African Prisons Project (APP) is a young charity founded to improve the welfare, health and education of detainees in Africa. They aim to restore the dignity of prisoners by providing humane conditions and improving welfare, access to medical facilities and the opportunity to learn. Their principal projects are the creation or refurbishment of prison clinics and libraries.

The Alternatives to Violence Project (AVP) organises workshops for people from all walks of life who want to deal with conflict well and without violence. It organises low-cost, friendly workshops in communities all over Britain and also runs programmes in prisons.

Amicus is a human rights charity working to draw attention to the iniquities of the death penalty. Its mission is to promote the relief of suffering and distress of those awaiting capital punishment, and to provide legal or other assistance to ensure the preservation of those individuals' rights.

Through the inspiration of the Diary of Anne Frank, the Trust unites communities to challenge hatred and prejudice and to create a society based on respect, understanding and individual moral responsibility. Innovative educational programmes and exhibitions take place across the UK and reach over 120,000 people every year.

Christian Solidarity Worldwide is a human rights organisation which specialises in religious freedom, works on behalf of those persecuted for their Christian beliefs and promotes religious liberty for all.

Derek Prince (1915 - 2003) was one of the founders of the Charismatic movement and an internationally recognised Bible teacher. His preaching and teaching ministry touched millions of lives and continues to be a source of inspiration and insight to many Christians today.

During his lifetime Derek Prince poured himself out to reach the unreached and teach the untaught. Today his teaching is available in 100 languages to Christians in the UK, the Middle East, China, the former Soviet Union and elsewhere.

Through the generous support of many individuals and churches Derek Prince Ministries (DPM) continues to resource church leaders and congregations in different parts of the world.

The DPM UK office was founded in 1986. Since then, it has served thousands of believers and church leaders in the UK and worldwide. To find our more visit our website: www.dpmuk.org

FTI works to uphold international standards of justice and defends the rights of people facing charges in a country other than their own. In addition, FTI addresses root causes of injustice in cross-border criminal cases through research and campaigning and builds local legal capacity through training, mentoring and network activities.

The Female Prisoners Welfare Project (FPWP) / Hibiscus provides support for females of all ethnic origins and nationalities within the UK criminal justice system. The charity provides a practical, impartial and supportive service to women who have often suffered stigma, discrimination and abuse.

We are dedicated to serving Jews of all ages regardless of religious background or affiliation. Havenpoint operate two Chabad Community Centres in London.

The Helen Bamber Foundation is a UK-based human rights organization established as a charity in April 2005. We provide medical consultation, therapeutic care, human rights advocacy and practical support to survivors of gross human rights violations and other forms of extreme cruelty. The population we serve comes from over 70 countries. They are survivors of torture, domestic violence, honour killings, genocide and rape. They are men, women and children, who have been trafficked for the purposes of labor and sexual exploitation. Their experiences reflect the myriad patterns of oppression and political violence that plague the world in which we live. The service is provided by a multi disciplinary team of professionals comprised of therapists, doctors, psychiatrists, caseworkers and interpreters. The practice is united by the team?s commitment to upholding principles of human rights and to treating the people who seek our services with dignity and respect.

One of the world's leading independent organisations dedicated to defending human rights. Human Rights Watch works relentlessly to expose violators and give voice to the oppressed. Its rigorous, objective investigations make HRW an indisputable source of information for journalists, policy-makers, and diplomats.

It provides a free advice service to bereaved people on contentious deaths and their investigation with a particular focus on deaths in custody. Casework also informs it's research, parliamentary, campaigning and policy work.

The Koestler Trust is the UKs best known prison arts charity. We award, exhibit and sell artworks by offenders, detainees and high security patients, in over 50 different artforms. Since our foundation in 1962 the Koestler Awards have become a prestigious fixture across the British criminal justice system, and our annual national exhibition has proved a unique opportunity to showcase the positive potential of offenders. Our two core aims are: * to help offenders lead more positive lives by motivating them to participate in the arts; and * to demonstrate the power of arts activity in the criminal justice system.

The KHRP has a vision for a future based on justice, equality, and the rule of law. It pioneers the upholding of human rights for all people in the Kurdish regions and beyond through raising awareness of the situation of the Kurds in Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey, the Caucasus and elsewhere and bring an end to the violation of the rights of Kurds and others in these countries.

This grant giving Fund commemorates the life of Michael Varah, and the work he was prevented from finishing by his early death. It supports the causes that Michael believed in and worked to alleviate: disadvantage and social exclusion, homelessness and poverty, crime prevention and rehabilitation of offenders, human rights.

Nacro reduces crime by changing lives. We work with the most disadvantaged people, offenders and those at risk of offending, to help them find positive alternatives to crime and to achieve their full potential in our society.

Without your help we would not be able to help people turn their lives around. There are still communities living in fear of crime, and people who lack the skills and opportunities they need to make positive change. By supporting us you can invest in our communities, to build a brighter future.

Visit the Nacro website at: www.nacro.org.uk

Right now an estimated 100 million Christians face persecution. Open Doors provides Bibles, Christian literature, training, literacy programmes and practical support to persecuted Christians worldwide. We are the world's largest outreach to persecuted Christians, working in over 50 countries, including some of the most high-risk places on earth.

The Philemon Foundation's aim is to break chains and restore lives. It does this by rehabilitating prisoners and former prisoners in Kenya, providing food, shelter, counselling, community, training and employment with the ultimate goal of reintegration into society. Philemon works with Government and civil society groups, local churches and international partners.

It supports prisoners and their families by providing practical services at prisons across the country, including family visitors' centres, children's play services, 'first night in custody' support, and information, advice and guidance.

The Prison Phoenix Trust brings hope and healing to prisoners with the disciplines of yoga and meditation, based on silence and the breath. The Trust trains and supports qualified yoga teachers for work in prisons - in substance misuse, anger management and education programmes. Prisoners are invited to practise daily in their cells and supported by 150 weekly classes in 87 prisons in the UK and Ireland. The PPT encourages them with correspondence, free resource books, CDs, and quarterly newsletters, and also works with prison staff and officers in 20 weekly classes.

Prisoners Abroad is the only UK charity providing information, advice and support to Britons detained overseas, their family and friends, and to released prisoners trying to re-establish themselves in society.

RI supports persecuted Christians in five ways: *Showing God's compassion (to their families) *Serving God's church (encouraging them to survive and recover from persecution) *Sharing God's love (with their persecutors) *Spreading God's Word (through Bible distribution) *Speaking as God's advocates (as the voice of Christian martyrs and the persecuted Church).

Reprieve uses the law to enforce the human rights of prisoners, from death row to Guantánamo Bay. We investigate, we litigate and we educate. Working on the frontline, we provide legal support to prisoners unable to pay for it themselves. We promote the rule of law around the world, and secure each person?s right to a fair trial. In doing so we save lives.

Safe Ground?s courses teach prisoners to become positive role models for their children, helping them to understand their responsibilities as fathers. Safe Ground builds stronger families and safer communities by giving male prisoners the skills to maintain and develop vital family ties.

Safer London Foundation is the independent charitable arm of the Metropolitan Police Service, with a presence in every London borough. The Foundation focuses on empowering local people to reduce violence and crime in London by helping to fund innovative community crime reduction projects and by supporting the activities of Safer Neighbourhoods police Teams and their community panels.

People trafficking - buying & selling people - is the world's fastest growing crime. Whether it's in the products you buy, eat and wear or your local sex industry - it is something affecting every community worldwide. STOP THE TRAFFIK is a global movement fighting to PREVENT the sale of people, PROTECT the victims and PROSECUTE the traffickers.

Switchback supports 18-24 year olds involved in prison catering to develop the confidence and skills to make a positive and sustained change in their lives.

Established in 1999, Synergy Theatre Project works towards the rehabilitation of prisoners, ex-offenders and youths at risk, through theatre and related activities, whilst placing the wider issues surrounding imprisonment in the public arena. The company has four strands of activity: theatre productions, new writing, crime prevention and film and radio.

TIBET WATCH PROMOTES THE HUMAN RIGHTS OF THE TIBETAN PEOPLE BY MONITORING ABUSES OF TIBETAN PEOPLES' HUMAN RIGHTS, RESEARCH INTO HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES AFFECTING THE TIBETAN PEOPLE, EDUCATING THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE HUMAN RIGHTS OF TIBETAN PEOPLE AND RAISING AWARENESS OF HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES AFFECTING THE TIBETAN PEOPLE.

Wish, founded in 1987, is a registered national charity whose mission is to provide long-term, gender-sensitive support and services to women with mental health needs in their journey through the criminal justice and mental health systems and into the community, and to support women to have their voices heard at a policy level.

Lancaster and District YMCA work to improve the quality of life for young people in crisis. Our current work includes work with homeless young people, ex-offenders, and young people experiencing family breakdown. We also run a community radio station and manage the Ridge Community Centre.