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Make a Referral

We regularly take referrals from healthcare services, local authority services, community groups, other charities and individuals for our support, training and housing.

Before filling in the form, please get in touch with us to discuss your referral with one of our hubs as our activities and housing have limited capacity.

Chester-le-Street: clshub@handcrafted.org.uk
Durham: durhamhub@handcrafted.org.uk | 0191 378 1562
Gateshead: gatesheadhub@handcrafted.org.uk | 0191 676 0499
Sunderland: sunderlandhub@handcrafted.org.uk | 07884 113889
Engage: engagehub@handcrafted.org.uk

Housing Referrals - Please be aware that our housing availability is extremely limited - there is an active waiting list for our housing, and we allocate based on need.

To ensure our list of referral stays current, we will keep your housing referral active for 56 days. If we haven’t identified a suitable space and contacted you within that period the referral will be closed.

If you would like to add someone to our waiting list, please use our Housing Referrals Form.

Activities Referrals - If you would like to make a referral for the activity sessions taking place each day in our hubs, please use our Activities Referral Form.

Training Course Referrals - If you would like to make a referral for any of our accredited training course pathways, please use our Training Course Referral Form.

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Testimonials

I work as a prolific offender coordinator within police and my role is to reduce re-offending, I work with offenders who have been within court and prison system for numerous years.

Handcrafted has been instrumental in providing training, skills and support to help these most chaotic offenders in the local community. To a lot of people going to work each day would be a normal part of life. The majority of the prolific offenders within the offender management unit have very little or in some cases no work experience.

Handcrafted have provided the opportunity to build their confidence, self-belief, working with others and learning a trade. They get a huge sense of achievement working on various projects within Handcrafted. The staff are always very supportive and Handcrafted has become a valuable partner agency.

Simon H, Durham Constabulary