The Forward Trust empowers people to break the cycles of addiction or crime to move forward with their lives. Since 1991, we have been working with people to build positive and productive futures. We believe that anyone is capable of lasting change, our services have supported thousands of people to make changes to create better lives with jobs, family, friends and a sense of community.
We believe that everyone can live a fulfilling life, whatever their past. If you’re affected by drug or alcohol issues, past offending, homelessness or unemployment: help is out there.
We deliver a range of services and interventions in both communities and prisons aimed at helping people to move forward with their lives.
Support Services
However you’re feeling right now, you’re not alone: help is out there:
Community and prison substance misuse (drug and alcohol)
- We’re national leaders in the management of a complex range of drug and alcohol services in the unique prison environment. Our support includes providing advice, health and wellbeing, motivational work, clinical services and a wider range of group work programmes.
- We also support people in communities across the country, tailoring our services to the individual needs, strengths and motivations of our diverse client groups.
- In addition, our clients can access our recovery support service and join our vibrant peer support community, Forward Connect.
Family services
- We support the health and wellbeing of family and friends affected by loved ones with drug or alcohol addiction – helping them regain control over their own lives, reconnect with their loved ones and maintain healthy relationships.
Employment services
- We work with employers and individuals in prisons and the community to support people into sustainable jobs, self-employment and apprenticeships. This includes providing vocational skills training.
Housing and resettlement services
- We provide different accommodation options to support the varied needs of our clients. This includes Recovery Housing, where we lease and manage shared houses for people in early recovery, and Vision Housing, where we source and place offenders primarily (the majority of whom are prison leavers) into independent accommodation with tenancy and peer mentor support.
Mental health services
- We’re delivering Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) services to support the mental health and wellbeing of prisoners in London, Hertfordshire, Essex and Suffolk.
Gambling addiction
- Gambling addiction is a significant issue in our society and is particularly prevalent in prison – often co-occurring with substance misuse and mental health problems. We help people through our prison substance misuse services, have published the only current assessment of the extent of gambling problems in prison and are developing models of treatment intervention.
Probation reforms and offender management
- We work with Probation Services to enable those with a background in crime to engage in personal development programmes, in order to achieve transformational change, progress into a career path and achieve long-term integration into society.
Who is this aimed at?
Anyone affected by crime or addiction
Where
Our services are delivered in various locations across the UK, please enquire contact us for more details
How to get involved
For more information or support, please get in touch by phone, email or via the website's live chat feature
If you are in an urgent situation or emergency, such as a suspected overdose, call 999
If you are in crisis, contact the Samaritans on 116 123
Contact details
Phone: 020 3981 5525
Email: info@forwardtrust.org.uk
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