We provide hope, rehabilitation and recovery to victims and perpetrators of crime.
We inspire change by providing long-term, individualised responses to conflict and crime.
We believe that with the right support, people can change.
If you have been involved in conflict or crime, help is out there.
SCOTLAND, ENGLAND AND WALES HAVE THE HIGHEST IMPRISONMENT RATES IN WESTERN EUROPE. IN october 2023, THE PRISON POPULATION STOOD AT 88,225. OUR RECIDIVISM RATES ARE ALSO GROWING.
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of PLAN A participants showed improvements in their mental wellbeing
Blog
RJ Week 2023: Restorative Justice as an alternative to solitary confinement in the United States
This Restorative Justice Week, we bring you something different to our blog. We welcome Belong's Development Volunteer, who shares a summary of her research on Restorative Justice as an alternative to solitary confinement in the US. If you would like to get in touch...
Mentoring with Belong
Founded in 2010, Belong began as a grassroots organization, mainly delivering mentoring to young people in Greenwich, London. Over a decade later, mentoring interventions form one of Belong’s main interventions, alongside restorative justice and creative...
An interview with a belong trustee
Belong has 14 dedicated trustees, all volunteers who hold Belong ‘in trust’ for current and future beneficiaries, provide oversight of Belong’s work, contribute to strategic growth, financial controls and risk management.... but what does that really mean? And who are...