Nacro

Nacro is a national social justice charity that delivers education and training alongside housing, health and justice services. Through Nacro Education, it offers vocational courses and study programmes for young people aged 14–19+ to help them gain skills, knowledge and experience to progress to further education, apprenticeships or work. The organisation focuses on giving people a good education and the support they need to move on positively, including opportunities to retake GCSEs in maths and English and access alternative education provision for 14–16-year-olds. Nacro’s wider services are designed to address barriers to learning and employment by providing safe and secure accommodation, health and wellbeing support, and assistance for people in or leaving the justice system. The charity also provides criminal record advice for individuals and employers, along with training and courses for employers on managing criminal records and creating fair recruitment practices. Nacro campaigns for policy change in education, housing, justice, and health to improve life chances for the people it supports, and reports high success rates for its learners, including strong GCSE pass rates in English and maths.