Project
Spark Inside
Funding
Income of nearly £400,000 this financial year, mainly from grant funders The Dawes Trust, Esmee Fairbairn Foundation, The Triangle Trust, Stephen Lloyd Awards and St James Place Foundation, as well as commissioners and donors
Background
Spark Inside is a charity working with young offenders. It was set up in 2012 by young social entrepreneur Baillie Aaron after she completed a masters degree in criminological research at the University of Cambridge.
Aaron was keen to improve support for those leaving custody and so interviewed young Londoners who had been in prison and those who'd had friends or relatives in jail to find out what might work. They highlighted the need for tailored, non-curricular support that did not involve being told what to do by others.
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