New Dawn New Day is a specialist women’s organisation with expertise in working with women and young women in contact with the criminal justice system. Based in Leicester, we provide trauma-informed, gender-responsive support to those experiencing multiple unmet needs.

We believe in working holistically at each woman’s own pace, creating safe and supportive spaces where trust can be built and lasting change made possible. Our approach combines intensive one-to-one support with therapeutic and practical interventions, enabling women and young women to stabilise their lives, recover from trauma, and build confidence to make positive choices for the future.

With funding from the Triangle Trust, we have been able to develop a Young Women’s Intensive Support Pathway for 16–25 year olds who have been referred by the Police under an Out of Court Resolution or through the Probation Service. Many of the young women we work with have experienced significant adversity throughout their childhood and early adult life. These experiences often result in trauma responses including high levels of anxiety and distress, self-harm, harmful coping strategies and increased risk of reoffending.

This project provides intensive, wraparound support to help young women address the impact of trauma, reduce risk-taking behaviours and develop skills and strengths that support healthier futures. By working alongside them with compassion and consistency, we aim to empower young women to redefine their futures, move away from cycles of harm, and take steps towards safer, more hopeful lives

GROW is a South Yorkshire based charity providing a dedicated and responsive service to Women and Girls from across many Rotherham and Barnsley communities. Our vision is Empowering Women and Girls to make informed choices. GROW works with Women and girls who have complex needs, often as a result of trauma. The Women and Girls who engage with GROW’s services are often isolated and lonely; lacking in confidence; have experienced trauma; facing crisis in their lives; seeking to make positive lifestyle changes and/or falling through the net of existing services.

We believe strongly in a trauma informed holistic approach and work with Women and Girls who use our services at their own pace to a point where their confidence and ability to make informed lifestyle choices and changes are increased.

GROW works collaboratively with other agencies to ensure that women and girls who use our service can access services and information in a way that will have real meaning in their lives.

GROW’s Liberty Project will empower Girls and Young Women to make informed and positive choices, recognise destructive attitudes and behaviours. Supporting them to develop skills and abilities to redefine a future away from the criminal justice system, engagement in risky behaviours and achieve their potential.

The Liberty Project will work with Girls and Young Women aged 13 -18 years with a high risk of offending, or a history of involvement in the criminal justice system. It is believed that the Girls and Young Women will have additional multiple and complex needs, with three or more Adverse Childhood Experiences e.g. domestic abuse, child sexual exploitation/abuse, child abuse/neglect, or family breakdown etc.  Resulting in trauma response, such as suicide ideation/attempts, self-harm, harmful and high-risk taking behaviour e.g. substance misuse and/or high levels of mental distress e.g. anxiety, depression and complex post-traumatic stress disorder.

Build A Girl provides a safe space where girls and young women who have experienced various forms of violence and abuse a chance to break cycles and divert from potential school exclusions and risk of involvement in criminal and sexual exploitation.

Without exception the girls and young women have experienced early childhood trauma, neglect, poverty, sexual abuse and violence in the home.Almost all the girls are from single parent homes (brought up by Mum) and fathers are absent or have very limited contact. Mums are often survivors of sexual violence and abuse and have little or no support using drugs and alcohol as coping strategies.

This often leads to an overwhelming responsibility on the girls and young women

to look after their Mums and siblings. The girls and young women are labelled as ‘street wise’, hard to reach, problematic and not supported in a compassionate and trauma informed way.

The communities they live in are rife with crime and anti- social behavior. They have little or no positive role models. Several members of the group are looked after children living in local authority care or foster homes. These girls and young women are often isolated, vulnerable and struggle to build positive peer relationships.

They are labelled as disruptive often leading to permanent exclusion from mainstream school.

This project aims to break the intergenerational cycles of abuse, offering hope and supporting them to achieve their dreams and live healthy stable fulfilled lives. Our lived experience and peer-led approach will encourage members to build healthy, supportive connections and receive guidance in a positive and non-judgmental environment. Supporting these girls and young women to grow in confidence, develop skills and knowledge based on their individual interests, learn to recognise grooming behaviors and resist potentially exploitative relationships and behaviors.

We are an intersectional organisation that supports the rights and resources of Black and racially minoritised migrant women. We offer frontline support and undertake policy work to influence wider debate and policy issues.

Basis Yorkshire is a Charity Based in Leeds, West Yorkshire.  Over the last three decades, Basis Yorkshire has supported young people who have been sexually abused and/or exploited, or at risk thereof.  Throughout this work, we have recognised that several factors increase the vulnerability of girls to become associated with serious youth violence. A need has been highlighted for a gendered approach to support as issues of Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) are woven throughout their experiences, particularly the risk of experiencing sexual violence and/or exploitation. 

Historically, the focus of many services has been on serious youth violence amongst young men, with a lack of recognition that girls are also impacted.

With the Girls and Gangs role, Basis Yorkshire will provide preventive 121 work with girls who are at risk of entering the Criminal Justice System due to their association and links with known and emerging Urban Street Gangs/or members, whose risks are further compounded due to experience or risk of sexual abuse and exploitation.