Blue Sky Development and Regeneration is a registered charity and social enterprise in the UK that employs ex-offenders in the waste management, recycling and grounds maintenance sectors, where Blue Sky Development and Regeneration acts as a contractor to local authorities and subcontractor to their maintenance providers. They are a sister charity to Groundwork Thames Valley (part of the Groundwork UK federation), but operate independently.

The charities remit is to reduce re-offending through employment, which has been identified by the Social Exclusion Unit as one of the two biggest factor in reducing re-offending, the other being accommodation.^[1] Paid employment is offered to ex-offenders on 6-month contracts with additional support, peer mentoring and training. This aims to provide ex-offenders with job experience, soft skills, and a reference, in order to enable them to transition into permanent employment and combat the cycle of re-offending.

Founded in 2005, Blue Sky Development and Regeneration was established in response to concerns by the then Chief Executive of Groundwork Thames Valley about the rate of re-offending in the UK (60% within two years)^[1] and the human and financial cost of this. Since inception they have employed over 400 ex-offenders.^{[citation needed]}

They won the 'Social care and welfare' cetegory at the 2010 Charity Awards^[2] and 'Social Enterprise of the Year' for England in the Social Enterprise Awards 2011.^[3]

The charities headquarters are located in Colne Valley Park Visitors Centre in Denham, Buckinghamshire.

Areas in which Blue Sky Development and Regeneration operates includes and have included:

• London boroughs – Hillingdon, Ealing, Hounslow and Brent
• South East England – Oxford, Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead, and Slough
• South West England – Bristol and Gloucester

Blue Sky Development and Regeneration also has franchises in Manchester and Wakefield and is working on developing other franchises.^{[citation needed]}

• Jonathan Aitken
• Erwin James

• Blue Sky Development and Regeneration
• National Offender Management Service
• Groundwork Thames Valley
• Groundwork UK