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Who We Support

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Open to everyone

Handcrafted is a community open to everyone. We work with some of the most marginalised people in society, regardless of their backgrounds.

Our trainees face multiple disadvantages such as homelessness, addictions, poor mental and physical health, long-term unemployment, offending history, fleeing domestic violence, and leaving local authority care. Many of them experience multiple of these needs which interact in complex ways.

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Priority Groups

Based on our experience of working in the North-East for the past 12 years, we have 4 key priority groups for whom we have developed specialist provision:

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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