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Criminal Justice programme
We support organisations working to build a more effective and humane criminal justice system, with a focus on reimagining justice for young adults, racially minoritised communities, and girls and young women.
Current funding
Our criminal justice programme is currently closed to new, unsolicited applications. This is because our budget is primarily committed to supporting established partnerships and sharing learning from our existing work as we undertake a regular five-year strategic review.
We do expect to invite applications for some specific areas of work. Sign up to our newsletter to keep in touch.
About the criminal justice programme
Our criminal justice programme supports work that aims to:
- Develop and promote evidence of effective policy and practice for young adults at all stages of the criminal justice system
- Amplify the voices of young adults, girls and young women, and racially minoritised communities within the criminal justice system, with a focus on those with intersecting identities.
- Support initiatives that focus on race and gender equity within a criminal justice context.
Young adults
Our programme supports work to reimagine the criminal justice system for young adults aged 18-25). This includes hosting the T2A Alliance, a partnership of over thirty voluntary sector organisations, who influence and guide our work. Through research, advocacy, and highlighting good practice, we have campaigned for a distinct approach to young adults in the criminal justice system for nearly twenty years.
T2A has generated, and learned from, a significant body of evidence which demonstrates the need to reimage justice through a young adult lens that is developmentally informed, trauma-aware and rooted in racial and gender equity. This distinct approach is needed to create the conditions for young people to thrive, support lasting desistance, and strengthen both individual and community wellbeing.
Visit the T2A website to find our more about our work.
