In addition to the volunteering opportunities described in the preceding pages, there are many innovative projects up and down the country which make a real difference - helping offenders find fulfilment away from crime, supporting victims and families - making the criminal justice system more constructive, more rehabilitative and more humane.

Some are larger organisations with funds to pay staff; others exist in just one town or city, carried forward by the vision and energy of a small group of volunteers.

Some, but not all, are faith-based, with people working out their faith not through evangelisation but through a desire to contribute something to their community - recognising, as we said in the introduction to this booklet, that all the problems of criminal behaviour cannot be solved by the criminal justice system alone. As a potential volunteer you are likely to be welcome, whether or not faith plays a part in your life.

It is possible here to offer only a few examples of a selection of the projects known to the authors. Some are quite unusual! New and innovative ideas are coming to notice all the time.