Lots has been said & written about Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan Sadiq Khan. On Friday he came to Switchback (I'm Chair of Trustees) to meet trainees we support & genuinely engage &listen to them, their concerns & hopes. He was supposed to be there for 1 hour, yet stayed for 2 #Leadership

As an organisation that proudly works in Tower Hamlets, Switchback would like to echo the statement from our friends Toynbee Hall. The comments from MP Paul Scully are prohibitive to a thriving society for everyone and in no way reflect the community we work alongside

🚨NEW CAMPAIGN ALERT 🚨 Give An X is a YOUTH movement from across the four nations, LED by young people FOR young people. We are on a mission to get every single young person REGISTERED TO VOTE. We #GiveAnX, do you?

🚨 TODAY is National Voter Registration Day 🚨 As it stands, 4 MILLION young people will be excluded from voting at the next election. On this deadline day, don’t risk losing your voice. #GiveAnX about your future and #RegisterToVote: qrco.de/giveanx

🚨 Election Day is Here 🚨 It’s time to #GiveAnX and have your voice heard in the local elections 🗳️ Before you head to your polling station today, make sure you have the right form of photo ID 🪪 ➡️ Check out our VOTING 101 guide giveanx.org/voting-101

🚨 TODAY is National Voter Registration Day 🚨 As it stands, 4 MILLION young people will be excluded from voting at the General Election. On this deadline day, don’t risk losing your voice. #GiveAnX about your future and #RegisterToVote: qrco.de/giveanx

🚨 Switchback’s Big Give Christmas campaign is officially live! Your donation from today until 12pm on 10th December will be worth double and will help us beat our target of £40,000! 🚨 switchbackworks.info/double-your-im…

During this Big Give week all donations will be match-funded, making them worth double until we hit our target of £40,000. Please help us reach our goal so we can help more young men like Mohamed thrive. #ChristmasChallenge 🎙️READ MOHAMED'S STORY: switchbackworks.info/mohameds-story

Switchback is working with Charity People to find a new Chair of the Trustee Board. switchbackworks.info/Chair-of-Trust… And on 11/02/25 we're hosting a Q&A webinar. Please get in touch with Charity People for the invite link.

Wondering what it's like to be on our Board of Trustees? You can also read this blog from current Trustee, Burphy: switchback.org.uk/meet-burphy-zu…

Lord Chancellor Shabana Mahmood MP outlined The Governments vision for the Probation Service last week. Switchback's CEO Sian Williams responds. Please click the link below for our full response. switchbackworks.info/3EDwYn1

📢 Big news: Switchback and our Experts by Experience Board have launched the Prison Recall Report 2025. This participatory action research offers 7 key recommendations to urgently address the recall crisis and its role in prison overcrowding. switchbackworks.info/Prison-Recall-…

The Times and The Sunday Times are proud to launch the 2025 Christmas Appeal, jointly fundraising for three chosen charities across the festive period 🔓This story is free to read thetimes.com/uk/article/tim…

Uberto Pasolini’s next film is inspired by Switchback, the charity of which he is a patron. One ex-inmate has landed an acting job in Wasteman starring David Jonsson 🔓 This story is free to read thetimes.com/culture/film/a…

The Switchback charity has supported 3,000 young men, offering training and mentoring to help them rebuild their lives. 🔓 This story is free to read thetimes.com/uk/crime/artic…

Mentors help their trainees with everything from sorting out probation appointments and permanent housing to giving them Tesco gift cards or topping up their Oyster accounts 🔓Free to read thetimes.com/uk/crime/artic…

Yoga classes and breathwork are among the programmes being offered by the rehabilitation charity Switchback to help former inmates get back on their feet This story is free to read 🔓 thetimes.com/uk/crime/artic…

⏰ 6 DAYS LEFT TO DONATE ⏰ We work with young men who want to leave their pasts behind and create a brighter future, but it’s hard to get there when you face so many hurdles as soon as you leave the prison gates. switchbackworks.info/big-give-2025

⏰ 5 DAYS LEFT TO DONATE ⏰ A thank you from our Switchback Mentors. We couldn’t deliver our front-line work without our Mentors. This week, see your donation doubled by giving via our Big Give page.

After leaving prison in 2022 and completing a rehabilitation program called Switchback, Sina Faily is now a chef and helped open a multi-million pound restaurant. His advice to others due out of prison is "don't look away from opportunities put towards you". 📺 Sky 501