March

1 Wordsmith, actor and ex-offender Stephen Fry tweeted about our campaign video to his 2,300,000 Twitter followers resulting in 4,200 views of the video that day alone and an unprecedented boost to the campaign's profile.

February

11 **BREAKTHROUGH** Government announces changes in its freedom bill which give ex-offenders a fairer chance of finding work. This marks another victory for our campaign.

January

27 Lord Dholakia's Rehabilitation of Offenders (Amendment) Bill is to go forward to Committee Stage in the House of Lords

21 House of Lords debate on Lord Dholakia's Private Member's Bill which calls for reform of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act. Change the Record is referred to extensively. Here is a summary of the discussions.

19 Nacro appears on The One Show with 17-year-old Martha Draycott -
Martha's dreams of being a paediatric nurse remain intact after an intervention from
Nacro's helpline prevented Martha from being thrown off her college course after a CRB check

December

7 **BREAKTHROUGH** Government Green Paper announces consultation on reform of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act

November

17 34 MPs sign Change the Record’s Early Day Motion

11 Seventeen year-old Olivia Mason is allowed back onto her course at Kidderminster College after the Nacro Resettlement Helpline campaign on her behalf

01 Change the Record gains more than 300 ‘fans’ on Facebook

October

31 The Times report on Change the Record’s findings that young people are being thrown off college courses due to old, irrelevant convictions

25 The government order a review of the criminal records scheme

13 Nacro attend the Independent Advisory Panel on the Disclosure of Criminal Records

10 The Change the Record online petition reaches 500 signatures

6 Change the Record questions the use of CRB checks on reality TV contestants

September

30 Nacro meets with the Ministry of Justice

23 Nacro attend the first Independent Advisory Panel on the Disclosure of Criminal Records at the Home Office

13 Jonathan Aitken is a guest on BBC Radio 4’s Today Programme, backing the campaign

13 Ex-offender and campaign supporter Raymond Lunn is a guest along with Jonathan Aitken on BBC Radio 5 Live

13 Change the Record presents a campaign report to MPs outlining a case for reforming the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974

13 Jonathan Aitken writes a piece in The Times about the launch of Change the Record

10 Jonathan Aitken backs Change the Record

02 Channel 4’s Fairy Jobmother lends her support to Change the Record

02 Results of a survey commissioned by Change the Record are released, which show three out of five people in the UK say having a criminal record would be most embarrassing thing to have to tell their employers

01 Change the record launches its own Facebook page