Type of service: Family support and information services, Social groups

Circles Network was created in 1994 by Chief Executive Mandy Neville, and a group of people who were involved in the creation of the first Circles of Support in the UK. Circles Network provides unique personal support for people who are in danger of becoming socially excluded, or who are currently suffering the consequences of prior segregation and discrimination. Circles Network is a national charity and voluntary organisation with its own personal and professional development academy and offices supporting and developing its work throughout the United Kingdom and Ireland and is renowned for building inclusive communities on the foundations of justice, advocacy, empowerment and friendships. With vast experience of working with people of any age who are isolated or at risk of isolation, Circles Network has developed extensive and ground breaking expertise in the development of Circles of Support, Individual and Collective Advocacy, Person Centred Planning and Life Building, Peer Mentorship and Befriending, Transition Planning, Family Empowerment and Parenting Skills, Three Dimensional Community Services and Self-Directed Support, Community Outreach, Time Banking and Equine Facilitated Learning.

Aimed at: Adolescent , Adult , Child , Parent/carer of a child

Specialisms: Generic