Nacro

changing lives, reducing crime

At Nacro, the crime reduction charity, we are dedicated to reducing crime and reoffending in communities across England and Wales. We design and deliver programmes that equip people with the skills, advice, attitude and support they need to move their lives on and move away from crime.

Education
We provide young people with the skills they need to get back into education, training or employment through specialised courses such as pre-vocational and vocational programmes, problem-solving and employment preparation programmes that are designed for people who are stuck and can’t see a way forward.
Housing
We help people, often with complex needs, including young people, to find somewhere to live and to give them the stability and support they need to acquire new skills and patterns of behaviour to turn their lives around.
Offender management
We work with offenders in the courts, in prisons and in the community, managing the offender journey in a way designed to minimise the risk of reoffending. We also work at the heart of communities to give people the best possible chance of reintegrating into society successfully.
Resettlement Advice Service
Our dedicated national phone and online service provides advice and support on resettlement matters to offenders, their families and practitioners such as finding somewhere to live, getting a job and dealing with the disclosure of a criminal record.
Substance misuse
Our services combine a dual focus on the individual and the community, offering people interventions, information, advice and guidance programmes so they can not only recover from drug or alcohol dependence but also start to contribute actively and positively to the community.
Working in partnership to influence policy
We use our knowledge of what works to reduce crime to help inform policy and shape practice. In line with this, we work closely with government and public and private sector partners, using our experience on the ground to establish and pilot the best ways of reducing crime in local neighbourhoods. Nacro is also a regular contributor to government consultations and important debates on key subjects in the criminal justice sector.