In the realm of rehabilitation, creative psychotherapy serves as a powerful tool for change, especially for those within the justice system. My recent conversation with Belong’s dedicated creative psychotherapist sheds light on the transformative power of creativity...
This Restorative Justice Week, we bring you something different to our blog. We welcome Belong’s Development Volunteer, who shares a summary of her research on Restorative Justice as an alternative to solitary confinement in the US. If you would like to get in...
Founded in 2010, Belong began as a grassroots organization, mainly delivering mentoring to young people in Greenwich, London. Over a decade later, mentoring interventions form one of Belong’s main interventions, alongside restorative justice and creative...
Belong has 14 dedicated trustees, all volunteers who hold Belong ‘in trust’ for current and future beneficiaries, provide oversight of Belong’s work, contribute to strategic growth, financial controls and risk management…. but what does that really mean? And who...
23rd March 2023 Lady Casey’s review of the MET police found harmful levels of institutionalised racism, misogyny and homophobia within the MET. Casey’s findings and recommendations should be accepted in full, so that London’s police system protects victims of...