In London (Friday 22 September) the inaugural Tapping into New Talent conference, spearheaded by The Corbett Network, Nacro and Dominic Headley Associates (DHA), underlined the importance of employers including people with convictions within their workforce.
In Reform’s September blog, Joanne Drew, Housing Director, outlines new approaches to homelessness in the light of the current crisis.
Housing is integral to Nacro’s work and we promote equitable and fair access to housing for everyone. Read more to see our response to the MHCLG consultation.
Nacro is spearheading a new campaign to overcome the practical barriers to effective resettlement for prison leavers.
Today, we welcome the announcement from the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government that funding for supported housing is to stay in the welfare system.
Nacro reveals that employers across the country will struggle to justify requesting criminal record information at the initial application stage of a recruitment process, if they are to comply with the new laws which came into force on 25 May 2018.
In response to today’s government announcement that existing probation contracts will be cut short and further changes will be made to the system. See what Nacro Chief Executive Jacob Tas has to say.
Nacro welcomes the Education Select Committee’s report on alternative provision published today. See. the full response here.
Nacro has won a silver medal for a garden we made at the RHS Tatton Flower Show, which we enter each year. Gardener Andy Walker of Walker Landscape & Design designed the garden and received help from Nacro Manchester staff and service users.
We welcome the Secretary of State’s speech earlier today on his department’s further plans to make prisons places of meaningful rehabilitation. See the statement here.
