“The government can set up strategies but groups like Rainer are the hands, feet and heart of service delivery – without them there is no change”.
Home Office Minister Baroness Scotland, 2005
Rainer Today
Rainer is the national charity for under-supported young people
Last year Rainer celebrated its bicentenary. The organisation has come a long way, and has seen many changes, since its humble beginnings in a London coffee house in the 18th century. One thing remains the same however, and that is its commitment to helping young people.
Last year Rainer helped more than 18,000 under-supported young people and young adults to reach their full potential.
The word under-supported was chosen by the young people, when we asked them how they wanted to be described. They liked it because it conveyed their feeling that they had not had the right amount of support, given in the right way, at the right time in their lives. But that anything and everything was possible with the right kind of support - and that they could achieve and succeed, just like anyone else.
Rainer's 600 staff and 530 volunteers work with them to provide that support in the education, social care, health, housing or justice systems.
Through around 55 services across the country we aim to give young people the emotional and practical support they need to lead emotionally and physically secure, fulfilled lives.
Our policy and communications work aims to raise awareness of the issues faced by under-supported young people and to inform public policy and practice. This work flows directly from the real experience of the young people who use our services.
Through it, we hope to effect meaningful and long-term change in the way public services are delivered in the future.
The income which enables us to do this work comes from various sources, including charitable trusts, local and central government, and from corporate and individual donors.
Rainer and Crime Concern to merge to create a new charity
The boards of Crime Concern and Rainer have decided to join together to form a major new charity. The combined mission for the new charity will be to promote opportunities for the development, education and support of young people in need to lead purposeful, stable and fulfilled lives and to create safer, inclusive, crime-free communities for the benefit of the public.
Rainer and Crime Concern are leading organisations in their fields. By combining their complementary expertise they will have an even greater impact on young people, their families and communities and on Government policy.
The new charity will come into existence on 1 July, and will be known as Rainer Crime Concern until the formal launch of its new vision, mission, objectives and name towards the end of the 2008. The Chair will be Jim McKenna, the Treasurer will be Bridget McIntyre and Joyce Moseley will be the Chief Executive.
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