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IT IS ENCOURAGING TO KNOW THAT WHAT WE STARTED INTUITIVELY IS BECOMING RECOGNISED AS BEST PRACTICE. WE HOPE TO SEE GOOD HELP PRINCIPLES MAINSTREAMED. TO DO THIS, FUNDERS NEED TO JOIN THE DOTS AND INVEST IN THESE APPROACHES.
- Jeff MitchellManaging Director, Clean Slate
AT LAST THERE IS A NATIONAL PROJECT THAT IS DRIVEN BY AND DESIGNED FOR PEOPLE LIKE US. THE WAY WE WORK IS AS IMPORTANT AS THE WORK WE DO. FINALLY WE ARE BEING UNDERSTOOD AND RECOGNISED FOR WHAT WE ARE DOING.
- Tracy FishwickManaging Director, Transform Lives
WE REALLY NEEDED GOOD HELP TO COME ALONG. IT HAS HELPED US BETTER EXPLAIN WHY WE MATTER, AND GIVEN US EVEN MORE CONFIDENCE TO STAND UP FOR WHAT WE ARE DOING.
- Clare WightmanCEO, Grapevine Coventry and Warwickshire

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Good Help in Prison Rehabilitation

By Flynn Devine / May 27, 2021

“Despite waves of reform, reoffending rates in England and Wales have remained persistently high for the last 15 years. Yet evidence indicates that the vast majority of people in the criminal justice system (CJS) want to move away from crime.”

Good Help in Employment Support: What’s Happening Already?

By Flynn Devine / March 31, 2021

A small snapshot of the many employment support practitioners inside and outside the mainstream UK employment system who acknowledge the social determinants of work and specialise in providing Good Help

Recognising the social determinants of work: How mainstream employment support must change to meet the COVID unemployment crisis

By Flynn Devine / March 15, 2021

"In the economic climate we are facing, inadequate employment support from our mainstream services means that millions may be left permanently disadvantaged in the labour market"