Charities Funded

Embrace Child Victims of Crime (CVoC) is a small but nationally impactful charity supporting children and young people harmed by serious crime. Our vision is to provide timely, trauma-informed support that helps children recover, rebuild, and thrive. Founded in 1993 in response to the Warrington bombings, we are one of the only UK charities focused on child victims of crime. In 2023 alone, we supported over 3,300 children and families across 41 counties, working with 43 of the UK’s 48 police forces. 

ABandOfBrothers (ABOB) works with young men at risk of or involved in the criminal justice system. We provide them with the support they need to make the transition to an adulthood free of crime, and filled with a sense of belonging, connection, and purpose. The young men we meet have often experienced or witnessed domestic violence. They may have been abused or else kept someone else’s abuse a secret. They may have lived in care or experienced neglect.

Peace Collective is a non-profit organisation committed to building peace, strengthening social cohesion, and supporting trauma recovery in communities affected by violence, division, and conflict. Our team brings decades of hands-on experience in conflict resolution, post-trauma healing, and youth engagement, working alongside communities to foster resilience, understanding, and lasting change.

The Brianna Ghey Legacy Project was founded in memory of 16-year-old Brianna Ghey, who was tragically murdered in 2023. Brianna’s story highlights the urgent need to protect children’s mental health in a world where social media and online exposure can have devastating effects. The project focuses on prevention and support for families, schools, and communities. Through workshops, family programmes, community outreach, and national campaigns, we aim to equip children with emotional resilience, help parents navigate the challenges of technology, and push for systemic change to create safer digital and real-world environments.

The #kNOwKnifeCrime campaign was founded in memory of Colin McGinty, who was tragically killed in a case of mistaken identity. The campaign’s mission is to educate young people about the devastating consequences of knife crime and to help make our communities safer. We work with primary and secondary schools, colleges, and universities, delivering assemblies, workshops, and emergency first aid sessions that are bespoke and tailored to each education setting and their individual needs. We’ve already engaged with over 35,000 young people across the Northwest and are passionate about continuing to reach more schools and students through education, prevention, and empowerment.

With the Foundation’s support, we can reach even more young people with our services, providing vital education that helps prevent violence before it begins. We deliver tailored workshops in schools and other youth settings, produce accessible learning resources, and train the professionals who work directly with young people. This funding strengthens our ability to equip young people with the tools to build safer relationships, make informed choices, and feel confident within their communities. Through this investment, the Foundation has helped extend our impact across England and Wales, ensuring that more young people receive guidance that can change, and sometimes save, lives.

The “Peace Builders” project by Transform Communities Staffordshire CIC is a 12-month programme designed to reduce youth violence, aggression, and antisocial behaviour across Fenton, Middleport, Bentilee, and Weston Heights – four of Stoke-on-Trent’s most deprived neighbourhoods. The project supports young people aged 10–17 who have been affected by, or are at risk of becoming involved in, violence.
Through emotional-literacy development, empathy-building, conflict-resolution training, and access to trusted adult relationships, the programme aims to prevent escalation into harm and instead empower young people to make peaceful, informed choices.

Trauma 1:1 Support for Children and Young People is a specialist programme delivered by The Family Works, offering trauma-informed therapeutic support to children and teenagers across South Yorkshire who have experienced violence, abuse, neglect, or community conflict. Our trained Trauma Support Practitioners provide consistent, relational one-to-one sessions in homes, schools, and community settings. Through this approach, young people are supported to feel safe, understand and regulate their emotions, process difficult experiences, and develop healthier ways of coping and building relationships. We work closely with families, schools, health services, and Early Help teams to ensure every child receives holistic, coordinated support. The project aims to reduce the impact of trauma, strengthen family and peer relationships, and equip young people with the resilience and confidence they need to build positive futures.

Got Your Back delivers tailored programmes in Derbyshire schools for young people affected by crime.

Sessions cover topics such as hate incidents, discrimination, criminal exploitation and County Lines, knife crime, positive decision-making, and online safety. Using interactive activities and guided discussion, facilitators help students build awareness, challenge harmful behaviours, and make safer choices.

The programme also signposts young people to further support through Got Your Back and Derbyshire Victim Services.

With the generous support from the Tim Parry Johnathan Ball Foundation, Rising Stars is continuing its Put It Down project in Birmingham for the next 12 months.

The programme works with young people and their families to improve wellbeing and reduce knife crime in Aston by combining sports-based engagement with targeted education.

Young people take part in safe, structured sports sessions before joining workshops on the risks of carrying knives, how to use blood-control kits, and hearing real-life testimonies.

Parent workshops also help families recognise early signs of gang involvement and access further support.

Project PEACE is a youth leadership and violence-prevention programme for young people aged 14–19 who are at risk of exclusion, conflict, or disengagement.

Every young person is matched with a trusted adult mentor, ensuring consistent one-to-one support throughout the programme. They will feel heard, valued, and challenged to grow.

By the end of the programme, participants are calmer in conflict, more confident in communication, and better equipped to make positive choices.

Graduates become Peace Ambassadors, continuing to promote respect, unity, and positive leadership within their communities

Healing Minds and Community Recovery CIC deliver a frontline, community-based recovery and violence-prevention programme supporting young people and adults affected by violence, exploitation, and trauma.

The Tim Parry Johnathan Ball Foundation’s grant supports the delivery of this programme, enabling trauma-informed facilitators and youth engagement workers to provide non-violent workshops, resilience-building sessions, and recovery-focused support.The programme aims to reduce harm, strengthen coping skills, and support safer, healthier communities through early intervention and practical, trauma-informed support.

Her Power, Her Peace: Empowering Girls to Choose Confidence over Conflict is a six-month empowerment and violence-prevention initiative supporting girls and young women aged 13–21 in Southwark who are affected by, or at risk of, violence and exploitation.

The programme combines trauma-informed workshops, peer mentoring, and creative digital expression to build confidence, emotional resilience, and conflict-resolution skills. Participants are guided to develop healthy relationships, amplify their voices through art and storytelling, and become leaders and Champions of Peace within their communities.

The Improving Prospects (IP) programme is our flagship community-based initiative, carefully designed to provide young people with an insight into the causes and consequences of conflict.

Our project workers support young people to become more confident and capable in managing both personal and interpersonal conflict.

Founded in the 1980s and now part of the wider Coram group of children’s charities, its trauma-informed training and programmes are used in schools, community settings and by professionals to support emotional resilience, better decision-making and positive change.

‘Making It’ is The Music Works’ youth violence prevention programme, a six-month intensive music mentoring initiative that harnesses the transformative power of music to break the cycle of youth violence and criminality in Gloucestershire.

Delivered in partnership with Youth Justice and other agencies, the programme employs trauma-informed, music-based interventions to engage young people who are involved in or on the fringes of the criminal justice system, fostering resilience, promoting positive life choices, and opening up meaningful pathways into education, training, and creative careers.