ABOUT US

OUR MISSION

Imago Dei exists to equip, support and empower women in prison and upon their release, by addressing emotional, spiritual, and practical needs through relationship-based, trauma-informed care.

We fulfil this mission by delivering Chaplaincy-based courses and pastoral support in prisons, walking alongside women through release and resettlement, providing safe accommodation and life-skills support, offering tailored provision for young adult women, and engaging communities to create opportunity, understanding and change.

Empowering women to change the direction of their lives.

OUR VISION

  • We want Grace House to have a welcoming, supportive and empowering environment where women leaving prison are encouraged to live out their full potential.

  • We will give them life skills training, one-to-one support and help with their search for work and permanent housing when they are ready to move on.

  • ID Grace House UK is a Christian project and prayer will be central to all we do as a staff team. Grace House will be open to women of all faiths and none.

We believe that each woman is unique and has within them gifts and talents that will help them to live a full and crime-free life.

OUR PURPOSE

  • To offer encouragement and support to women upon their from prison.

  • To see a lower reoffence rate among women leaving prison in the UK.

  • To provide the support needed for residents to successfully settle into society.

  • To empower women to positively change the direction of their lives with a new hope for the future.

EMPOWERMENT

We offer our courses and services to all regardless.

VALUE

We aim to love and serve all, and to give the time required to work with every woman we work with so that they might know their value and worth as a precious and valued individual.

OUR ETHOS

ACCEPTANCE

We believe in empowering women and giving them the tools they require to step into a positive future.

FAITH

We are motivated, upheld and empowered by our faith.

EQUALITY

We believe that every life matters, every life is precious and every life counts.

EXCELLENCE

We believe in a spirit of excellence and aim to do all things well, and to offer the best that we can in each situation.