Locations

Chance UK was established in the London Borough of Islington in 1995 by a local police officer. He had seen that younger children were regularly coming to the attention of the police and was concerned that if some early intervention work was not put in place then these children would end up in the criminal justice system.

The programme has now been running successfully and growing for over 13 years in islington and has also been running in the neighbouring borough of Hackney since 2000.

Following a pilot in Northern ireland in 2004 and to fulfil our Gold Star status by sharing good practice in mentoring, we are working in partnerhsip with other organsiations to spread the reach of the Chance UK mentoring programme beyond our London base.

We have now developed a strategic partnership with NCH, the children's charity, to set up Chance UK mentoring programmes alongside existing NCH children and familty services. So far, projects have been established in Derry, Inverness, Crawley and Liverpool. We have also developed partnerships with small local organsiations, such as Children and Family Action in Yorkshire.

If you would be interested in discussing the possibilities and practicalities of setting up a mentoring project based on the Chance UK best practice model, please contact us for further information. We would be happy to meet with you to answer any questions that you may have about the programme and the steps that would need to be taken to develop something in your locality.