Three more justice specialist organisations become Friends of the NWJC

The NWJC continually welcomes opportunities to work more closely with other criminal justice specialist organisations that share our values and are striving to improve outcomes for people in contact with the criminal justice system. So this month, we are delighted to welcome and recognise three more organisations as Friends of the National Women’s Justice Coalition.

The Centre for Women’s Justice aims to help women and girls who are subject to male violence get better access to legal remedies to defend and enhance their rights. It does this by bringing together specialist lawyers, academics and other experts in the field of violence against women, with those working on the frontline as activists, survivors and service providers to bring strategic law challenges and ensure access to justice for victims of male violence.

Parents And Children Together (PACT) has a vision is to deliver high quality services to build and strengthen an increasing number of children and families by delivering community projects that provide quality services and successful outcomes for women and children in need of support. Since 2010, PACT runs Alana House, a women’s centre in the Thames Valley, which provides a safe, non-judgemental, female-only environment to enable women to identify and prioritise their needs, assess life circumstances, address barriers, develop new skills, and empower them to make positive changes and sustain outcomes.

User Voice exists to reduce the harm caused by crime and punishment and believes that the justice system can and should fundamentally change, so that people caught up in it can transform their lives, benefitting victims and increasing public safety. User Voice works alongside people with convictions in 40 different prisons and the community to support and enable them to play a meaningful role in creating a better justice system that works for all through a range of consultations, peer commissioning, peer research, and prison councils.