#FaithAndPoliceTogether welcomes faith organisations who are actively working in partnership with the Police / Police and Crime Commissioner towards the improvement of society. We welcome organisations who are working within one local neighbourhood, national / international organisations and those who are in-between! There is no cost but a commitment to support one another, champion one another, promote #FaithAndPoliceTogether as a collaboration and seek ways to showcase the impact of faith based initiatives. We welcome those from any faith as we believe passionately that faith is a massive force for good in our society.
Organisations part of #FaithAndPoliceTogether:
Acts 435 - a website that helps put people in need in touch with those who can help. This support is often part of long term help offered by the faith community and local charities to those who are often at crisis point. Through the support offered this can often mean that criminality through desperation is avoided. Acts 435 also seek to work with families of prisoners and ex-offenders. For more information visit www.acts435.org.uk / Facebook / Twitter
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Busoasis is a double decker bus equipped with TV’s, games, consoles, wifi, coffee bar and seating area, to serve, encourage, nurture, respect and value all the communities of Calderdale, West Yorkshire. We work in partnership with various community and youth groups ie. uniformed groups, Calerdale Council, Youth for Christ and West Yorkshire Police, local sports foundations, Staying Well project for older people and Street Angels, to name but a few. For more information visit www.busoasis.org.uk / Facebook / Twitter
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Christians Against Poverty. We’re on a mission to restore hope for those who are caught in the grip of UK poverty. In partnership with incredible local churches, we offer award-winning debt counselling and community groups that equip people to find work, overcome life-controlling habits and learn vital skills to live on a low income. CAP partners with Thames Valley Police to support police officers and their local communities. We are also speaking with other forces about working in partnership with them. capuk.org / Facebook / Twitter
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Caring for Ex-Offenders' vision is to reduce reoffending by re-integrating ex-offenders into society and restoring lives through the local church. CFEO connects men and women leaving prison within London to a mentor and supportive community based in a church, working with prison chaplaincy and resettlement teams, probation, police and other support organisations to help individual prison-leavers access the support they need in all areas of their resettlement. CFEO also resources and equips UK churches, through training and materials, to set up their own ex-offender ministries within their particular local contexts. www.caringforexoffenders.org / Twitter
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Cinnamon Network is a charity providing an innovative response to the challenge of demand management. We enter partnerships with police forces in which local churches are resourced to start projects that tackle ASB, break cycles of re-offending, protect the vulnerable and address pressing social and welfare issues that otherwise consume police time and resources. Cinnamon’s Demand Reduction Partnerships are low cost, sustainable, highly effective and are currently helping 10 police forces to achieve the priorities in their Police and Crime Plans. www.cinnamonnetwork.co.uk / Facebook / Twitter
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Eden Gate - Night Shelter and Drop-In Centre working in Newport, South Wales. Eden Gate exists in Newport for those who find themselves vulnerable, either because they have no home or because they are trapped by drugs or alcohol (or sometimes both). Nobody has to feel vulnerable when there are hands willing to help. The key to our programme is engaging those who can cope, to help those who can't. www.edengate.org.uk / Facebook / Twitter
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Faith In Society supports local and national faith and belief groups, the public sector, businesses and charities to work together for the benefit of all. For more information visit www.faithinsociety.org.uk / Twitter
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Hope Center Ministries, has helped support men and women who have battled with drugs, alcohol and other life controlling issues. To date, more than 2000 people worldwide have successfully graduated from our centres and are now continuing to live fruitful lives within their communities. Life-controlling issues impact all kinds of people, from all different backgrounds. Often families simply do not know where to turn for help and support. Hope Center offers a lifeline to families as their loved ones are given an opportunity to find a new way of living, free of previous hang-ups. All of our homes are built on Christian values and our support is grounded in a world-renowned, Christian 12-step programme, that has helped more than 2 million people worldwide to find freedom from addictive behaviours. Our recovery homes provide the discipline and routine needed for people to move-on in their lives. Staff oversee the daily structure to ensure that residents have an experience that is tailored to their individual needs. At Hope Center, people can deal with past addictions, hurts, and hang-ups and find hope for the future. We seek radical change for those that some would say are beyond hope. Hope Center Ministries is not just about getting sober, but about helping these men and women find a new life and a great future. Through designated phases of support, residents work through the challenges in their lives, deal with root-issues and journey forwards with new found hope. With this new hope people can rediscover who they really are, without the baggage of their lives dragging them backwards. www.hopecm.co.uk
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Linking Lives UK works with churches and Christian organisations across the UK to set up and run befriending projects aimed at socially isolated older people. Volunteers visit one person, who will have been referred to the project, once a week for around one hour. Where possible, there will also be visits arranged to local places of interest. Referrals are received from social workers, GP's, PCSO's or Community Wardens, and occasional partnerships can be developed with statutory and charitable agencies focusing on specific projects. www.linkinglives.uk / Twitter / Facebook
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N-Gage is a Manchester based Christian charity that gives young people at risk of educational or social exclusion opportunities and skills to achieve their full potential. Working in partnership with schools, the police and the city council we provide highly successful, flexible and targeted approaches to anti social behaviour and educational exclusion. For more information visit www.n-gage.org.uk / Facebook / Twitter
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Power The Fight - Most of our work is with churches, faith groups and community organisations who want to be equipped to engage with youth violence issues in their context. We do this in a number of ways: Training and workshops / Resources / Building Connections. Power The Fight want to see organisations and communities better trained and equipped to make a difference to young people’s lives and to understand the youth violence issue. For more information visit www.powerthefight.org.uk / Facebook / Twitter
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Restored - Restored is a Christian organisation with the aim of ending violence against women. We do this through awareness raising, training on domestic abuse, workings with survivors, engaging men and advocacy on gender violence with government and church authorities. We have a number of resources to help churches and individuals in engaging with this issue and a Practical Handbook for victims and survivors of abuse. www.restoredrelationships.org / Twitter / Facebook
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FOUNDING MEMBER - ROC (Redeeming Our Communities) aim to bring about community transformation by creating strategic partnerships which open up opportunities for crime and disorder reduction and improved community cohesion. This partnership approach has seen crime and anti-social behaviour fall and fresh hope brought to some of the most deprived and challenging areas of the UK, urban and rural alike. For more information visit www.roc.uk.com / Facebook / Twitter
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FOUNDING MEMBER - ROC Angels empowers local people of goodwill to work together for safer, stronger communities especially within the third spaces of society, such as: the night-time economy; music festivals and events; around pubs and clubs; within town and city centres; local communities. We seek to equip and resource, connect with others and offer projects and ideas that work. Our projects include Street Angels, Club Angels, Festival Angels, Town Pastors, lap-dancing bar chaplaincy, town centre chaplaincy and student outreach. We have contributed to a year on year reduction in alcohol related violence and A&E admissions in the UK. For more information visit www.streetangels.org.uk / Facebook / Twitter
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Street Pastors Newcastle was launched in Newcastle upon Tyne in December 2008. Since the launch of the scheme Street Pastors have made a significant contribution to the safety of the night time economy. Our contribution has been recognised by Northumbria Police and Best Bar None who have awarded them excellence and special recognition awards respectively. In 2017 our work on the Streets of Newcastle has seen 2,154 hours where we have handed out 486 pairs of flip flops; 554 safety foil blankets; 1,222 bottles of water; and seen 4,468 Glass bottles/glasses collected & binned. Web Site / Facebook / Twitter
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St Philip's Centre Leicester is an interfaith charity established by ecumenical partners in 2006. We provide religious and belief literacy training to all new Leicestershire Police recruits, work in partnership with the Police to deliver the Prevent strategy and are currently engaged in an exciting international project supported by the Open Society Foundations titled, 'Cops Communities Consent' which seeks to strengthen relations between the Police and BAME/ faith communities. CCC involves an interactive exhibition to promote policing and crime awareness to young people, a 'Force Faiths Forum' which acts as an independent advisory group, 'Police Pairing', 'Police Shadowing' and 'Community Cases' seminars. www.stphilipscentre.co.uk / Twitter
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Word4Weapons is a multi-award winning, faith based organisation founded in 2007. The aim is to counteract the wave of knife and gun crime which is devastating our communities. There are now in excess of 30 weapons bins across Greater London and the West Midlands. Weapons are openly used on our streets leaving individuals in fear, injured or killed. We are doing something different to bring back the true value of life to a society that is becoming numb to violent crime. For more information visit www.word4weapons.co.uk / Facebook / Twitter
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Police Staff Support Networks:
FOUNDING MEMBER - Christian Police Association aim to encourage and support Christians who work within the Police Service and to build bridges between the Christian community and the Police. For more information visit www.cpauk.net / Facebook / Twitter
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Jewish Police Association - The Jewish Police Association (JPA) works with various voluntary organisations in reducing the fear of crime including the Communal Security Trust and Shomrim. The JPA also work with and support the Jewish community with crime prevention, in educating teenagers and parents on grooming and social media, and raising awareness of child sexual exploitation and domestic offences. For more information visit www.jewishpoliceassociation.org.uk
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National Association of Muslim Police (NAMP) is made up of 12 forces with AMPs and each one has a remit to build and promote good race relations and increase community trust and confidence especially amongst disaffected communities. Each AMP will have a database of key community contacts through their own local knowledge and community footprint and this database is often utilised to help gauge/monitor community tensions and inform decision making for policing activities. In certain areas of the country community members are invited to join the local AMP as associate members by completing the relevant membership form.
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Police Pagan Association is a national organisation supporting Pagan police officers and staff. Working together, we aim to improve the relationship between the Pagan community and the police. For more information visit www.policepaganassociation.org / Facebook / Twitter
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