This week marks the launch of Plan B, a custody navigator initiative that aims to support and guide those detained in custody. Working in partnership with South Yorkshire Police Violence Reduction Unit, Plan B will involve experienced custody navigators from City Hearts engaging with individuals in custody from the point of arrest. The initiative aims to reduce offending rates and …
Best Corporate Responsibility Initiative
The Bright Future Partnership Programme recently won CorpComms magazine award for Best Corporate Responsibility Initiative. The programme was praised by judges as being ‘quite simply, brilliant.’ Helen Dunne, for CorpComms online, wrote “Slavery may be thought of as an injustice from another time but the reality is that today, in the UK, there are an estimated 136,000 victims of modern …
A day in the life of our CEO, Ed Newton
Helping women with life-controlling issues and survivors of human trafficking is fulfilling for Ed Newton, CEO of Sheffield-based City Hearts. I joined City Hearts as the manager of a safe house in 2012 and became chief executive at the end of 2017. City Hearts is an amazing charity supporting survivors of human trafficking and women with life-controlling issues such as …