What we do

Catch22 is a local charity with a national reach.

We work in over 150 towns and cities, with tens of thousands of people every year – supporting people with tough lives and facing difficult situations. They may have had tough upbringings, or lived in difficult neighbourhoods.

Our programmes help to develop a person's confidence and skills to grasp solutions that are right for them; from getting back into school or into training, choosing to stay out of crime, finding a safe place to live and helping them with the skills needed to live independently after leaving care or custody.

We also encourage young people and others we work with to give something back to their local communities.

We use the knowledge gained from our direct work with young people to campaign for better policies affecting them and to champion the rights of every young person, whatever they’ve done in the past. Find out more about our work to influence government.

With the right help, committed support and a little belief, even the most difficult young person can turn their lives around. We all gain – the young person the community and the country as a whole.

That’s why we focus on the areas where our work can make a real and lasting difference in young people’s lives, for their families and for the whole community.

Here are the results

• 9 out of 10 young people we helped with housing were settled in their own accommodation after six months.
• 7 out of 10 young people who completed our learning programmes found work or went on to find further study within one month.
• 9 out of 10 young people who had been involved in crime didn’t re-offend while on our programmes.
• 8 out of 10 young people said that with our help they found new goals and ambitions.

Find out more about Catch22 services in your area by searching our map.