Golden Gates Housing Trust (GGHT) part of the Torus Group is leading a large multi-agency partnership called New Leaf to deliver the Building Better Opportunities Programme across Warrington and Cheshire East and West.

On average 270 women go through the 3 custody suites / under civil enforcement actions in Cheshire every month, approximately 50% are for minor / low-level offences, of the 135 women, a percentage will be unemployed and economically inactive and with intensive interventions could be supported into positive destinations and diverted from the criminal justice system.

The New leaf Partnership wants to provide services to those which are hardest to reach and engage, therefore GGHT wish to appoint suitably experienced organisations to provide a service to these women throughout the LEP area, between April 2018 and September 2019.

On average 270 women go through the 3 custody suites / under civil enforcement actions in Cheshire every month, approximately 50 % are for minor / low-level offences, of the 135 women, a percentage will be unemployed and economically inactive and with intensive interventions could be supported into positive destinations and diverted from the criminal justice system. The New leaf Partnership wants to provide services to those which are hardest to reach and engage, therefore GGHT wish to appoint suitably experienced organisations to provide a service to these women throughout the LEP area, between April 2018 and September 2019.

This service is to engage with unemployed and economically inactive female residents of Warrington, Cheshire East and Cheshire West who the police have contact with for minor offences. Projects can provide combinations of mentoring and / or specialist support as required to remove barriers facing these women.