Change, Grow, Live

Change Grow Live (CGL) is a voluntary sector organisation specialising in substance misuse and criminal justice intervention projects in England and Wales. All of its funding is statutory-based. As of 2012 the organisation employed over 1,800 workers[1] and was supported by over 250 volunteers. CGL was formerly named Crime Reduction Initiatives (CRI), but changed its name in 2016.[2]

Change, Grow, Live
AbbreviationCGL
TypeCompany Limited by Guarantee in England and Wales No. 3861209
Registration no.Registered Charity in England and Wales No. 1079327 and Scotland No. SC039861
HeadquartersBrighton, United Kingdom
Websitewww.changegrowlive.org
Formerly called
Crime Reduction Initiatives (CRI)

History

The organisation traces its origins to a prisoner rehabilitation charity established in 1880.[2]

Services

CGL is a national provider of support, treatment and rehabilitation programmes for those with substance misuse problems, crime and lack of opportunity. CGL's service users include:

CGL services include: Key-work sessions, Counselling, Benefits and housing advice, Outreach, Mutual Aid meetings (such as SMART Recovery, Narcotics Anonymous), Needle exchange, Sexual Health awareness, Medical assistance, Prescribing, Complementary therapies and general support in living a healthy and balanced life. CGL partners with many agencies to provide treatment and co-ordinated care pathways that include housing, employment, education and training.

CGL have a variety of different services across the nation. Notable services include their Wirral Ways to Recovery which featured in the 2022 BBC documentary, Addiction: The Recovery.[3] The documentary followed two service users over the period of a year and looked into the "Recovery Village" that Wirral Ways to Recovery and Change Grow Live have set up in Birkenhead.[4]

In the 2000–01 financial year, CGL's income was £2.1m. In 2011–12 it was £80.8m.[1]

  • Official Site
  • "Change, Grow, Live, registered charity no. 1079327". Charity Commission for England and Wales.

References
  1. "CRI Annual Report 2011/2012". Archived from the original on 13 July 2013. Retrieved 22 October 2012.
  2. "Crime Reduction Initiatives becomes change, grow, live". Third Sector. 5 April 2016. Retrieved 20 June 2016.
  3. "BBC News Channel - Addiction, the Road to Recovery".
  4. "The 'village' that got me off drink and drugs". BBC News. 17 May 2022.
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