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Make a Referral

We regularly take referrals from healthcare services, local authority services, community groups, other charities and individuals for our support, training and housing.

Before filling in the form, please get in touch with us to discuss your referral with one of our hubs as our activities and housing have limited capacity.

Chester-le-Street: clshub@handcrafted.org.uk
Durham: durhamhub@handcrafted.org.uk | 0191 378 1562
Gateshead: gatesheadhub@handcrafted.org.uk | 0191 676 0499
Sunderland: sunderlandhub@handcrafted.org.uk | 07884 113889
Engage: engagehub@handcrafted.org.uk

Housing Referrals - Please be aware that our housing availability is extremely limited - there is an active waiting list for our housing, and we allocate based on need.

To ensure our list of referral stays current, we will keep your housing referral active for 56 days. If we haven’t identified a suitable space and contacted you within that period the referral will be closed.

If you would like to add someone to our waiting list, please use our Housing Referrals Form.

Activities Referrals - If you would like to make a referral for the activity sessions taking place each day in our hubs, please use our Activities Referral Form.

Training Course Referrals - If you would like to make a referral for any of our accredited training course pathways, please use our Training Course Referral Form.

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Testimonials

I have referred a number of offenders to Handcrafted.  The offenders can attend the project several times per week if they wish to, if not daily. This means that they have some where to go and something constructive to do with their time. They can learn new skills or continue to develop skills they already have. They are given the opportunity to try projects they would probably never have considered themselves able to do.

They all take great pride in the items they produce and some have expressed interest in forming their own small businesses on the back of the skills they have learned.

Most of my offenders have then begun to work on their own projects outside of Handcrafted, for example, one produced a bench for a new nature reserve. The offender stated that he feels he has left a legacy for other people to benefit from. Again, this gives them something constructive to do with their time, gives them a sense of pride and self worth. All of this is extremely positive for the offender and helps to deter from further offending.

Lesley G, Durham Constabulary