot project to support young men in HMP/YOI Brinsford who may be at risk of gang involvement and radicalisation.

This grant would provide Ending Gang Violence and Exploitation (EGVE) support to St Giles Trust working in partnership with Missing People for 9 months in FY2017/18 for:?SOS County Lines ? casework support for up to 20 young, vulnerable drug mules ....more

This grant would provide Ending Gang Violence and Exploitation (EGVE) support to St Giles Trust working in partnership with Missing People for 9 months in FY2017/18 for:?SOS County Lines ? casework support for up to 20 young, vulnerable drug mules plus evaluation. Workers will engage with young people caught up in county lines, ideally at the point of arrest, using this ?teachable? moment to offer the SOS Gang Exit service, linking them back into services in their originating area.?SOS Lifeline ? scoping the need for a dedicated 24/7 free helpline for young people being used as drug carriers, to get a message home or get help whilst away from home?OwnFone ? piloting OwnFones for children identified as involved in county lines; these discreet units are pre-programmed with numbers for safe people / agencies?Safecall ?contacting young people to assess risk and offer intervention after a young person returns from being missing while being used as a drug mule?Evaluation of individual elements and the package of support as a whole.These linked projects will work in the areas of London and Kent, between which there run a number of documented county lines. The package is designed to be a proof of concept to gather evidence on how VCS support services can work with statutory providers to address the county lines issue, and includes options for geographical expansion.The projects will be reviewed on a regular basis through monthly monitoring meetings with the provider, evaluation by an external party, and direct feedback from partners and young people engaged through the projects.

Community Safety grant from the Childrens & Adults Services department

This Ipswich-based project supports offenders and ex-offenders whose convictions are holding them back from moving into employment. Peer mentoring, specialist advice and training will increase skills, confidence and employability, whilst reducing ....more

This Ipswich-based project supports offenders and ex-offenders whose convictions are holding them back from moving into employment. Peer mentoring, specialist advice and training will increase skills, confidence and employability, whilst reducing the likelihood of re-offending. Qualified peer advisors, the majority of whom will be ex-offenders previously engaged in the programme, are engaged in the project to offer advice, knowledge and understanding gained from their lived-experience.

This project will provide support services for children and young people facing drug-based exploitation. They will reduce their involvement with illegal activities, have improved family relationships, and have greater access to safe spaces.

To Produce Easy Read Materials For Prisoners

To build the confidence and self-worth of vulnerable young women and girls in Lambeth by empowering them to become valuable members of the community able to take ownership of their futures, reject negative coercion and expect respect.

The Peer Circles project aims to provide support and activities for people with complex needs and those who are severely and multiply disadvantaged (SMD), supporting them towards having improved job prospects or progressing into sustainable ....more

The Peer Circles project aims to provide support and activities for people with complex needs and those who are severely and multiply disadvantaged (SMD), supporting them towards having improved job prospects or progressing into sustainable employment. The project will be delivered across the Central and South London LEP area by a voluntary sector partnership led by St Giles Trust.

£150,270 over three years (£44,470, £52,100, £53,700) for the salary of the f/t WIRE Complex Needs Support Worker and associated project costs.

The Peer Hub London project will train ex-service users as peer advisors and reach out to other agencies about the benefits gained from having the support of someone who has been there. Simultaneously they will work to complete QCF Advice and ....more

The Peer Hub London project will train ex-service users as peer advisors and reach out to other agencies about the benefits gained from having the support of someone who has been there. Simultaneously they will work to complete QCF Advice and Guidance qualification to help gain paid work. Beneficiaries will be people who have faced significant disadvantage such as homelessness, offending, mental health, substance use, troubled families and those who have used relevant services.

The funding will be used to develop partnership costs for research and participation in design meetings to support the relief of poverty, sickness and distress amongst persons who are in need, focus groups and consultations focusing on specific ....more

The funding will be used to develop partnership costs for research and participation in design meetings to support the relief of poverty, sickness and distress amongst persons who are in need, focus groups and consultations focusing on specific requirements customised to individuals; specific needs, venue hire, participant travel, premises costs and overall contribution to overheads, staff and salary costs.

Peer support by creating peer teaching assistants to motivate prisoners to engage in education programmes

Community Safety grant from the Childrens & Adults Services department

Over 2000 violent crimes a year are committed by gangs in London. Many factors can lead to young people becoming involved with gangs including poverty, domestic violence and family issues. Research recommends a 'whole family' intervention which ....more

Over 2000 violent crimes a year are committed by gangs in London. Many factors can lead to young people becoming involved with gangs including poverty, domestic violence and family issues. Research recommends a 'whole family' intervention which addresses these inter-linked issues with a multi-agency approach. St Giles Trust will improve the safety of 60 families who are vulnerable to gang-related crime. Trained ex-offenders who have turned their lives around will ensure that young people are given the tools and support they need to be safe, and their families will be supported to overcome foundational issues.

This project will develop their existing services for a further three years to support unemployed ex-offenders, help to improve their employability and move closer to and into employment.

This builds on existing work to develop the knowledge and employability skills of ex-service users in West Yorkshire. The project will recruit and train 120 support service users, including ex-offenders, to become qualified Peer Advisors. ....more

This builds on existing work to develop the knowledge and employability skills of ex-service users in West Yorkshire. The project will recruit and train 120 support service users, including ex-offenders, to become qualified Peer Advisors. Recruitment will be targeted at agencies of volunteers who have multiple needs and face challenging barriers to employment including people with few or no qualifications, long term unemployment, disability or health problems and those from ethnic minority communities. 

The group will use the funding to provide mindfulness and yoga sessions for ex-offenders, young offenders, victims of domestic violence and people who are homeless. This will engage beneficiaries in activities designed to improve their overall ....more

The group will use the funding to provide mindfulness and yoga sessions for ex-offenders, young offenders, victims of domestic violence and people who are homeless. This will engage beneficiaries in activities designed to improve their overall mental health and wellbeing enabling them to integrate into society.

This expansion project will enable the establishment of a dedicated training and employment hub for ex-offenders in Ipswich who have previously found it difficult to get a job. This expansion project will offer support through peer mentoring, ....more

This expansion project will enable the establishment of a dedicated training and employment hub for ex-offenders in Ipswich who have previously found it difficult to get a job. This expansion project will offer support through peer mentoring, specialist employment advice and training with the opportunity to gain accredited qualifications. The service will be open to anyone in the area with a criminal record, not just those newly released from prison - which was not always the case in previous projects.

St Giles Trust Hackney Service

The development of a successful project for St Giles Trust (SGT), which will support ex-offenders with volunteer placements and work experience related to the NVQ Level 3 they have obtained as Peer Advisors during their detention in prison. Through ....more

The development of a successful project for St Giles Trust (SGT), which will support ex-offenders with volunteer placements and work experience related to the NVQ Level 3 they have obtained as Peer Advisors during their detention in prison. Through their placement they will support other ex-offenders who are leaving prison following multiple short sentences who are not entitled to statutory support.

SOS Project

Ex-offenders

Towards Project costs Towards the salary of the SOS Gangs project team leader and an evaluation.

Towards Project costs Towards evaluation costs to assess the case for employing peer advisors to reduce re-offending and influence policy.