African Prisons Project (APP) is a young charity founded to improve the welfare, health and education of detainees in Africa. They aim to restore the dignity of prisoners by providing humane conditions and improving welfare, access to medical facilities and the opportunity to learn. Their principal projects are the creation or refurbishment of prison clinics and libraries.

The AIRE Centre (Advice on Individual Rights in Europe) is a law centre providing specialist expertise in international human rights law and in particular the European Convention on Human Rights and rights under EU law. More information about our organisation can be found at www.airecentre.org

Through the inspiration of the Diary of Anne Frank, the Trust unites communities to challenge hatred and prejudice and to create a society based on respect, understanding and individual moral responsibility. Innovative educational programmes and exhibitions take place across the UK and reach over 120,000 people every year.

Christian Solidarity Worldwide is a human rights organisation which specialises in religious freedom, works on behalf of those persecuted for their Christian beliefs and promotes religious liberty for all.

OUTREACH TO THE HOMELESS GETTING PRISONERS TO BECOME BORN AGAIN, AND INFLUENCING THEM POSITIVELY FOR THEMSELVES AND THE COMMUNITY. MENTORING PROGRAMMES TO THE YOUNG ADULTS IN THE COMMUNITY

The Helen Bamber Foundation is a UK-based human rights organization established as a charity in April 2005. We provide medical consultation, therapeutic care, human rights advocacy and practical support to survivors of gross human rights violations and other forms of extreme cruelty. The population we serve comes from over 70 countries. They are survivors of torture, domestic violence, honour killings, genocide and rape. They are men, women and children, who have been trafficked for the purposes of labor and sexual exploitation. Their experiences reflect the myriad patterns of oppression and political violence that plague the world in which we live. The service is provided by a multi disciplinary team of professionals comprised of therapists, doctors, psychiatrists, caseworkers and interpreters. The practice is united by the team’s commitment to upholding principles of human rights and to treating the people who seek our services with dignity and respect.

Kestrel Theatre Company is a registered charity dedicated to working creatively with drama within the criminal justice system. Kestrel projects involve groups of inmate and ex-inmate actors using structured improvisation to create new and original dramas for filmed or live performance.

The Koestler Trust is the UKs best known prison arts charity. It awards, exhibits and sells artworks by offenders, detainees and high security patients. Since our foundation in 1962 the Koestler Awards have become a prestigious fixture across the British criminal justice system and the Trust has recently begun an offender arts mentoring scheme.

The KHRP has a vision for a future based on justice, equality, and the rule of law. It pioneers the upholding of human rights for all people in the Kurdish regions and beyond through raising awareness of the situation of the Kurds in Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey, the Caucasus and elsewhere and bring an end to the violation of the rights of Kurds and others in these countries.

This grant giving Fund commemorates the life of Michael Varah, and the work he was prevented from finishing by his early death. It supports the causes that Michael believed in and worked to alleviate: disadvantage and social exclusion, homelessness and poverty, crime prevention and rehabilitation of offenders, human rights.

Do you want to help give people a chance to change no matter their age? Do you believe people can turn their lives around after they have made mistakes? If you answered yes to these questions, you believe in the same things as Nacro. Please show your support by helping us invest in people in our communities who others have given up on. We rely on the support of individuals (link), the generosity of trusts and foundations, the statutory sector and businesses (link) to fund the majority of our work. Please support us and play an active role in ensuring the continuation of our unique and valuable work giving people a chance to turn their lives around for the better.

NICRO is a national non-governmental organisation providing comprehensive crime reduction and prevention services throughout South Africa . NICRO impacts significantly on the lives of some 100,000 South Africans each year.

Open Doors ministers to the Persecuted Church in some of the most dangerous regions in the world. More than 200 million Christians suffer discrimination, beatings, rape, imprisonment and even martyrdom – simply because they believe in Jesus. Open Doors provide Bibles, resources and training to strengthen believers who are persecuted.

The Philemon Foundation's aim is to break chains and restore lives. It does this by rehabilitating prisoners and former prisoners in Kenya, providing food, shelter, counselling, community, training and employment with the ultimate goal of reintegration into society. Philemon works with Government and civil society groups, local churches and international partners.

The Prison Phoenix Trust encourages prisoners in the development of their spiritual welfare, through the practices of meditation and yoga, working with silence and the breath. We offer personal support to prisoners around the UK and Eire through teaching, workshops, correspondence, books and newsletters - and to prison staff too.

Prisoners Abroad is the only UK charity providing information, advice and support to Britons detained overseas, their family and friends, and to released prisoners trying to re-establish themselves in society.

RI supports persecuted Christians in five ways: *Showing God's compassion (to their families) *Serving God's church (encouraging them to survive and recover from persecution) *Sharing God's love (with their persecutors) *Spreading God's Word (through Bible distribution) *Speaking as God's advocates (as the voice of Christian martyrs and the persecuted Church).

Reprieve uses the law to enforce the human rights of prisoners, from death row to Guantánamo Bay. We investigate, we litigate and we educate. Working on the frontline, we provide legal support to prisoners unable to pay for it themselves. We promote the rule of law around the world, and secure each person’s right to a fair trial. In doing so we save lives.

Safer London Foundation is the independent charitable arm of the Metropolitan Police Service, with a presence in every London borough. The Foundation focuses on empowering local people to reduce violence and crime in London by helping to fund innovative community crime reduction projects and by supporting the activities of Safer Neighbourhoods police Teams and their community panels.

It helps ex-offenders and their families by making small financial grants for tools of the trade, training, clothing, furniture and white goods. This year is its bicentenary. It is based at the Old Bailey (the Central Criminal Court).

People Trafficking - buying & selling people - is the world's fastest growing illegal trade. Stop The Traffik is a global coalition of organizations, communities & individuals raising awareness of people trafficking & promoting practical action through a global declaration, media, events, celebrities & projects around the world through 2006 & 2007.

Switchback works with young adult offenders in prison kitchens, building relationships that continue through the gate. After release, they provide constant support as young people train at the Skylight café in London. By addressing the practical and personal issues at the heart of the re-offending cycle, employment becomes a realistic option for this vulnerable group.

Established in 1999, Synergy Theatre Project works towards the rehabilitation of prisoners, ex-offenders and youths at risk, through theatre and related activities, whilst placing the wider issues surrounding imprisonment in the public arena. The company has four strands of activity: theatre productions, new writing, crime prevention and film and radio.

TIBET WATCH PROMOTES THE HUMAN RIGHTS OF THE TIBETAN PEOPLE BY MONITORING ABUSES OF TIBETAN PEOPLES' HUMAN RIGHTS, RESEARCH INTO HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES AFFECTING THE TIBETAN PEOPLE, EDUCATING THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE HUMAN RIGHTS OF TIBETAN PEOPLE AND RAISING AWARENESS OF HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES AFFECTING THE TIBETAN PEOPLE.

Lancaster and District YMCA work to improve the quality of life for young people in crisis. Our current work includes work with homeless young people, ex-offenders, and young people experiencing family breakdown. We also run a community radio station and manage the Ridge Community Centre.