bthechange CIC

bthechange CIC Our team are vastly experienced in working with people with complex needs and from a range of diverse backgrounds and cultures.

Multi-award winning Community Interest Company spanning the Southwest of England and South Wales, dedicated to empowering first-time entrants, racially minoritised individuals, and women that are facing challenges within the criminal justice system. bthechange CIC is an award-winning Community Interest Company that operates across The Southwest of England and South & Mid Wales providing a range of life changing initiatives to directly support over a thousand individuals a year with moving forward with their lives that are either at risk of entering or who are in the criminal justice system. bthechange not only provides structured programmes for client support, but we also play an active role in system change, working with those ‘intermediaries’ whose policies, rules, processes, cultures, and attitudes affect people with convictions. We have specialists in our team that covers: Substance misuse (psychosocial motivational interventions relapse prevention – managing/recognising triggers), Finance Benefit and Debt, Welfare support including Housing, universal credit, bank account & I.D applications, Employment support – CV writing, job applications & Neurodivergent inclusive programmes. We are extremely committed and proud of being an equal opportunities and diverse organisation, of which is demonstrated by our team who come from a multitude of backgrounds, with varied cultures, beliefs, and sexual orientations. We truly are a company that represents society.

25/01/2026

HOMELESSNESS FACTS AND STATISTICS: THE NUMBERS YOU NEED TO KNOW IN 2026.
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Homelessness is on the rise all around the UK. These are the rough sleeping figures and homelessness facts you need to know
Homelessness is a big issue affecting hundreds of thousands of people across the UK and the issue has reached critical levels around the country in 2026.
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The cost of living crisis and the housing crisis in the UK means more people are facing homelessness. It’s an issue that should remain at the forefront of our minds as a society, not just when World Homeless Day comes around on 10 October every year.
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Despite living in the world’s sixth biggest economy, people are still living with no place to call their home in this country, whether it be sleeping rough, sofa surfing or any other type of homelessness. This injustice must end
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https://www.bigissue.com/news/housing/britains-homelessness-shame-cold-hard-facts/
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The Big Issue

As we step into the year ahead, we do so with hope, courage, and a deep belief in the power of community.At bthechange, ...
01/01/2026

As we step into the year ahead, we do so with hope, courage, and a deep belief in the power of community.

At bthechange, our mission remains the same — to stand beside people during life’s most critical moments, to challenge inequality, and to create spaces of dignity, compassion, and belonging.

This year, we continue to build, to listen, and to work for change that is real, human, and lasting. Hope lives in connection — and together, we move forward.

Wishing our partners, communities, and everyone we walk alongside a year of strength, growth, and possibility.

Happy New Year from bthechange 💚

How common is domestic abuse?-We know from our work, and the work of the Women’s Aid federation of services, that domest...
17/12/2025

How common is domestic abuse?
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We know from our work, and the work of the Women’s Aid federation of services, that domestic abuse is very common, however this is often difficult to accurately quantify.

Domestic abuse is a largely hidden crime, occurring primarily at home.

Women often don’t report or disclose domestic abuse to the police (HMIC, 2014) and may underreport domestic abuse in surveys, particularly during face-to-face interviews (ONS, 2015). Prevalence estimates released by the ONS do not rely on police reports (they are based on data from the Crime Survey for England and Wales) and these headline figures do not take into account important context and impact information, for example whether the violence caused fear, and who experienced multiple incidents. When these factors are taken into account the gendered nature of domestic abuse becomes clearer, and female victims are more likely to experience a greater number of abusive behaviours than male victims. ONS prevalence estimates also do not tell us the s*x of the perpetrators.
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https://womensaid.org.uk/information-support/what-is-domestic-abuse/how-common-is-domestic-abuse/

17/12/2025

Hidden homeless: 'I slept on buses and in front of security cameras'.
More than 200,000 families and individuals across Britain are experiencing hidden homelessness, a 30% rise since 2020, according to new research from the charity Crisis and Heriot-Watt University.
Crisis defines the hidden homeless as people dealing with their situation informally - and who aren't included in official statistics - for instance by living in cars or sheds, sheltering in industrial buildings or sleeping on friends' sofas.
Maria, now 53, arrived in the UK in 2001 from Spain, working as a hospital cleaner before getting a degree in London, and then being employed by the NHS as a healthcare assistant for the next two decades.
But in 2021, Maria was sitting in her living room when a drink-driver smashed into the house she rented. She was injured and the house was left uninhabitable.
After suffering from PTSD and losing her job, she spent six months sleeping on buses, camping out in shopping centres and sofa-surfing.
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c208qg8vw1go
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