ADSW

Association of Directors of Social Work

Alcohol Focus Scotland

Alcohol Focus Scotland is the national charity for alcohol issues. Work involves providing information and training on alcohol issues, raising awareness of alcohol-related problems and working to influence national alcohol policy.

Allies

Allies works with homeless and vulnerable people as well as those in temporary accommodation and the recently housed who still need assistance. They have been in existence since 1997 and operate from the YMCA building (under the Arches) in Kilmarnock. Allies operates a drop in centre from Monday to Friday and serves a two course hot meal on Wednesdays. Amongst other services, they offer a Return to Learning Project to help improve literacy and numeracy skills and basic learning techniques.

Amber

Edinburgh Cyrenians and Sacro have teamed up to offer a mediation and support project for young people and their families. Amber provides a support service for young people aged 14 - 24 who are experiencing difficulties staying at home.

Apex Scotland

Works to give offenders, ex-offenders and young people at risk equality of access to the employment market by raising skills and addressing the barriers to employment that a criminal past presents.

Argyll & Bute Rape Crisis Centre

Argyll and Bute Rape Crisis Centre is an organisation that supports women and girls 13+ who have experienced sexual violence at any time in their lives. Face to Face, Telephone and E-mail support are available - whichever suits the survivor.

Barnardos

Barnardo’s vision is that the lives of all children and young people should be free from poverty, abuse and discrimination. “We believe in the abused, the vulnerable, the forgotten and the neglected. We will support them, stand up for them and bring out the best in each and every child. As one of the UK’s leading children’s charities this is our pledge. We believe in children — do you?”

Breathing Space

A free and confidential service for any individual, who is experiencing low mood or depression, or who is unusually worried and in need of someone to talk to.

Care Commission

Scottish Commission for the Regulation of Care

Central Scotland Rape Crisis & Sexual Abuse Centre

Central Scotland Rape Crisis & Sexual Abuse Centre provides a free and confidential service of emotional support to anyone who has experienced rape, sexual assault or child sexual abuse living in the Falkirk, Stirling and Clackmannanshire areas.

Helpline 01786 471771. Tues/Wed 11am-1pm, Thursday 7pm-9pm, Sunday 1pm-3pm.

Changing Lives Through Literature

Changing Lives Through Literature is an alternative sentencing program active in eight states in the United States, with a 13 year record of reducing recidivism.

Chap @ The Door

Community Housing Advocacy Project.

Child Line

ChildLine is the free helpline for children and young people in the UK

Children's Hearings

The Scottish Government wants to give every child the best possible start in life and it is our duty, along with our partners, to safeguard the needs of the most vulnerable and troubled children and young people in Scotland. The welfare of the child is at the heart of the system. This website contains background information on Children's Panels and you will learn what actually happens in a Hearing."

Circles UK

Circles of Support and Accountability are an innovative and successful community contribution to reducing sex offending, working in close partnership with criminal justice agencies.

Circles UK is the new national body supporting the development, quality, coordination and effectiveness of local Circles.

CjScotland

A log and information exchange about criminal justice issues in Scotland

Community Justice Authorities

Lothian and Borders Community Justice Authority

Northern Community Justice Authority

North Strathclyde Community Justice Authority

South West Scotland Community Justice Authority

Tayside Community Justice Authority

CounsellingDirectory.co.uk

This website is a support network of UK counsellors and psychotherapists, with information on their training and experience, areas of counselling covered, fees and contact details. The service is free, confidential and easy to use.

Crime and Justice Students

If you are a student focusing on crime and justice issues this site is for you to share useful information and details of your studying experiences. Its up to you how you want to use the site but you could tell us what you're thinking about in your Blog, add an interesting report to Resources or ask for advice in Discussions.

This is a supportive environment so don't be afraid to ask questions and give something back by helping others out!

Criminal Justice Social Work Development Centre for Scotland

The Centre is an independent national resource providing a range of services to those working in, or concerned about, criminal and youth justice social work services.

Cyrenians

Edinburgh Cyrenians is an independent charity that has operated with continuous steady growth and success since 1968. We provide solutions to poverty and homelessness and work towards a Scotland that makes room for all.

Esmee Fairbairn Foundation

Esmee Fairbairn Foundation is one of the largest independent grant-making foundations in the UK.

We make grants to organisations which aim to improve the quality of life for people and communities in the UK, both now and in the future. We like to consider work which others may find hard to fund, perhaps because it breaks new ground, appears too risky, requires core funding, or needs a more unusual form of financial help such as a loan. We also take initiatives ourselves where new thinking is required or where we believe there are important unexplored opportunities.

European Forum for Restorative Justice

The general aim of the European Forum for Restorative Justice is to help establish and develop victim-offender mediation and other restorative justice practices throughout Europe

Families Outside

Working for the well-being of families affected by imprisonment in Scotland

Family Support Partnership Lanarkshire

Family Support Partnership Lanarkshire is a strategic partnership between Family Mediation South Lanarkshire, Relate Lanarkshire and Scottish Marriage Care. The partnership brings together North and South Lanarkshire's main relationship counselling, sexual therapy, child contact centre and family mediation services. By working together we aim to provide a truly joined-up service for couples and families across Lanarkshire.

Film Exchange on Alcohol and Drugs

FEAD is an online resource that brings short video presentations from leading figures in the alcohol and drugs field direct to your screen. The contributors cover a range of topics to do with addiction issues, honestly and directly — including: achievements, problem areas, and reflections on the field's history.

The Howard League for Penal Reform in Scotland

An independent organisation and charity whose members seek improvements to the criminal justice system in Scotland.

Includem

A Scottish charity dedicated to redressing the social exclusion of the most vulnerable young offenders.

Joined Up For Jobs

Joined Up For Jobs sets out how Edinburgh aims to help people who need work get a job and enjoy long-term employment — especially those who are furthest from the jobs market.

The Law Society

The Law Society of Scotland is the governing body for Scottish solicitors. The Society promotes the interests of the solicitors’ profession and those of the public in relation to the profession.

Make Justice Work

Make Justice Work is a media campaign designed to raise public awareness of the costliness of locking up low-level offenders and the futility of short-term prison sentences while at the same time identifying better ways of reducing re-offending and improving public safety.

Nacro

An independent voluntary organisation working to prevent crime across England and Wales.

Niacro

Works to reduce crime and its impact on people and communities in Northern Ireland.

Relationships Scotland

Relationships Scotland’s aim is to promote the delivery of counselling, mediation and family support for Scotland's people as a right not a privilege.

Restorative Justice in Scotland

Up-to-date information of Restorative Justice in Scotland

Restorative Practice Scotland

Working to achieve quality outcomes through restorative practice in Scotland

Rethinking Crime and Punishment

A strategic initiative set up by the Esmee Fairbairn Foundation. It aims to raise the level of public debate about the use of prison and alternative forms of punishment in the UK.

SCOLAG Legal Journal

The Journal of the Scottish Legal Action Group, which seeks to promote equal access to justice in Scotland.

Scottish Alliance for Children's Rights

Scottish Alliance for Children's Rights works to monitor and implement the Convention on the Rights of the Child nationally in Scotland.

The Scottish Association for the Study of Offending

Saso aims to create a common meeting ground, both nationally and locally, for all the professional groups and individuals concerned with the issues raised by offending in Scotland.

Scottish Children’s Reporter Administration

SCRA is at the centre of the Children’s Hearings System – the child protection and youth justice system for children in Scotland. The Children’s Hearings System aims to protect the safety and welfare of children and address their behaviour including offending.

Scottish Consortium on Crime and Criminal Justice

Brings together leading voluntary organisations concerned with crime and criminal justice in Scotland.

Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations

Umbrella body for voluntary organisations in Scotland, with offices in Edinburgh,Glasgow, Inverness.

Scottish Courts

A single access point for information relating to civil and criminal courts within Scotland, including the Court of Session, the High Court of Justiciary, the Sheriff Courts, the District Courts and a number of other courts, commissions and tribunals.

Scottish Government

The devolved Government for Scotland is responsible for most of the issues of day-to-day concern to the people of Scotland, including health, education, justice, rural affairs, and transport.

Scottish Legal Aid Board

Legal aid allows people who would not otherwise be able to afford it to get help for their legal problems. The Scottish Legal Aid Board is responsible for managing legal aid in Scotland.

Scottish Parliament

Website of the Scottish Parliament.

Scottish Police

Information on police forces throughout Scotland.

Scottish Prison Service

The website of the Scottish Prison Service

SmartJustice

SmartJustice campaigns for more alternatives to custody and promotes initiatives that are effective in changing offenders' behaviour, stopping crime before it starts and tackling the causes of crime for adults and young people.

Social Services Knowledge Scotland

SSKS supports practising social services staff through better access to information and knowledge. It provides a single point of access to social services information and learning resources in addition to the tools and guidance to support individuals, communities and organisations in accessing and sharing knowledge and putting it into practice.

Strada

Scottish Training on Drugs and Alcohol (STRADA) is Scotland’s leading workforce development organisation supporting those working in the substance misuse field. STRADA provides a wide range of training, development and education opportunities throughout Scotland for staff working with those affected by substance misuse.

Turning Point Scotland

Tackles social exclusion by providing customised community care packages for people who have been excluded as a result of their mental health, learning disabilty, homelessness or their drug or alcohol misuse.

UNITE

Mediation, Conciliation and Training Service.

Unlimited

Creative Training Consultancy.

Victim Support Scotland

Provides a range of services to people affected by crime.

Violence Reduction Unit

A national centre of expertise on tackling violent crime.

Why Me?

Why Me? is an organisation which has been set up by, and for, victims of crime who have benefited from their experience of Restorative Justice (where victims and offenders meet face to face).

Workwithus.org

Workwithus.org actively helps, advises and supports over 700 charities and a range of public sector bodies, providing specialist fundraising and marketing services.