Acknowledgements

This publication would not have been possible without the help and support of many people. First, we would like to thank the Barrow Cadbury Trust for funding our work as part of the wider Transition to Adulthood Alliance (T2A) project. We would also like to thank the members of the T2A Alliance for their input in identifying young adult-focussed services.

Particular thanks go to Rob Allen, the T2A Chair and Director of the International Centre for Prison Studies at Kings College, London for writing this publication’s foreword, and to Rob Smith, Chief Executive of YSS, Dominic Wilson, Chief Executive of Revolving Doors Agency and Keith Hoare, Joint Commissioning Officer for Worcestershire County Council for their supporting comments.

Thanks also go to Debi Roker from Young People in Focus for her assistance in the final stages of this book’s development, and to Helen Beauvais at Creative Media Colour for design and layout. In addition, we would like to give a special thank-you to Jennifer Miller who worked on this project between January and March 2010, and was instrumental in the early interviews and setting up the publication’s directory of services.

Finally, a huge thank-you goes to all the people who gave up their time to take part in the supporting research. In particular, we would like to thank Slaney Wright and Alice Dawnay from Switchback, Lorraine Preece, Sue Eltagouri and Kerry Hughes from YSS, Peter Grubb and Clare Meade from The Yard Project, Colin Small and the TAPAs team from Bridging the Gap, Lorna Rose and the Care Co-ordinators team from IceBreak, and Gabrielle Chalk from Addaction. Without your help, this publication could not have been produced.

Kerry Devitt and Kevin Lowe

Pictures and images featured in the case studies section of this publication have mainly been provided by the organisations themselves. We would particularly like to thank photographer, Jon Enoch (http://www.jonenoch.com) for use of photos featured in the Switchback case study.

Pictures used elsewhere in this publication are all posed by models, and have no association with the topics they are featured with.

Additional photography: Peter Smith – Creative Media Colour Ltd.

Thanks also to Andy Gooding at Wilson Design Associates for the layout of the web version of the report and to the Monument Trust for funds towards the cost.