A group of ex-offenders who have turned their lives around and seek to prevent and deter young people from crime, gangs, knife crime, drugs and alcohol. We run workshops in schools, faith groups, and in the local community and do outreach to engage with unreached groups of young people that may be involved in anti social behaviour. We deliver programmes as a last chance of exclusion from school, visits to local police and other diversionary activities.

In the areas that we work there are large numbers of young people that are exposed to knife crime, bullying, drugs, alcohol and other antisocial behaviour. These young people can learn from the experiences of ex-offenders and their mistakes. Refocus not only works with professionals in providing outreach, educational workshops, mentoring and support to young people, but also helps ex-offenders and ex-users to rehabilitate and reintegrate into the community.

65% of Young people that participate and engage with Refocus have said they would reconsider their actions and behaviour.