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Improvements in mental health outcomes for individuals participating in Forward’s prison-led support programme

An evaluation of Forward’s Stepping Stones programme (a CBT-based group intervention to develop recovery skills) shows positive outcomes for participants’ resilience, self-efficacy, and general mental health.

• Probation support

Back to Work scheme extension: Learning from our DWP Restart delivery experience

Blog by Emma Woodward, Operational Manager, Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) Restart outlines four ways that the Back to Work scheme can advance.

The Forward Trust on the Back to Work Plan

Asi Panditharatna, Executive Director of Employment Services discussed the Forward position on the Back to Work Plan and extension to the Restart Scheme.

Thousands Raised by Generous Donors Attending our Annual London Quiz 2023 Event

Thanks to the generosity of Forward supporters and donors, over £18,000 was fundraised at our recent quiz event to generate funds for frontline services.

‘Shaping Us’ Childhood Symposium Event – Supporting Childhood Development – by Katherine Jenkins

Early childhood matters. It shapes the adults we become. The Royal Foundation Centre for Early Childhood Shaping Us National Symposium held it’s first meeting (15th November) and I have been immensely proud to be a part of this.

• Family support

Forward Enterprise Services and Global Entrepreneurship Week 2023

This November, Global Entrepreneurship Network will celebrate 16 years of helping millions of people unleash their ideas to start and scale new businesses through Global Entrepreneurship Week (13th – 19th November) and Forward’s Enterprise Services embraces this opportunity of celebrating entrepreneurship around the world.

• Employment support

National award nomination for member of Forward’s Restart team

• Employment support

National Coming Out Day –

Darren Lacey, Forward’s Inclusion Co-ordinator, LGBTQ+ Lead and Drug and Alcohol Practitioner, talks about his experiences of coming out.

Labour Party Conference 2023 (Fringe Event) Breakfast at The Brink – Stories of Hope And Inspiration From the UK’s First Dry Bar

Sally Benton, Executive Director of Fundraising and Communications, provides a review of our recent event from Labour Party Conference (Fringe).

In-cell videos to inform and inspire prison clients

Forward is working with HMPPS to produce videos and podcasts that prisoners can listen to and watch in their cells. Featuring the voice of ‘lived experience’, the content ranges from information to raise awareness of the dangers of misusing substances, to inspirational stories of recovery and rehabilitation

• Probation support
• Forward Connect (peer-led community)