Partnership Working
bthechange are part of wider networks within health and justice. Chloe, who is the women’s lead, currently has a seat on the Local Criminal Justice Board, improving the outcomes for women within Devon/Cornwall, the CSTR strategic and operational boards (community sentencing treatment requirements), The peninsula partnership board (health and justice), Revolving Doors Lived Experience team (National). Chloe’s role on these boards is two-fold, as a professional and as the voice of Lived Experience. These roles highlight our passion and commitment to improving things within the criminal justice system, to voicing the opinions and experiences of those in the system. bthechange Founder & Director Josh sits on the Local Criminal Justice Main Board. This gives us a great opportunity to influence, update and work with key criminal justice stakeholders.
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In addition, we also report directly to the Southwest Reducing Reoffending partnership, that provides us with scrutiny regarding our work at HMP Eastwood Park. https://tinyurl.com/yrfwmar6
Lived Experience Leaders
The majority of our management team have criminal justice lived experience, and this gives us the special ability to gain the trust of our clients, which is key to full engagement. We believe that change is possible, and people with convictions can turn their lives into an active force for good in society. But one size does not fit all, as is often the case. We offer a focused and dedicated trauma-responsive approach to helping people move forward, backed up by a team that have established successful rehabilitative methods and practices, all developed around their lived experiences.
Ethical Outcomes
The most important principle for bthechange CIC is service user and expert engagement. All our programmes are designed and, in many cases, delivered by leaders with experience. We are a Social Enterprise that provides 'life-changing' support, education and transitional (prison) opportunities. Our S.E.T Model (Support, Education & Transition) is the cornerstone of our work. It allows us to be brave, entrepreneurial and challenge 'the norm’. We currently work with over two thousand people a year, via Police Stations, Prisons, Schools & in the Community, covering the entirety of the Southwest of England.