The Invested Man

10 out of 12 left prison
with a different future.

Not a different programme. A different identity. TIM delivers evidence-based outcomes that funders, commissioners, and partners can measure - because when identity changes, everything changes.

See Our Impact Work With TIM
83%
Positive outcome rate
Brinsford cohort
10/12
Into work, education
or self-employment
64
Young men reached
across 7 schools
Lead
Named Accountable Body
PCC Brinsford grant

Delivered at HMP Brinsford, and brought in by EY Outreach to deliver identity and mindset sessions at HMP ISIS, commissioned by MOPAC.

What Happened After

They didn't just leave.
They became the people who run it.

The part we're proudest of happened after. The participants who made it through didn't just leave, they became the people who run it. They designed and delivered a workshop to twelve school students on the edge of exclusion while still serving their own sentence, and they're still using the film they made to teach the programme to their peers today.

That's the whole point of TIM. We don't run a programme and leave. We build something that keeps running without us in the room.

The Invested Man Ltd is the named Recipient and Accountable Body on the West Midlands Police and Crime Commissioner's grant for the Resettlement within Brinsford Project. When a project is delivered by a consortium, the Commissioner names the lead. That was us.

Why TIM Works

Most programmes change behaviour.
TIM changes identity.

Skills, employment pathways, and behaviour management all fail at the same point - when the young person still sees themselves as a product of their past. TIM removes that ceiling, and works at two levels at once: changing how a person sees themselves, and embedding that change in how the organisation around them operates.

"Every programme that fails a young person fails at the same point: it tries to change what they do before it changes who they believe they are."

- Nathan Shillingford, Founder & CEO

↓ Exclusions
Reduced school exclusions

Identity Pathway schools report reduced referrals and improved engagement - because young people have a framework for who they are.

↓ Reoffending
Reduced reoffending

Only 2 of 12 Brinsford participants recalled to prison. Every outcome in the cohort tracked and attributed.

↑ Employment
Employment & education outcomes

7 participants entered full-time employment. 1 progressed to university. 1 started their own business - all within the same cohort.

↑ Social Value
Measurable Social Value

Every TIM outcome is tracked and attributed - giving funders and CSR partners the evidence trail their stakeholders require.

The Foundation

Three pillars. One conviction.

Every TIM programme is built on the same foundation - because identity work that lasts cannot be rushed, bypassed, or replaced with behaviour management.

01

Identity

Who you are - not what you've done.

Most interventions start with behaviour. TIM starts here. Before a young person can sustain change, they need a clear, stable sense of who they are - not the identity shaped by exclusion, trauma, or the street, but the one that was there before the world got to them.

Identity is not the background to the work. It is the work.

02

Purpose

Why you exist - not what you can achieve.

A goal without purpose collapses under pressure. TIM builds something deeper: a value system. Young people learn to ask not "what do I want?" but "who am I, and why does that matter?" When purpose is rooted in identity, it holds - through setbacks, through release, through the pull of old environments.

03

Wisdom

How you live it - from people who've been there.

Wisdom is TIM's irreplaceable edge. Every programme is co-delivered by men with lived experience of the justice system - because that credibility cannot be manufactured. The right words, from the wrong messenger, land on deaf ears. Wisdom closes the gap between knowing and becoming.

The Invested Man

These three pillars underpin the I.N.V.E.S.T. framework - TIM's six-stage methodology for identity restoration, delivered across both prevention and intervention.

The Invested Method

Identity is the only intervention that lasts.

Every TIM programme is built on the I.N.V.E.S.T. framework - a six-stage identity restoration model that moves a young person from self-unawareness to sustained, purposeful change.

I - Identify

Recognise who you are and where identity has been distorted by trauma, culture, or circumstance.

N - Navigate

Reframe your story - turning from false identities and re-aligning with truth and purpose.

V - Validate

Accept the reality of your potential and community belonging - rooted in who you are, not what you've done.

E - Embody

Apply disciplines and accountability to build visible, lasting character change.

S - Strengthen

Reinforce identity through mentorship, reflection, and community contribution.

T - Transform

Live as an Invested Man - leading others, building futures, creating generational change.

Our Programmes

Two programmes. Both ends of the pipeline.

TIM works at both ends - catching young people before the system takes hold, and rebuilding identity before the gates open.

Prevention · Schools & PRUs

Identity Pathway

Outcome: reduced exclusions & youth offending

64 young men engaged across 7 schools. Co-delivered by trained facilitators with lived experience of the criminal justice system. Funded by the West Midlands Police & Crime Commissioner.

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Rehabilitation · Inside Prison

Resettlement & Rehabilitation

Outcome: 83% positive outcome rate

12-week programme with tracked, attributed outcomes. Delivered at HMP Brinsford, funded by the Violence Reduction Partnership, with identity and mindset sessions at HMP ISIS as a partner to EY Outreach.

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Built for commissioners who need evidence.

TIM's outcomes are tracked, attributed, and packaged for grant funders, local authorities, and Corporate Social Value partners. Read our independently compiled programme report in full.

Read Our Evidence

Funded by the Violence Reduction Partnership  ·  West Midlands Police & Crime Commissioner  ·  Mayor of London's Office for Policing and Crime (MOPAC)