Catch22 is a registered charity in the United Kingdom. Formed in 2008, it has over 1000 employees.[1]
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Catch22 work with young people and their families within England and Wales. They provide advice, mentoring, mediation, accommodation, education and employment opportunities to young people. They primarily work in schools, community centres and police stations.
Catch22 helps over 34,000 young people and 1,500 families each year.
Catch22 is a member of the T2A Alliance [1], which looks at ways of preventing young adults from ending up in jail and refining the way society and specifically policy makers deal with young adults.[2]
HRH the Princess Royal is patron of the charity.[3] In December 2009 the Princess Royal attended the official opening of Catch22's social enterprise, Auto22 [2] [4] Pop Idol star, singer and actor Will Young is an ambassador for Catch22 [5] In April 2011 Will Young ran the London Marathon for Catch22 [6].
Catch22 has its origins in the Philanthropic Society formed in 1788. A merger of the Royal Philanthropic Society and The Rainer Foundation took place in 1997 to form RPSRainer[7]. In 2003 it changed its name to Rainer[8].
Catch22 was formed in 2008 by the merge of UK young people's organisations "Rainer" and "Crime Concern".[9].
The company name Catch22 (without a space) may also refer to a community interest company based in Seven Sisters (Tottenham), London called Catch 22 Academy[10]. Catch 22 Academy is a journalism school founded in 2006[11].