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Our Student Social Workers on the importance of collaboration

Recent student social workers Siobhan and Rose looked at how collaboration is at the heart of our work with service users and colleagues. The emphasis...
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Guest Blog – Kelly Rust shadows a Faciliator

The RISE Director of Operations, Kelly Rust, has been shadowing Glenn Charles in order to build a picture of a day in the life of a Facilitator. Her...
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Guest Blog – Service User on the T.I.G.E.R programme

Following the recent post about our work at HMP Coldingley, one of the prisoners wrote a moving piece about his experience on the T.I.G.E.R programme....
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Latest work at HMP Coldingley

We recently began working with prisoners at HMP Coldingley, delivering two ‘R.E.A.D.Y’ programmes in our first week.  R.E.A.D.Y. is a 2 d...
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Service User Case Study – John*

*his name has been changed. We met John when he joined our Building Better Relationships (BBR) programme after pleading guilty to Common Assault. We m...
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Guest Blog – Leila Niknejad, Programmes Facilitator on Motivational Interviewing

This week we hear from Programmes Facilitator Leila who reflects on her experience of refreshing her Motivational Interviewing skills   Last week...
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Service User Success Story – Chris

Chris is now a Programme Facilitator with RISE, but he first met us as a Service User. He is just one of the people who has transformed his life wit...
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Meet RISE’s new Non-Executive Directors

Dr Katherine Rake, OBE and Ian Holborn   Dr Katherine Rake, OBE, RISE’s new non-executive Chair was formerly Chief Executive of Healthwatch Eng...
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RISE win prestigious award

RISE Mutual received the prestigious Employee Ownership Association ‘Rising Star’ award at the Employee Ownership Association Gala Dinner ...
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RISE Programme Facilitator shares how she makes a positive change to lives

Ann Takel is a programme facilitator for the Building Better Relationships (BBR) programme and other offender rehabilitation programmes at RISE. Ann h...
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