Useful Links Directory
Links to useful websites and resources
Cafcass
Cafcass looks after the interests of children involved in family proceedings. We work with children and their families, and then advise the courts on what we consider to be in the best interests of individual children.
Centre for Mental Health
Centre for Mental Health aims to help to create a society in which people with mental health problems enjoy equal chances in life to those without. We focus on criminal justice, employment, mental health at work, recovery and children, with supporting work on broader mental health and public policy.
Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Services
Cafcass looks after the interests of children involved in family proceedings. We work with children and their families, and then advise the courts on what we consider to be in the best interests of individual children.
Criminal Justice Social Work
The Centre is an independent national resource providing a range of services to those working in, or concerned about, criminal and youth justice social work
Families and Social Services Information Team
Fassit provides a website containing information and advice for families with children experiencing frustration in working with Social Services in Child Protection Proceedings.
Family Rights Group
We are the charity in England and Wales that advises families whose children are involved with or need children’s services because of welfare needs or concerns. We promote policies and practices, including family group conferences, that help children to be raised safely and securely within their families, and campaign for effective support to assist family and friends carers, including grandparents who are raising children that cannot live at home.
International Juvenile Justice Observatory
The International Juvenile Justice Observatory, with its headquarters in Brussels, was founded in 2003 with the goal of encouraging a global juvenile justice without borders, and since then it has been gradually taking shape around different distinguishing features.
Scottish Childrens Reporter Administration
SCRA’s vision is that vulnerable children and young people in Scotland are safe, protected and offered positive futures. This vision is supported by the Scottish Government and is underpinned by SCRA’s values, it ensures that the needs of children and young people are at the centre of everything we do.
The Barrow Cadbury Trust
The Barrow Cadbury Trust is an independent, charitable foundation, committed to supporting vulnerable and marginalised people in society. The Trust provides grants to grassroots voluntary and community groups working in deprived communities in the UK, with a focus on Birmingham and the Black Country. It also works with researchers, think tanks and government, often in partnership with other grant-makers, seeking to overcome the structural barriers to a more just and equal society.
The Ministry of Justice
Our work spans criminal, civil and family justice, democracy and rights. The Ministry of Justice works to protect the public and reduce reoffending, and to provide a more effective, transparent and responsive criminal justice system for victims and the public. We also provide fair and simple routes to civil and family justice. The Ministry of Justice has responsibility for different parts of the justice system – the courts, prisons, probation services and attendance centres. We work in partnership with the other government departments and agencies to reform the criminal justice system, to serve the public and support the victims of crime. We are also responsible for making new laws, strengthening democracy, and safeguarding human rights.
The T2A Alliance
Publication and reports banner 01234 The T2A Alliance evidences and promotes effective approaches for young people in the transition to adulthood (16-25 year olds) throughout the criminal justice process. T2A is a coalition of 12 of the leading criminal justice, health and youth organisations, convened by the Barrow Cadbury Trust.
The Youth Justice Board for England and Wales (YJB)
The Youth Justice Board for England and Wales (YJB) is an executive non-departmental public body. Its board members are appointed by the Secretary of State for Justice. The YJB: oversees the youth justice system in England and Wales works to prevent offending and reoffending by children and young people under the age of 18 ensures that custody for them is safe, secure, and addresses the causes of their offending behaviour.
