Whilst we are focusing on these areas at present, our services span a range of other areas. Visit our news page to find out what else we have been working on.
The Catch22 Online Harms Consultation was launched in June 2020, acknowledging the increasing amount of time young people were spending online as a result of the lockdown. We received responses from young people, frontline professionals, from tech platforms and from commissioners on the challenges of online harms.
All our services must address the complex interactions of the online and offline world. Catch22 is focused on building a safer online world through prevention and intervention, and by creating safe ways for young people to communicate, express themselves, and positively connect with their communities, online and offline.
The Social Switch Project received £200,000 in funding from London’s Violence Reduction Unit (VRU), set up by the Mayor of London, to deliver the next phase of its mission to divert young people at risk of exposure to violence towards sustainable digital careers. The Social Switch Project also trains frontline professionals in the challenges young people face online
Incubated by charity and social business Catch22, we are bringing together purposeful employers and young people for Kickstart placements with a difference. We bring deep knowledge and networks in social innovation, building at scale, and policy.
Catch22’s Head of Partnership Development, Kat Dixon, asks "What now?" in a recent blog that looks at the youth employment landscape, the government’s response and what role employers and charities can play in helping the next generation flourish.
Thanks to National Grid and Catch22, 450 young people across the UK from socio-economically disadvantaged backgrounds will be supported to progress careers in the energy industry. Catch22 is one of the first UK based organisations to participate as a charity partner in Grid for Good.
Catch22 has been awarded over £330,000 from the Coronavirus Community Support Fund, distributed by The National Lottery Community Fund, to expand its work across the country to help vulnerable young people and families get back on their feet following the unprecedented pressures of the pandemic.
We worked with the NLCBF and YPBMF to collect the views of frontline local authority leaving care teams as well as young care leavers to inform our response to the Department for Education's consultation on unregulated provision for children in care and care leavers.
In a recent blog, Emmanuel Akpan-Inwang, founder of Lighthouse Children's Homes (incubated by Catch22) wrote about how it is time for change for children's homes, explaining their vision for children's residential care in the future.
Despite the challenges of 2020, over the last year the Catch22 Justice teams have engaged with 44,981 individuals across its services, reflecting the dedication of staff to support those we engage with. The 2019/20 Justice Annual Review looks in more detail at the difference this has made across services including offender management, resettlement, victims services, violence reduction and gangs.
International law firm Baker McKenzie are collaborating with Catch22 to offer support to prisoners at HMP Thameside who are due for release throughout 2020. The workshops will cover topics including housing rights, financial management and employment rights. Milly Harrison, Partnerships and Grants Coordinator for Catch22, talks about why this has never been more necessary.
From August, HMP Wandsworth’s Through the Gate Resettlement service will now be delivered by Catch22. This new service will provide tailored support to address criminogenic and resettlement needs to both new entry prisoners and those being released into the community – with the aim of helping them to settle back into community life and reduce reoffending.
The Catch22 incubator programme provides tailored support for social entrepreneurs with ideas that reimagine – and ultimately reform – the delivery of public services. Selected from over 70 applications, these change-makers are developing new approaches to support people to overcome the obstacles they face and now join our growing community of social entrepreneurs
In May, the Catch22 Lockdown Diaries took a snapshot of activity from across our services. Our staff described the challenges of working under lockdown conditions. But more importantly, they’ve shown just how determined they are to make sure the people who need our services can still access them – and their creativity in delivering despite the circumstances.
The stories outlined in our Annual Review capture much about our work: the resilience of those we work with, the commitment of our staff, the complexity of people’s lives and the importance of relationships. But it also shows how the work we deliver has a positive impact on those we support, and how we are striving to do things differently to unlock the huge capacity that is needed to effect seismic change.