Circles UK – Circles of Support and Accountability (Circles) build safer communities through local volunteers working with sex offenders to minimise alienation, support reintegration and so prevent sexual reoffending.

Circles of Support and Accountability are an innovative and successful community contribution to reducing sex offending, working in close partnership with criminal justice agencies.

Circles UK is the national body supporting the development, quality, coordination and effectiveness of Providers of Circles of Support and Accountability (Circles)

Inside the Circle

Sky News, 17 April 2019

We were featured in a Sky News documentary in 2019, a feature that won the Criminal Justice Alliance Outstanding Journalism Award that year.

Latest posts

Circles UK Annual Review 2020-2021

It is fair to say that no one could probably have predicted quite the extent of disruption and turbulence that was created by COVID-19 in

28 December 2021

Celebrating the Completing the Circle Project: widening access to Circles for people convicted of sexual offences

Circles UK recently hosted an on-line seminar to celebrate the successes of the ‘Completing the Circle’ project and the lessons arising from it. The ‘Completing

21 May 2021

An Evaluation of the ‘Completing the Circle’ Project

I have less of a desire to offend unlike before in which the urges were almost out of control. On 25th November 2020 Circles UK

25 November 2020

Support Circles UK

“This isn’t an easy ride for the released sex offender, but at least it gives them some hope; and for people (Circle Volunteers) to do that in their spare time is a remarkable thing to do. And I salute them.”

I would like to say to the volunteers, thank God for you! The work you do is so important, so precious; you are saving so many children from intense suffering. And the fact that you are volunteers makes all the difference... an added dimension to the value of the work you do. Please keep up your strength as there can be nothing more worthwhile – from the children’s point of view, for the sake of the children.

I just wanted to email to say how much I feel that the work of Circles of Support and Accountability is needed. My brother is a registered sex offender and has to meet regularly with probation and he also attends a Circles meeting once a week. I cannot tell you what impact this has had on me. Thank you for all your work.

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