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Local Infrastructure and CJ System. Joining up social exclusion, reducing crime and 2 nd tier activity. About Clinks. National infrastructure charity established in 1998 to support the voluntary sector working with offenders and their families Membership organisation
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Local Infrastructure and CJ System Joining up social exclusion, reducing crime and 2nd tier activity
About Clinks • National infrastructure charity • established in 1998 to support the voluntary sector working with offenders and their families • Membership organisation • Over 270 members and a network of almost 3,000 contacts • Services & Products • Providing a range of training, information, advice, networking, consultations, and publications.
Our principles • Collaboration and mutuality • Influence and voice • Inclusivity and diversity • Capacity building
Our four strategic aims • Promoting the work of the VCS • Effective Partnerships • Promoting Service User Engagement • Tackling racism and discrimination
LAA’s and NI’s • PSA 16-socially excluded adults • Offenders under supervision in settled accommodation • Offenders under supervision in employment • Adults with learning disabilities in settled accommodation • Adults in contact with secondary mental health services in settled accommodation
Education and Employment • Working age people on out of work benefits • Learners achieving a level 1 qualification in literacy • Working age population qualified to at least level 3
Children and Families • Emotional health of children • Children who have experienced bullying • Narrowing the gap in the Early Years Foundation between bottom 20% and rest • Proportion of children in poverty
Substance Misuse • Drug related offending rate • Alcohol-harm related admissions to hospital • Drug users in effective treatment
Health • Fair treatment by local services
Voluntary Sector • Participation in regular volunteering • Creating an environment for a thriving third sector
Role of LIO’s in CJ Sector • Information and raising awareness • Training • Opening access to LIO services to CJ sector • Engaging with CJ agencies-probation; police; prisons
Clinks 25 Micklegate York YO1 6JH 01904 673970 info@clinks.org www.clinks .org