Visions and values
Our Mission
Our mission is to transform lives, communities, and systems by:
1. Supporting People Through Critical Transitions
Providing trauma-informed, culturally competent, person-centred support for individuals in or leaving the criminal justice system, ensuring they are met with compassion, stability, and opportunity.
2. Building Inclusive, Connected Communities
Creating principled spaces and community-led initiatives that promote recovery, healing, and racial equity, enabling communities to lead solutions that reflect their lived experience.
3. Driving Systemic and Cultural Change
Working with prisons, probation, local authorities, and grassroots organisations to strengthen trust, procedural justice, and anti-racist practice across the system.
4. Elevating Lived Experience and Community Leadership
Embedding the voices, expertise, and leadership of people with lived and living experience into decision-making, design, and delivery.
5. Challenging Inequality and Promoting Fairness
Addressing the structural and cultural barriers that lead to exclusion, disproportionality, and harm—while championing equity, opportunity, and positive futures.
Our Vision
A society where justice, dignity, and belonging are experienced by all—where people impacted by inequality, racism, trauma, or the criminal justice system have the opportunity to heal, grow, and thrive.
We envision communities and systems that act with integrity, cultural humility, and humanity—creating environments where people feel safe, included, and empowered to lead positive change.
Our Values
Our Core Values
RELATIONSHIP: we treat every individual as we wish to be treated ourselves, this is ensured through being courteous, empathetic and professional regardless of situation
AUTHENTICITY: through our lived experience, we are able to ensure leadership of our projects are always authentic. We use evidence-based evaluation and two-way communication to ensure our work is always delivered in a way in which truly benefits those we work with.
COMPASSION: we have a culture of compassion, ensuring that all interactions are non-judgemental and honest between staff and clients.
EQUITY: through our actions, policies, and procedures, we promote equity and celebrate diversity. Inclusivity is at the core of our culture, ensuring people have access to what they need to thrive, recognising and addressing structural and systemic barriers.
Our Ethos
Hope | Motivation | Action | Change
Our Ethos
At bthechange CIC, our ethos is built on humanity, integrity, and community. We believe that meaningful change happens when people are treated with dignity, listened to without judgement, and supported through relationships rooted in trust and respect.
We exist to create spaces—inside communities, institutions, and systems—where people feel safe, valued, and understood. Our work is grounded in lived experience, cultural humility, and trauma-informed practice, ensuring that every intervention is authentic, person-centred, and shaped by those directly affected.
We challenge inequality and racism not only through words, but through consistent action, strengthening the conditions that allow individuals and communities to heal, grow, and lead. We recognise that people thrive when systems are fair, opportunities are accessible, and support is designed with compassion and cultural competence.
Our ethos shapes how we show up, how we work, and how we create impact. It is the compass that guides our relationships, our decisions, and our commitment to building a more just and compassionate society.