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Social Tech Amplifier

Helping impact-led tech ventures to design, build and deploy game-changing digital technologies into social and public service delivery.

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Our approach

The first Social Tech Amplifier brought together ventures who are using technology to improve employment outcomes for young people. We supported standalone tech solutions such as apps or digital tools, as well as innovations in service delivery which are significantly enhanced or enabled by technology.

We sought solutions with the potential to drive change at scale and where public sector contracts could enable a step change in the growth trajectory. The Social Tech Amplifier aims to leverage the market position, expertise and networks of Catch22 and partners to help ventures unlock opportunities in the public sector supply chain.

Our next Social Tech Amplifier, launching at the end of 2023, will work with tech ventures who are developing solutions across any of our impact areas. Please register your interest to be kept notified when the new programme is announced.

We all know that talent is evenly distributed, yet opportunity is not. The Social Tech Amplifier will showcase how we can create a world where social transformation is the driving force behind tech and nurture solutions that have a deep-rooted impact on young people’s lives.

Chris Blues, Programme Director at the Social Tech Trust

Our ventures

AKOU

AKOU have created an app which allows people to share appreciation for a contact and elaborate on why that connection is valued. This creates better real life connections and builds confidence about personal value, whilst uncovering social capital. Using this information, participants are supported to create CVs, find job opportunities, network, improve their interview skills, and build work relationships for sustained employment.

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Briqs

Briqs exists to help companies find diverse talent beyond their normal networks using their ‘Guaranteed Interview’ package – where companies can be sure to meet at least one brand new talented person who they almost certainly won’t find via their existing recruitment channels. Briqs targets candidates using alternative channels, and widens the funnel to identify candidates who are traditionally overlooked for quality jobs.

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Career Matters

Career Matters has developed a unique new digital platform Thrive to support children in care, care leavers and those with care experience, which is designed to make a significant difference to accessibility and opportunity into exciting career pathways, as well as access to education, employment and training. In this way, Career Matters provides an impartial supportive service which enables stability and progression.

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Earlybird

Earlybird is voice-centric onboarding software for the employability sector. Earlybird replaces the time-consuming, form-heavy, initial meetings between an employment adviser and a participant, and helps employability providers to get a better understanding of their job-seekers before their first meeting. This improves relationships and allows employment advisors to spend more time providing quality solutions.

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GetMyFirstJob

GetMyFirstJob have developed a bespoke platform which focuses on the challenges faced by young people in finding sustainable employment. By integrating a range of web, social media, SMS and app solutions, driven by career exploration algorithms (based on Holland codes), GetMyFirstJob are able to help young people explore opportunities they may not have considered before.

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GradPrentice

GradPrentice offers newbies interested in the tech industry a gamified learning experience. This immersive training game allows them to stay motivated while developing their skills and confidence, with guidance from industry experts and training in UX/UI, project management and e-commerce. After their training, they are prepared for interviews and equipped with a portfolio of their projects.

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imployable

imployable provide end-to-end digital employment solutions. The imployable app is a free career management tool which provides all learners with the skills, resources and knowledge to identify careers, develop themselves, and search and apply for jobs and training. The app works in sync with imployable’s web-based imployable Cohort platform for employment advisors to track, monitor, support and communicate with learners.

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MiFuture

miFuture are looking to helping participants to unlock new job opportunities every day with their new platform. Like Tinder, participants can ‘swipe right’ if they want to know more or apply, or ‘swipe left’ to ignore it. They are also working on a co-produced jobs solution called Skill Bursts, which matches individuals who play their games with job opportunities.

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SkillLab

SkillLab have produced a mobile app which uses artificial intelligence (AI) to allow people to capture and express their unique skills, explore careers and apply for jobs. In parallel, SkillLab builds platforms for career counsellors where they can access this data, allowing them to better understand their clients, informing and creating opportunities to tailor the career counselling process.

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Supplytrain

Supplytrain helps supportive employers to ‘recruit for attitude and train for skill’ by finding young people with the desire to work in a trainee role. In return, Supplytrain provides mentoring support to young people in the first 13 weeks of their new role, helping them through the recruitment process, and keeping in touch with both the trainee and employer to ensure success for all parties.

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WYK Digital

WYK Digital have developed a free programme that, over 11 weeks, takes trainees on a journey that will allow them to launch careers in digital marketing and UX, regardless of their education, prior training or experience. Their mission is to make success in the digital age accessible to young people regardless of their start in life and, so far, the results have been astounding, with over 75% of graduates in employment.

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The Social Tech Amplifier is delivered in partnership by Catch22, Ufi VocTech Trust and the Social Tech Trust.

It is supported by Hatch and Microsoft, whose products and expertise enhances the skills of our ventures – providing them with access to relevant software, guidance and mentorship.

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of ventures is the Social Tech Amplifier currently supporting?

Our aim for the first round was to work with solutions that are:

driving evidence-based approaches through greater use of data and analytics,
creating digital spaces for people to come together to solve challenges,
connecting employment services with young people and employers,
rebuilding user experiences to be more inclusive for disadvantaged groups, or
empowering young people with tools to make informed choices and take action.

We look for solutions which have the potential to drive change at scale and where public sector contracts could enable a step change in the growth trajectory.

Our next Social Tech Amplifier, commencing at the end of 2023, will work with tech ventures who are developing solutions across any of our impact areas.

Please register your interest to be kept notified when the new programme is announced.

What does the Social Tech Amplifier offer to ventures?

As a growth-focused accelerator we help ventures prepare for scale through venture development activities and access to investment, including:

Accessing business-to-government (B2G) markets: the Social Tech Amplifier helps ventures to identify the impact and commercial opportunities for their product or service for use in public service delivery. We help ventures to test and refine solutions through existing supply chain and network partners, and help them to deploy impactful and commercially successful solutions in the B2G market.
Venture development and contract readiness: ventures that are part of the programme benefit from a series of workshops including strategy, finance, branding, marketing, sales, and pitching. There is also peer support, expert coaching and mentoring sessions, and a ‘Demo Day’ showcasing their business to a panel of experts.
Raising investment: We support ventures in knowing what types of funding and investment is available to them and what best aligns with their goals and needs. We help them understand the process of raising investment and what they need to prepare for fundraising. We also support them to understand what different investors are looking for and start to form an investment strategy.
Technology support: Social Tech Amplifier ventures have access to Microsoft’s start-up resources including Azure credits and access to development and productivity tools including GitHub and Microsoft 365. They also benefit from expert mentors, hacks and advice and guidance from Microsoft technical experts, and connections to Microsoft customers and partners.

News and resources

Criminal justice

18 Sep 2023

Catch22 Manifesto: Reimagining public services

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Publications,

Health and wellbeing

11 Oct 2023

The importance of investment in youth work: Party Conferences 2023

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Blogs,

Criminal justice

4 Oct 2023

Reducing crime and reoffending: Party Conferences 2023

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Blogs,

Child exploitation

20 Sep 2023

Why frontline voices are critical to the policy making process

Blogs,

15 Sep 2023

Doing things differently: innovation in our justice services

Case studies,

Support into work

4 Sep 2023

New support launches to support refugees

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Announcements,

1 Aug 2023

Education complaints, compliments and feedback policy

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Policies,

26 Jul 2023

The unique needs of a rising remand population

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Blogs,

Employment and training

24 Jul 2023

How is AI changing the employability and skills support landscape?

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Announcements,

7 Jul 2023

Catch22 submits written evidence on the Victims and Prisoners Bill

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Consultations,

Criminal justice

5 Jul 2023

Academia and third sector partnerships in criminal justice

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Blogs,

Criminal justice

29 Jun 2023

The role of the third sector in the criminal justice system

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Blogs,

21 Jun 2023

Vaping: why urgent Government action is needed

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Blogs,

Child exploitation

7 Jun 2023

Illegal Migration Bill: more harm than good?

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Blogs,

6 Jun 2023

Justice: Building resilience and aspiration in people and communities

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Publications,

28 May 2023

Catch22 responds to call for evidence on "Improving Resettlement Support"

Consultations,

Child exploitation

19 Apr 2023

How do you recognise a victim of child exploitation?

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Blogs,

29 Mar 2023

Catch22 responds to the Victims and Prisoners Bill

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Responses,

Employment and training

22 Mar 2023

Budget 2023: Employability – a few carrots, but too many sticks

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Blogs,

Employment and training

21 Mar 2023

Giving the green light: creating green jobs for all

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Publications,

Child exploitation

16 Feb 2023

Inequity in safeguarding

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Podcasts,

Support into work

10 Feb 2023

Social Tech Amplifier: Meet the ventures

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Announcements,

7 Feb 2023

Want to talk about it? Making space for conversations about life online

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Posters and downloads,

Child exploitation

19 Jan 2023

Online harms and online helps

Podcasts,

18 Jan 2023

Catch22 responds to call for evidence on “Prison Operational Workforce”

Consultations,

Child exploitation

1 Dec 2022

Missing children and child exploitation

Podcasts,

30 Nov 2022

Sexual violence in the online world

Portrait of two young women, one looking directly at the camera and the other looking away from it. Overlaid is the text "16 Days of Action against Gender-Based Violence".

Blogs,

Support into work

4 Oct 2022

Underemployment: the hidden face of the employment crisis

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Publications,

Support into work

3 Oct 2022

Social Tech Amplifier seeking solutions to tackle youth unemployment

Announcements,

7 Sep 2022

Knife crime: why a localised approach is key

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Blogs,

1 Sep 2022

Catch22 College: Financial support

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Posters and downloads,

Employment and training

31 Aug 2022

Reform: one year on

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Blogs,

25 Aug 2022

GCSE Results Day: Options and advice from Catch22

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Blogs,

Employment and training

26 Jul 2022

Finding solutions: what will break the underemployment trap?

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Blogs,

22 Jul 2022

Catch22 responds to the SEND and Alternative Provision green paper

Consultations,

Criminal justice

15 Jul 2022

The third sector and the future of public services

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Podcasts,

29 Jun 2022

Hidden victims and the meaning of "victim"

Podcasts,

Support into work

24 Jun 2022

Meeting in the middle: the underemployment trap

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Blogs,

22 Jun 2022

Included: how to support young people who face disadvantage to thrive online

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Publications,

Employment and training

13 May 2022

Underemployment and the youth unemployment crisis

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Blogs,

Employment and training

12 May 2022

Five top tips to improve diversity in your workforce

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Blogs,

Criminal justice

4 May 2022

Designing and delivering effective services

Podcasts,

Employment and training

27 Apr 2022

Traineeships: challenges and opportunities

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Blogs,

22 Apr 2022

Reclaiming agency: how can gaming empower young people?

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Blogs,

21 Apr 2022

Access to digital skills: who is being left behind?

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Publications,

20 Apr 2022

Reducing gang-related harm

Podcasts,

6 Apr 2022

The power of peer mentoring

Podcasts,

29 Mar 2022

Catch22 comments on the publication of the SEND green paper

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Responses,

Child exploitation

17 Mar 2022

Catch22 responds to introduction of the Online Safety Bill

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Responses,

Child exploitation

17 Mar 2022

Young carers and child exploitation

Publications,

9 Mar 2022

Catch22 responds to consultation on "Delivering justice for victims"

Consultations,

9 Mar 2022

Court delays - reducing the impact on victims and defendants

Podcasts,

Child exploitation

2 Mar 2022

Catch22 responds to Commission on Young Lives report

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Responses,

Criminal justice

1 Mar 2022

Catch22 responds to Prisons Strategy white paper

Consultations,

Employment and training

25 Feb 2022

PAC publish findings on Kickstart Scheme using Catch22’s evidence

Consultations,

25 Feb 2022

Bright lights and warm relationships: scaling support for care leavers

A man and woman sit together at a desk, talking whilst having a conversation. The woman makes notes on a computer as they talk.

Publications,

23 Feb 2022

Improving victims’ experience of the criminal justice system

Blogs,

22 Feb 2022

How can we improve outcomes for prison leavers?

Podcasts,

22 Feb 2022

Why successful re-integration reduces the chances of reoffending

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Blogs,

Child exploitation

2 Feb 2022

Catch22 responds to IICSA report

Consultations,

Employment and training

27 Jan 2022

Catch22 responds to new ‘Way to Work’ employment scheme

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Responses,

12 Jan 2022

Neurodiversity in the criminal justice system

Blogs,

29 Dec 2021

Catch22 responds to call for evidence on "Digital Skills for Employment"

Consultations,

Child exploitation

21 Dec 2021

Reflecting on a decade of Return Home Interviews

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Blogs,

Employment and training

20 Dec 2021

Is reducing youth employment young peoples’ responsibility too?

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Podcasts,

Child exploitation

16 Dec 2021

Unrealistic sexpectations: online porn and young people

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Consultations,

16 Dec 2021

Catch22 Colleges: 16-19 Tuition Funding statement

Policies,

Employment and training

15 Dec 2021

Employability services in the UK

Podcasts,

Child exploitation

13 Dec 2021

Catch22 releases Missing and Emotional Wellbeing report

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Publications,

Health and wellbeing

7 Dec 2021

Catch22 comments on the draft of the Health and Care Bill

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Responses,

Employment and training

6 Dec 2021

Reforming youth employment

Blogs,

29 Nov 2021

Digital disadvantage: barriers to digital skills and access

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Publications,

Employment and training

29 Nov 2021

Catch22 responds to inquiry into "Support for Employment During COVID-19"

Consultations,

Employment and training

26 Nov 2021

Kickstart scheme “falling short in its attempt to level up the recovery”

Close-up of two people reviewing a document together. One is pointing to a position on the page while the other holds a pen to make notes.

Responses,

Employment and training

24 Nov 2021

How can social mobility improve youth employment prospects?

Podcasts,

Employment and training

9 Nov 2021

Inclusive recruitment

Podcasts,

Employment and training

29 Sep 2021

What makes a good first job?

Podcasts,

Support into work

23 Sep 2021

Rothschild Foundation partners with Catch22

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Announcements,

Employment and training

22 Sep 2021

The Hospitality Sector

Podcasts,

Education

16 Sep 2021

Catch22 responds to today’s Timpson Review debate

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Responses,

Employment and training

14 Sep 2021

Catch22, The Prince’s Trust and Apprentice Nation join forces

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Announcements,

11 Aug 2021

Hidden victimhood

Blogs,

2 Aug 2021

Catch22 to deliver pilot project to reduce prison recalls

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Announcements,

Children's social care

17 Jun 2021

Catch22 responds to The Case for Change report

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Responses,

16 Jun 2021

The challenges of being transgender in prison

Blogs,

Children's social care

7 Jun 2021

Child vulnerability: what will make a difference?

Consultations,

4 Jun 2021

Major research partnership seeks to address barriers to digital skills

A young man hunches over a laptop, working. Big windows can be seen in the background, alongside some notebooks and a lamp.

Announcements,

3 Jun 2021

A vision for a digitally included Britain

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Publications,

Child exploitation

27 May 2021

Risk and Resilience Services: Supporting young people at risk of exploitation

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Publications,

Child exploitation

26 May 2021

SPACE talks Missing Incidents

Blogs,

Child exploitation

25 May 2021

Exploitation risk to missing and runaway children too often ignored

A young person stands in front of a wall holding a piece of paper in front of their face. The piece of paper has a question mark drawn on it.

Blogs,

Children's social care

20 May 2021

‘Digital Passport’ to address online risks faced by children in care

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Responses,

Employment and training

12 May 2021

Catch22 responds to call for evidence from House of Lords’ Youth Unemployment Committee

Consultations,

Health and wellbeing

10 May 2021

Understanding the psychological and social impact of the pandemic

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Blogs,

Employment and training

30 Apr 2021

Supporting young people into work: skilling up for the future

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Blogs,

26 Apr 2021

Karl’s experience with Bright Light

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Case studies,

Child exploitation

1 Apr 2021

Transforming the lives of victims of crime and exploitation

Consultations,

31 Mar 2021

How to be safe from fraud

Blogs,

29 Mar 2021

Why a fair society means every young person should have digital access

Blogs,

Support into work

25 Mar 2021

Barclays and Catch22 extend partnership

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Announcements,

23 Mar 2021

The four key principles of a “Good” Web

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Blogs,

Child exploitation

18 Mar 2021

“Are you listening?”

Case studies,

Child exploitation

17 Mar 2021

Child exploitation and criminal behaviour

Blogs,

Employment and training

4 Mar 2021

140 vacancies set to be filled as part of Catch22’s Kickstart Community

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Announcements,

4 Feb 2021

Supporting young people this Children’s Mental Health Week

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Blogs,

3 Feb 2021

Education is the way out of reoffending

Blogs,

29 Jan 2021

Digital skills and reskilling: an opportunity to address inequality

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Blogs,

Employment and training

28 Jan 2021

Employability and Skills: Annual review 2019-2020

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Publications,

Employment and training

22 Jan 2021

Reasons to be hopeful: tackling unemployment together

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Blogs,

Child exploitation

22 Jan 2021

Catch22 responds to Home Office “Tackling Child Sexual Abuse” strategy

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Responses,

21 Jan 2021

Urgent need to reach the digitally excluded

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Blogs,

Support into work

15 Jan 2021

Catch22 and JPMorgan Chase launch new collaboration

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Announcements,

Children's social care

15 Jan 2021

Catch22 responds to announcement of Independent Review into Children’s Social Care

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Responses,

15 Jan 2021

Catch22 College: Blended learning policy

Policies,

Child exploitation

13 Jan 2021

Young People and Families: Annual Review 2019-2020

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Publications,

Employment and training

12 Jan 2021

Catch22 responds to latest research from UK think-tank, Onward

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Responses,

8 Jan 2021

Catch22 responds to call for evidence on "Prison Education"

Consultations,

7 Jan 2021

Supporting care leavers into apprenticeships

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Case studies,

Criminal justice

29 Oct 2020

Justice: Annual review 2019-2020

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Publications,

22 Oct 2020

Catch22 praised for adapting learning in light of COVID-19

Announcements,

Employment and training

13 Oct 2020

Catch22 responds to latest employment figures

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Responses,

7 Sep 2020

Catch22 responds to call for evidence on "The future of the Probation Service"

Consultations,

Employment and training

26 Aug 2020

Youth employment in 2020 – what now?

Blogs,

Health and wellbeing

21 Aug 2020

Catch22 secures NLCF funding to support those hit hardest during COVID-19

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Announcements,

Employment and training

11 Aug 2020

Catch22 responds to latest unemployment figures

Responses,

Employment and training

6 Aug 2020

How can social ventures reimagine the delivery of public services?

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Blogs,

3 Aug 2020

Catch22 to deliver Resettlement service in London’s largest prison

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Announcements,

Employment and training

29 Jul 2020

Getting job-ready through powerful partnerships

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Blogs,

Employment and training

21 Jul 2020

Youth unemployment: five actions employers can take right now

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Blogs,

Criminal justice

29 Jun 2020

Catch22 responds to call for evidence on "Public Services: Lessons from coronavirus"

Consultations,

Employment and training

25 Jun 2020

Catch22 marks National Employability Day 2020 virtually

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Announcements,

Employment and training

9 Jun 2020

Catch22 joins Reskilling the Recovery

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Announcements,

Children's social care

28 May 2020

Catch22 responds to call for evidence on “Reforms to unregulated provision"

Consultations,

27 May 2020

Catch22 responds to call for evidence on “The impact of COVID-19 on education and children’s services”

Consultations,

13 May 2020

Elizabeth’s experience of restorative justice

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Case studies,

13 May 2020

Billy’s experience in alternative provision

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Case studies,

Employment and training

5 May 2020

Catch22 joins Youth Employment Group in wake of COVID-19

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Announcements,

2 Apr 2020

FACT22: Improving outcomes for children in need

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Publications,

Child exploitation

26 Mar 2020

Good practice guidance for Return Home Interviews delivered remotely

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Posters and downloads,

Employment and training

19 Feb 2020

Catch22 responds to UK immigration plans

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Responses,

Employment and training

3 Feb 2020

The risks and the rewards of supporting young people

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Blogs,

Health and wellbeing

29 Nov 2019

Catch22 joins call to put young people at the heart of General Election

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Responses,

18 Nov 2019

Microsoft Idea Generator helps Catch22 support more victims

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Blogs,

Child exploitation

17 Sep 2019

Catch22 responds to No Place at Home APPG Report

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Responses,

8 Aug 2019

Catch22 responds to report on youth resettlement

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Responses,

31 Jul 2019

Catch22 responds to the Serious Youth Violence report

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Responses,

Criminal justice

18 Jul 2019

Tackling crime together: A public health approach

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Publications,

29 Jun 2019

Gangs in prison: violence reduction and rehabilitation

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Publications,

28 Mar 2019

By measuring what matters, we’ll tackle the underlying causes of reoffending

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Responses,

Education

14 Mar 2019

Good people around you

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Blogs,

Child exploitation

28 Feb 2019

Why exploited children must be treated as victims

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Responses,

Criminal justice

22 Nov 2018

Making Catch22 a restorative organisation

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Blogs,

Education

20 Nov 2018

Can exclusion be the diversion from, not the track to, prison?

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Blogs,

8 Nov 2018

Stalking: advice for victims

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Posters and downloads,

3 Oct 2018

What should “good” look like in probation?

Consultations,

3 Oct 2018

Catch22 responds to the Transforming Rehabilitation Consultation

Consultations,

25 Jul 2018

Catch22 sponsor report into school exclusions and alternative provision

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Publications,

Employment and training

28 Jun 2018

The Good Employer Guide

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Publications,

24 May 2018

Catch22 responds to the Ministry of Justice Education and Employment Strategy

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Responses,

Criminal justice

22 May 2018

What can we learn from Norway’s prison system?

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Blogs,

11 May 2018

Getting set up for a life after a sentence

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Blogs,

Support into work

12 Apr 2018

Good for your business, your people, and your community

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Case studies,

Employment and training

10 Apr 2018

Businesses making a difference

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Case studies,

10 Apr 2018

The changing needs of victims and how to support them better

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Publications,

9 Apr 2018

Catch22 responds to the new Serious Violence Strategy

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Responses,

Criminal justice

2 Apr 2018

Supporting people with autism in the criminal justice sector

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Blogs,

23 Feb 2018

‘Troubled’ or not – we all need the 3Ps

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Blogs,

16 Feb 2018

Care leavers are still growing up

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Blogs,

23 Nov 2017

Extreme violence and its aftermath

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Case studies,

30 Oct 2017

Top tips for co-creating with young people

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Posters and downloads,

Children's social care

30 Oct 2017

Being more human

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Publications,

31 Aug 2017

Is there more we can do?

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Blogs,

Employment and training

3 Jul 2017

Catch22’s youth employability work gets recognised at the 2017 ERSA Awards

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Announcements,

Support into work

9 Jun 2017

LifeSkills: Catch22’s partnership with Barclays

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Case studies,

Children's social care

18 May 2017

Children’s social care pilot, FACT22, wins national recognition

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Announcements,

Employment and training

12 May 2017

Catch22 shortlisted for the ERSA Youth Employment Award

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Announcements,

Health and wellbeing

11 May 2017

From royalty to reality

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Blogs,

Criminal justice

10 May 2017

David Lammy MP praises Catch22’s work with young people

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Responses,

Education

9 May 2017

Slippers, artwork, and advocates: how alternative education teachers focus on emotional wellbeing

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Blogs,

24 Apr 2017

Fairness in the criminal justice system

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Publications,

27 Mar 2017

Catch22 responds to the MOPAC Police and Crime Plan

Responses,

2 Mar 2017

Catch22 welcomes proposals to make sex and relationship education compulsory

Responses,

15 Feb 2017

The importance of effective mental health provision in prisons

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Responses,

12 Jan 2017

Social media as a catalyst and trigger for youth violence

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Publications,

9 Jan 2017

Mental health can’t be tackled in a vacuum

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Blogs,

Criminal justice

9 Dec 2016

Putting education and community back at the heart of youth justice

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Blogs,

5 May 2016

Safer schools: keeping gang culture outside the gates

Publications,

23 Jul 2015

Running the risks: the links between gang involvement and missing

Publications,

19 Nov 2014

Gangs in prison: the nature and impact of gang involvement among prisoners

Publications,

28 Aug 2014

Family matters: support for gang-involved young people

Publications,

4 Nov 2013

Violence prevention, health promotion: a public health approach to tackling youth violence

Publications,

8 Aug 2013

Mobilising communities to address gang violence

Publications,

31 Jul 2013

The role of the family in facilitating gang membership, criminality and exit

Publications,

1 Mar 2013

Whole school approaches to tackling gang violence

Publications,

30 Oct 2012

Gang exit and the role of enterprise

Publications,

Our partners

Contact Social Tech Amplifier

David Hinton

Senior Ventures Partner

Our next Social Tech Amplifier, commencing at the end of 2023, will work with tech ventures who are developing solutions across any of our impact areas:

employment and training, criminal justice, education, children’s social care, child exploitation, and health and wellbeing.

If you are an early-stage venture working in these areas please get in touch to join our mailing list for future updates.

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Telephone Number

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Email Address

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Privacy notice

How we manage your data

Catch22 Charity Ltd. manages the data you provide in accordance with the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

The Data Controller (the organisation that determines how your data is managed) is Catch22. Contact us if you have a query about how your data is managed.
The Data Processor (the organisation that does data processing on behalf of Catch22) is Totally.Tech.
We are committed to giving you (the Data Subject in legal terms) an easy way to exercise your eight rights under the GDPR.
We retain your data for as long as you allow us to do so. You can exercise your right to erasure at any time however, there may be some instances where we need to retain your information for a longer duration for legal reasons, such as when applying for a job with Catch22.

What information do we collect?

Catch22 may collect, store and use the following kinds of personal data:

information about your computer and your visits to and use of this website, including your IP address, geographical location, browser type, referral source, length of visit and number of page views (cookies),
information that you provide to us for the purpose of applying for a job or receiving job alerts (job applications / job alerts),
subscribing to email newsletters including your name and email address (email newsletter), or
information that you submit that relates to a complaint, service feedback or enquiry (complaints / feedback and enquiries).

Specific detail of each processing activity is provided below.

Cookies

Cookies are text files that are stored on your web browser by a website’s server. Each cookie is unique to your browser, and will contain some anonymous information such as a unique identifier and the website domain name. This information is sent back to the server each time your browser requests a page from it. This enables the website server to identify and track your web browser via your unique, anonymous, identifier.

Catch22 only uses cookies on its website where they will support the functioning of its website and to improve the experience of its website visitors. These cookies may be created by Catch22’s website, or by third-party services that Catch22 uses, to enable its website to be run effectively.

Some, ‘necessary’ cookies are essential to the running of our website and are exempt from the requirement of consent as per the GDPR and PECR. Functional, analytical and advertising cookies are all optional, and we will only store these cookies on your browser where we have received your freely-given, specific, informed, and unambiguous consent.

Any information that is collected by Catch22 via cookies is processed in a way which does not, and cannot, identify an individual person. We do not make any attempt to find out the identities of those visiting the Catch22 website.

You can find out more about Catch22’s use of cookies, and how to opt-out of or delete cookies from your browser via our Cookies Statement.

Job applications

If you apply for a job with Catch22 using our hosted online job application system, this service will be provided by a data processor on our behalf (SmartRecruiters).

To process your application, we ask for your personal details including name and contact details. We will ask you about your previous experience, education, referees and for answers to questions relevant to the role you have applied for. The hiring managers for the role, along with our Recruitment and HR teams will have access to all of this information.

Catch22 processes your job application data for the purpose of its legitimate interest to process your HR information.

If you are successful, the information you provide during the application process will be retained by us as part of your employee file for the duration of your employment plus six years following the end of your employment.
If you are unsuccessful at any stage of the process, the information you have provided until that point will be retained for six months from the closure of the campaign.
Equal opportunities information is retained for six months following the closure of the campaign whether you are successful or not.

For more information, please see the SmartRecruiters privacy notice.

Job alerts

Through the SmartRecruiters job application system, it is also possible to sign up for job alerts, which will let you know when new jobs that meet your criteria have been posted.

These alerts are managed by the data processor (SmartRecruiters) on our behalf, and will only be processed using your freely-given, specific, informed and unambiguous consent.

If at any point you wish to unsubscribe from SmartRecruiters job alerts, this can be done by clicking the unsubscribe link on the latest email. You can also log into your SmartRecruiters candidate profile to modify or withdraw your details.

For more information, please see the SmartRecruiters privacy notice.

If you subscribe to Catch22’s newsletter and/or event mailing lists, you will receive regular communications relating to our work. These mailings will be facilitated by a third-party provider, such as Mailchimp or Salesforce (marketing platforms), and your data will be processed by a third-party client relationship management platform, Salesforce.

Catch22 will only process your contact details and send you newsletters following your freely-given, specific, informed and unambiguous consent.

You have the right to unsubscribe from any of our email mailing lists at any time. If you wish to unsubscribe from a Catch22 mailing list please click the unsubscribe link on the latest email or contact dpo@catch-22.org.uk to ensure that you do not continue to receive email newsletters from us. We will need to continue to hold your details after you have unsubscribed to ensure that we do not send you further communications.

For more information, please see the Mailchimp or Salesforce privacy notices as appropriate.

Feedback and enquiries

Catch22 processes the data submitted through any of our website contact forms for the purpose of receiving your message and responding to it under the lawful basis of consent, which you give when submitting the form.

We will only use the information supplied to us to deal with the enquiry and any subsequent issues, and to check on the level of service we provide.

These contact forms are processed using the WordPress plugin, Gravity Forms. When these forms are submitted to us, notification emails are automatically generated to send your enquiry to the appropriate team within Catch22 who will store your email for as long as is required to deal with your enquiry and any subsequent issues.

Form submissions are also stored within the Catch22 WordPress database for a period of 90 days. This allows us to identify if there are any issues with forms being received by our teams. After this time, forms and all accompanying personal data are automatically deleted from the system. Gravity Forms does not receive copies of any of forms, or any accompanying personal data, that are submitted via the Catch22 website.

You have the right to withdraw consent for us to contact you at any time by contacting dpo@catch-22.org.uk. You also have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, which in the United Kingdom is the Information Commissioner’s Office.

For more information, please see the Gravity Forms privacy notice.

Complaints

Complaints can be submitted using our online feedback form, by emailing feedback@catch-22.org.uk, or by post. Catch22 undertakes the processing of your complaints data as part of its legitimate interests.

When we receive a complaint from a person we make up a file containing the details of the complaint. This normally contains the identity of the complainant and any other individuals involved in the complaint.

We will only use the personal information we collect to process the complaint and to check on the level of service we provide.

We usually have to disclose the complainant’s identity to whoever the complaint is about. This is inevitable where, for example, the accuracy of a person’s record is in dispute. If a complainant doesn’t want information identifying him or her to be disclosed, we will try to respect that. However, it may not be possible to handle a complaint on an anonymous basis.

We will keep personal information contained in complaint files in line with our retention policy. This means that information relating to a complaint will be retained for six years from closure. It will be retained in a secure environment and access to it will be restricted according to the ‘data minimisation’ principle.

For more information, please see the Complaints, Compliments and Feedback policy.

Use of data processors

The Data Processor (the organisation that does data processing on behalf of Catch22) is Totally.Tech.

Catch22 also works with third-party data processors to provide our:

content management system (WordPress),
website analytics (Google Analytics),
marketing platform (Mailchimp),
client relationship management platform (Salesforce),
social media advertising campaigns (Meta Pixel, Twitter Pixel, LinkedIn Insight Tag, TikTok Pixel), and
recruitment service (SmartRecruiters).

We have contracts in place with our data processors. This means that they cannot do anything with your personal information unless we have instructed them to do it. They will not share your personal information with any organisation apart from us. They will hold it and retain it for the period we instruct.

Individual Catch22 services may work with additional third-party data processors in line with their contractual requirements. For more information, please see the relevant Service Privacy Notice, which can be downloaded from their service page on this website, or found by searching for the service by name in our Policy Library.

Disclosures

Catch22 may disclose information about you to any of our employees, officers, agents, suppliers or data processors insofar as reasonably necessary for the purposes as set out in this privacy notice.

In addition, we may disclose information about you:

to the extent that we are required to do so by law,
in connection with any legal proceedings or prospective legal proceedings, or
in order to establish, exercise or defend our legal rights (including providing information to others for the purposes of fraud prevention and reducing credit risk).

Except as provided in this privacy notice, Catch22 will not provide your information to third parties without your consent.

Security of your personal data

Catch22 will take reasonable technical and organisational precautions to prevent the loss, misuse or alteration of your personal information.

We will store all the personal information you provide on our secure, encrypted password and firewall protected servers. As data transmission over the internet is inherently insecure, we cannot guarantee the security of data sent over the internet.

Where information is held on our behalf by data processors, we will ensure, to the best of our ability, that they hold your information securely and in line with data protection legislation. We hold contracts with all data processors to make sure that they cannot do anything with your data unless we have instructed them to do so.

Notice amendments

We may update this privacy notice from time-to-time. Check this page occasionally to ensure you are happy with any changes.

Your rights

Please contact the Data Protection Officer if you have any queries regarding this Privacy Notice or if you would like to exercise or query any of the following rights afforded to you under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR):

right to access

right to erasure

right to object

right to rectification

right to be informed

right to restrict processing

right to data portability

rights in relation to automated decision making and profiling

right to lodge a complaint with the Information Commissioners Office (ICO) – via the Complaints page on the ICO website or by calling 0303 123 1113

For further information on your rights, please visit the Individual Rights page on the ICO website.

Contact

If you have any questions about this privacy notice or of our treatment of your personal data, please email dpo@catch-22.org.uk or write to:

Data Protection Officer

Catch22
27 Pear Tree Street
London
EC1V 3AG

Data controller

Catch22’s data protection registration number is Z1473239

Related services

Support into work

Our core employability programmes equip individuals facing barriers to work with the skills and confidence they need to sustain in work or training.

Digital skills

Our digital skills programmes are designed to provide opportunities for people from excluded groups to get working in digital or tech enabled roles.

Social action

Our social action programmes enable young people to come together to meet new people and learn new skills whilst doing something positive for their local community.

Child exploitation

We provide support for young people, professionals, parents, and carers, with the aim of preventing or stopping child exploitation and missing incidents.