How you can help

This How You Can Help

Together we can change how systems treat people – and how people experience those systems.
Whether you’re an individual, organisation or decision-maker, there are real, practical ways you can support bthechange CIC.

1. Support Our Work Financially

Your financial support helps us provide the practical, immediate help people need when they’re at their most vulnerable – and the long-term work that changes systems.

You can help by:

• Making a one-off donation
  Help us respond quickly when someone leaves prison with no accommodation, no income and no support.
• Setting up a regular gift
  Monthly giving allows us to plan, sustain and grow programmes like women’s transition support and Safe Haven emergency accommodation.
• Corporate giving & sponsorship
  Partner with us as your social impact or CSR partner – supporting specific programmes, pilot projects or community events.
• Commissioning our training
  Our income from training in prisons, probation and public services is reinvested directly into community-led work.

2. Partner With Us

We believe change happens when lived experience, communities and systems work together.

We are keen to work with:

• Prisons, probation & justice agencies
  To improve procedural justice, race equality, transitions and trust in complaint and reporting processes.
• Local authorities & public services
  To co-design anti-racist, trauma-informed approaches to housing, health and community safety.
• VCSE and grassroots organisations
  To build principled spaces, shared networks of support and stronger referral pathways.
• Universities & researchers
  To independently evaluate our work and build the evidence base for what works.

3. Volunteer Your Time & Skills

We are building a network of people who want to stand alongside those most affected by racism, the criminal justice system and inequality.

You could support by:

• Mentoring and peer support
  Walking alongside someone as they transition from prison or probation back into community.
• Sharing professional skills
  E.g. HR, comms, fundraising, data, evaluation, digital, graphic design or legal know-how.
• Practical help
  Supporting groups, events and community spaces – from making food and setting up rooms to co-facilitating sessions.
• Lived experience leadership
  If you have personal experience of the issues we work on, we want to build with you, not just for you.

4. Amplify Our Work

If you can’t give time or money right now, you can still make a real difference.

You can help by:

• Sharing our stories and campaigns
  Follow us on social media, share our posts and help us reach people who need support or want to be allies.
• Inviting us to speak
  We can contribute to panels, conferences, staff away days and community events.
• Introducing us to others
  Connect us with potential partners, funders, commissioners and community leaders.

5. Commission Our Expertise

By commissioning bthechange CIC, you are directly funding community-based, anti-racist work across the South West and Wales.

We provide:

• Training & development
  Procedural justice, anti-racism, cultural competency, principled spaces, and trauma-informed practice.
• Independent scrutiny & review
  Support on race, use of force, complaint systems and community confidence.
• Programme design & facilitation
  Co-designed interventions in prisons, probation and communities, with lived experience at the centre.

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Ready to get involved?

If you’re not sure where to start, we can help you work it out.

Contact us to talk about how you can help email: hello@bthechange.org.uk or Tel 0800 0016521