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Navigating Careers with Forward Trust during National Careers Week 2024

Welcome to National Careers Week (NCW) 2024! This week, we’re celebrating NCW 2024 with a series of themed days, each focusing on a different aspect of career exploration and development.

Research news: Virtual Reality (VR) Mindfulness for service users

As part of Forward’s Digital Services Strategy, we are working with Icelandic Virtual Reality (VR) Mindfulness app Flow to deliver enhanced meditation sessions via VR headsets, exploring how the experience can enhance and support our clients’ recovery.

• Probation support
• Recovery support

Geneva-based banking firm the latest high-profile company supporter of Forward’s work

We are delighted to announce that Lombard Odier has chosen The Forward Trust as one of their charity partner’s this year, raising a spectacular £22,325 through their recent winter appeal.  

Raising the alarm on synthetic opioids – why the UK should not be complacent

This week Forward put out a national alert to our staff on synthetic opiates. We didn’t do this lightly. We know a national alert might cause alarm, but it was necessary.

Forward in partnership with Open Road awarded a new contract for integrated adults and young people community substance misuse service in Thurrock

• Drug & alcohol support
• Family support
• Mental health support

Company support update: The Financial Times provide Forward with generous advertising space in recent issue

The globally renowned financial newspaper kindly reached out to Forward to support our cause.

The Forward Trust marks LGBT+ History Month

LGBT+ History Month is celebrated every February across the UK. The 2024 theme is medicine, celebrating LGBT+ peoples’ contribution to the field of medicine and healthcare both historically and today. 

A tribute to the late Erwin James, Forward Patron (1957 – 2024)

We are devastated to learn of the passing of our wonderful Patron, Erwin James.

Forward chosen as charity of year by fast-growing Midlands conveyancing firm

Aconveyancing, a law firm that specialises in conveyancing and property law, have recently selected The Forward Trust as their charity of the year for 2024. 

Joint working between prison, community and statutory providers in collaboration is the ‘golden thread’ that runs throughout our continuity of care approach