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To mark the end of a challenging school year, Nacro learners in Newcastle decided to organise a football game, with all welcome to play. James, a construction student, was appointed as the group leader and he allocated tasks to his peers. After three weeks of preparation the learners had sourced a sponsor from Cramlington Town…

At our reducing reoffending event at the end of May, the Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice – Robert Buckland – announced an increase in the discharge grant for the first time since 1995, from £46 to £76. Rebranded as the “one-off subsistence payment”, this is money given on release to prison leavers…

On Friday 23rd July 2021, a selection of learners from the Nacro Sheffield Education Centre were specially invited by their tutors to attend Lightwater Valley Theme Park in Ripon, North Yorkshire. Jed Khaliq, Teaching & Learning Tutor said, “The idea stemmed from having numerous discussions with staff who felt that despite the various challenges faced…

Nacro Education is pleased to report some outstanding achievements by its students this GCSE results day. This year, following the cancellation of exams, grades were awarded through a process of teacher assessed grades (TAGs), against a national standard and approved and awarded by the exam boards. Young people had to work very hard this year…

Breakdown and Nacro response from Sam Julius Earlier this week, the Government launched its new “Beating Crime Plan”, supported by a range of initiatives seeking to “tackle the underlying causes of crime.” Within the Government’s announcement, they state that they rely on Police and Crime Commissioners (PCCs) to drive delivery of this plan. The announcement…

GCSE results can get you thinking about your next steps, whether resitting or taking the results you wanted forward. Nacro are here to offer you options. We offer a range of vocational course across England with the ability to take functional maths and English alongside your course. We can also help you resit your GCSEs…

Today, the Government released statistics which show that during the past year 7,554 people came out of prison into homelessness. This is a 38% reduction from 12,090 the previous year. This, in part, will have been impacted by the Government’s COVID-19 Emergency Accommodation Scheme in May 2020. Comparing the last months before Covid with the…

We all know how important having a safe and secure home is. But for too many people leaving prison this has seemed an impossible dream for too long. Around a thousand people are released from prison homeless every month, held back from accessing support, getting a job, or moving on in their lives and away…

SWITCH have been busy implementing a COVID-19 restrictions exit strategy. There has been a focus on getting the people we support socialising, doing activities and leaving the house. For some background, the SWITCH (Supporting Women in the Community and Home) project provides support to vulnerable women aged 16 and older who face a range of…