bthechange CIC
Nominee Profile
Location: North Devon AONB
bthechange CIC is an award-winning social enterprise committed to tackling inequality, racial disproportionality, and social exclusion across the criminal justice system and wider communities.
Working across prisons, probation, housing, recovery, and community settings, bthechange CIC supports individuals and communities impacted by racism, trauma, poverty, exclusion, and systemic disadvantage. The organisation delivers culturally informed, trauma-informed, and relationship-based programmes that create safer spaces for reflection, accountability, recovery, and belonging.
Supporting more than 500 people annually, bthechange CIC has become recognised for its leadership in anti-racism, equity, procedural justice, and culturally competent practice. The organisation works alongside ethnically diverse communities, grassroots organisations, statutory agencies, faith groups, and people with lived experience to influence both frontline delivery and long-term systems change.
Following significant racial harm and community tensions, bthechange CIC became a founding organisation within the Community Allyship and Anti-Racist Action networks, helping to create psychologically safe and principled spaces that brought communities, partners, and leaders together through dialogue, healing, accountability, and collective action.
The organisation has also led appreciative inquiry and community engagement work designed to strengthen trust between communities and systems, ensuring lived experience, racial equity, and authentic community voice are embedded within strategic decision-making and service development.
Its work includes anti-racism education across criminal justice services, independent scrutiny and advocacy around disproportionality, culturally informed workforce development, and specialist support for people transitioning from prison back into the community.
At the heart of bthechange CIC’s work is the belief that lasting change happens through trust, compassion, authentic relationships, and creating principled spaces where people feel seen, heard, and valued.
Through collaboration, advocacy, allyship, and community leadership, bthechange CIC continues to challenge barriers, amplify underrepresented voices, and help build more equitable, inclusive, and accountable systems for all.
Working across prisons, probation, housing, recovery, and community settings, bthechange CIC supports individuals and communities impacted by racism, trauma, poverty, exclusion, and systemic disadvantage. The organisation delivers culturally informed, trauma-informed, and relationship-based programmes that create safer spaces for reflection, accountability, recovery, and belonging.
Supporting more than 500 people annually, bthechange CIC has become recognised for its leadership in anti-racism, equity, procedural justice, and culturally competent practice. The organisation works alongside ethnically diverse communities, grassroots organisations, statutory agencies, faith groups, and people with lived experience to influence both frontline delivery and long-term systems change.
Following significant racial harm and community tensions, bthechange CIC became a founding organisation within the Community Allyship and Anti-Racist Action networks, helping to create psychologically safe and principled spaces that brought communities, partners, and leaders together through dialogue, healing, accountability, and collective action.
The organisation has also led appreciative inquiry and community engagement work designed to strengthen trust between communities and systems, ensuring lived experience, racial equity, and authentic community voice are embedded within strategic decision-making and service development.
Its work includes anti-racism education across criminal justice services, independent scrutiny and advocacy around disproportionality, culturally informed workforce development, and specialist support for people transitioning from prison back into the community.
At the heart of bthechange CIC’s work is the belief that lasting change happens through trust, compassion, authentic relationships, and creating principled spaces where people feel seen, heard, and valued.
Through collaboration, advocacy, allyship, and community leadership, bthechange CIC continues to challenge barriers, amplify underrepresented voices, and help build more equitable, inclusive, and accountable systems for all.