Our Future Communities Fund Round Two funded partners
Tailored Futures CIC is a social enterprise supporting people with lived experience of the criminal justice system to rebuild their lives after prison. They provide holistic, person-centred support from the point of release and throughout a young person’s journey back into the community.
Refocus Project is a UK charity that supports children, young people and families affected by crime, poverty, violence, exploitation and disadvantage. Working both within prisons and in communities, they provide mentoring, rehabilitation and practical support to help people move away from crime and rebuild their lives.
Through trusted mentoring, workshops, family support and positive activities, Refocus helps young people build confidence, resilience and safer futures. Many staff bring lived experience alongside professional expertise, enabling them to build credible relationships and offer support that feels real and relatable.
100 & First Foundation supports marginalised young people to build the mindset, skills, and opportunities they need to thrive. Working in schools, alternative provision, and custody settings such as HMP Portland, the charity focuses on addressing the root causes of behaviour by helping young people reshape their sense of identity and possibility.
Inspired Futures is a youth-focused charity supporting young people aged 11–25 who are at risk of, or have experience with, the criminal justice system. Through early intervention, mentoring, and preventative education programmes, they work with schools, communities, and local authorities to address the root causes of youth violence and exploitation.
Drawing on lived experience and strong community partnerships, Inspired Futures delivers workshops, mentoring, and life-skills programmes that help young people build resilience, confidence, and positive pathways into education, employment, and community leadership.
The Footprints Project works with people in Hampshire and Dorset who have been affected by the criminal justice system, encouraging self-worth, nurturing hope and bringing a sense of belonging, building stronger, safer communities.
Mwanzo Project is a Black-led grassroots community interest company founded in response to the gap in provision for children and young people who are at risk/involved in offending, exploitation and street conflict. They recognise the racial disproportionality within our criminal legal system, the over-criminalisation, institutional and structural racism experienced by Black and racially minoritised young people and are committed to using their expertise and skills to offer bespoke support to those most marginalised by wider society.
Mwanzo Project seeks to create opportunities for young people to engage in support that is accessible to them, provide them with opportunities to build relationships with mentors and role-models who they can relate to and unlock their potential.
Genuine Futures CIC is a youth-led social enterprise supporting young people aged 15–24 who are not in education, employment or training, including those at risk of entering or transitioning away from the justice system. Founded on lived experience, they work with young people who have faced significant barriers, including exclusion, homelessness and involvement in the criminal justice system.
By combining mentoring, enterprise, creative engagement, and digital innovation, Genuine Futures creates alternative pathways that reduce reoffending, improve wellbeing, and empower young people to build sustainable futures.
Exit Foundation is a charity delivering tailored mentoring to empower individuals, including those with experience of the justice system, to avoid negative pathways, address underlying issues and rebuild their lives. With a strong emphasis on relationship-building, they support clients into Employment, Training, and Education (ETE) through a holistic, multi-agency approach.
Vibe Youth CIC was founded in 2017 by Jacob and Karen Henry with one simple belief: young people aren’t defined by what’s happened to them.
They deliver trauma-informed, identity-based emotional resilience programmes for children and young people aged 5 to 25 across Swansea, Neath Port Talbot and Bridgend. They work in schools, community settings and in custody at HMP Parc, where their Your VIBE Project helps young people look honestly at their story, take ownership of their choices and build a picture of the future worth working towards.
The Turnaround Project‘s mission is ‘to work with society to enable people who have served sentences to turn around their futures’. Their work is rooted in the belief that people are more than their past and that lived experience can be transformed into leadership, contribution and social impact. Over 70% of their team have lived experience of the justice system. This enables them to build trust quickly, engage people who are often underserved by traditional provision, and deliver support that is credible, relevant, and effective.
Vox Liminis is a Glasgow-based arts and community organisation that uses creativity to bring people affected by the criminal justice system together and inspire positive change. Established in 2013, they work in prisons and communities across Scotland, bringing together people with different experiences of crime, punishment and justice. Through music, songwriting and other creative practices, they create opportunities for people to express themselves, build relationships and develop a sense of belonging.
At the heart of Vox Liminis is their Unbound Community, which brings together people with lived and professional experience of the justice system to make creative work that builds lasting connection while also challenging systems, and that shape the direction of their organisation.