The aim of NGB Is to reduce re-offending. Since its inception it has been independently evaluated both so that it can ensure that its objectives are met, but also so that there can be an ongoing programme of continuous improvement through the learnings that are revealed through the data.
Impact
There are five main drivers of reducing re-offending – education & skills, employment, accommodation: relationship with family and friends and wellbeing (usually driven by the previous four). Every year each of these factors were measured.
Over the past five years, NGB has engaged with 3,445 candidates, actively supporting 1,424 participants. 358 have secured employment and we have a re-offending rate of only 5% against the national average of 50-60%. Results also show significant improvement in health, skills, locus of control and reduced risk of reoffending.
Undertaking independent Social Return on Investment analysis, to date £14.7m of social value has been created by No Going Back. This is generated through economic benefits, avoided public spending, and improvements in health and well-being for the participants.
Bean Research report that a third of this social value comes from supporting prison leavers into employment.
The wider ‘ripple effects’ of the programme include 42 employers providing jobs and opportunities, over 200 groups of visitors and volunteers in the community and in prisons increasing skills and changing perception, and 43 Livery Companies working together collaboratively on one project.
No Going Back Year 5 Impact Report
Click here (opens as a PDF document) for the summary of the independently evaluated impact report for the 5th year of the programme ending June 2025.