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19 Feb 2021 | By nacro Helen Dyson talks on WCRFM Wolverhampton Radio about Recovery Near You

Today (19th February 2021) Helen Dyson took part in a radio interview on WCRFM Wolverhampton Radio to discuss our Recovery Near You Service. We asked some of our service users to answer our questionnaire and these are the results: 96% said they would come back to RNY for a repeat test Vs 45% said they…

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19 Feb 2021 | By nacro EVENT: A Justice System Fit for the Future with David Lammy & Sophie Linden

On Thursday 4th March, 3:30pm – 5:00pm, we will be hosting a virtual panel event, with the Shadow Secretary of State for Justice and Shadow Lord Chancellor, Rt Hon David Lammy MP and London’s Deputy Mayor for Policing and Crime, Sophie Linden, and Nacro’s Resettlement Broker Lavinia Aleri. This event serves as a follow-up to…

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18 Feb 2021 | By nacro Campbell Robb in The Times: Vaccinate prisoners and prison officers as soon as possible

Nacro’s Chief Executive, Campbell Robb, has written for The Times Red Box, emphasising the worsening crisis of COVID-19 in our prisons and reiterating our calls to government to keep people in the criminal justice system safe. “There are now a number of prisons where serious outbreaks of COVID-19 are causing real concern. These come amid…

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09 Feb 2021 | By nacro National Apprenticeship Week 2021: From Apprentice to Assistant Principal

Simon’s journey with Nacro began almost 13 years ago as an apprentice at our Boston Education & Skills Centre. Since then, he’s witnessed the development of our education provision and worked his way up to assistant principal of Nacro Education. This National Apprenticeship Week, he tells his story and reveals how apprenticeships can open doors…

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04 Feb 2021 | By nacro We need your help! Nacro call for evidence on criminal record disclosure

Are you working with someone who has had difficulty finding a job, university place, tenancy or insurance because of their criminal record? We want to be able to tell the real stories of the people we work with to ensure that we influence the Government about the issues that make a difference. In September 2020,…

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02 Feb 2021 | By nacro Nacro evidence on prison education has been published by Education Committee

Nacro has submitted evidence to the Education Committee’s inquiry on prison education: ‘Education: Are prisoners being left behind?’. It examines how current arrangements support learners in custody and how well prison education delivers the skills needed by employers. The inquiry is considering education for adults, young people and children in custody. In our evidence we…

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15 Jan 2021 | By nacro COVID-19 VACCINE: Nacro calls for prisons not to be forgotten

The latest official monthly statistics1 show a sharp increase of 65% in Covid-19 infections in prisons across the country, and a 51% rise in deaths related to the disease. Leading social justice charity Nacro is calling on the government to ensure that all staff working in prisons are treated as a priority for vaccination. In…

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13 Jan 2021 | By nacro Supporting prisoners released during the holidays

We know through our work in prisons and our campaigning that being released from prison during the holidays or on Fridays can make the already complicated release process more difficult. With many key services closed, those released during these times may struggle to sort out housing, funds and health support. It can feel like a race against the clock….

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06 Jan 2021 | By nacro Nacro Education & Skills Centres 2021 LOCKDOWN UPDATE

The Prime Minister has announced a national lockdown as of midnight on 5th January. As a DfE registered local provider of post-16 education and skills, we are committed to ensuring that there is a good offer of face-to-face learning where required and a remote offer including hard copy packs, online learning and regular communication with…

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14 Dec 2020 | By nacro Launch of Women In Safe Homes fund for Nacro BASS partnership with Resonance Ltd

Nacro will be working in partnership with Resonance Ltd – a social impact investment company working with social enterprises and charities – to provide homes to women in London through our Bail Accommodation and Support Service (BASS). Nacro BASS helps people who are homeless but have been granted bail by the courts or are being…

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02 Dec 2020 | By nacro Cooking programmes for our housing service users

Nacro has recently started to work with Bags of Taste, a not-for-profit organisation which aims to change the everyday diets of people who are either in, or who face food poverty. They promote the regular cooking of healthy, tasty, home-cooked food, away from dependence on highly-processed and takeaway foods, aiming to improve diets and finances. …

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19 Nov 2020 | By nacro DBS Filtering Regime changes to come into effect at end of November

From 28th November, changes to the DBS Filtering Regime mean that even more people with old, minor cautions and convictions will no longer need to disclose them when applying for certain roles. These roles include working with children, vulnerable people, working in certain regulated professions such as healthcare, law and senior finance roles and applications…

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12 Nov 2020 | By nacro Nacro response to JSC report, Children & Young People in Custody (Part 1)

The Justice Committee, today, has released its report ‘Children and Young People in Custody, Part 1: Entry into the youth justice system’, off the back of its inquiry into ‘Children and Young People in the Youth Justice System’, launched in July 2019. Responding to the ‘changing demands on the youth justice system’, the report highlights…

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11 Nov 2020 | By nacro Recovery Near You wins 2020 ILLY Team of the Year award!

This year’s ILLY Team of the Year award has been given to Recovery Near You! ILLY are a national case management system that RNY has been using since 2013. The achievement was awarded at the virtual ILLY National User Group where there were presentations reflecting on how the year had gone, and staff from RNY…

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11 Nov 2020 | By nacro Minister for Apprenticeships and Skills virtually meets with our learners in Boston and Newcastle

On 10 November 2020, the Parliamentary Under Secretary for State for Apprenticeships and Skills, Gillian Keegan MP, carried out a virtual visit to our Education and Skills Centres in Boston and Newcastle, and took part in a virtual lesson. Keegan heard from two learners at our Newcastle Centre. One learner, who has returned to complete…

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03 Nov 2020 | By nacro Trustees Week – Blog by Trustee, Ron Crank MBE

I have been a Trustee of Nacro since the autumn of 2015 and there has never been a time that I have not felt an immense amount of pride in the work that the Nacro teams achieve. This year, like for everyone else, has been the most strange, weird and frustrating for all of us…

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29 Oct 2020 | By nacro Nacro wins Mayor of London funding to deliver 50 homes in partnership with Resonance

Nacro has been awarded funding by the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, to deliver housing for homeless Londoners from Spring 2021. The funding figure is £5m, on top of the original £15m provided by Resonance’s social impact investment property fund. Working in partnership with Resonance, Nacro will deliver 50 homes across London. Campbell Robb, Chief…

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27 Oct 2020 | By nacro ADHD Awareness Month: Staff Blog

Well, here we go…ADHD awareness month; yet the person with ADHD who has offered to share her experience slides in with the blog that she offered to do in order to raise awareness on ADHD…at the last minute!! There is an element of irony there for sure…   This is written from my own personal experience…

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23 Oct 2020 | By nacro 2nd COVID-19 Wave: Keeping people in the criminal justice system safe

Earlier this year at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic we set out some calls to Government to ensure that people in the criminal justice system were kept safe and risk of harm was reduced. As the 2nd wave of the pandemic hits and the country goes into different stages of lockdown, we need to…

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16 Oct 2020 | By nacro Family Practitioner perspectives in our Wolverhampton 360 service

These blogs demonstrate how the team have adapted to the challenges of Coronavirus to support service users to continue to engage and to offer much needed support during difficult times. Within the Recovery Near You service, Wolverhampton 360 supports young people and their families with substance misuse issues. Below you can read the accounts of…

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09 Oct 2020 | By nacro World Homeless Week 2020: 6 demographics of rough sleeping

In preparation for World Homeless Day on Saturday 10th October, we have been sharing several specific areas disproportionately experienced by those homeless or at risk of homelessness and how we help. Women/domestic violence   Of female rough sleepers, approximately 33% have experienced domestic abuse. Leading up to #WorldHomelessDay, today we want to shine a light…

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08 Oct 2020 | By nacro Recovery Near You supporting rough sleepers during lockdown

Read this blog about how the team from our Recovery Near You substance misuse service proactively sought to engage with rough sleepers during lockdown. Redwings During lockdown Redwings, a hotel in Wolverhampton, started providing emergency homelessness accommodation to rough sleepers. Recovery Near You staff visited Redwings regularly in order to support those staying there who…

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02 Oct 2020 | By nacro What Black History Month means to me – Nacro staff blog

Written by Nacro staff member Chris Proctor As I sit writing this on my laptop sipping my morning coffee under the artificial light of my desk lamp, nodding my head rhythmically to the sound of Stormzy on the radio I take a minute to pause as I contemplate the fact that we are surrounded by…

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24 Sep 2020 | By nacro Staff, volunteer & service user perspectives in our Wolverhampton substance misuse service

These blogs demonstrate how the team have adapted to the challenges of Coronavirus to support service users to continue to engage and to offer much needed support during difficult times. Below you can read about the virtual mutual aid groups that were set up during lockdown from the perspective of a member of staff, a…

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17 Sep 2020 | By nacro Joint letter to the Prime Minister and Justice Secretary calling for housing for all prison leavers

Along with other organisations, we have written a letter to the Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, and the Secretary of State for Justice, Robert Buckland, about accommodation for prison leavers and the Comprehensive Spending Review. We all know how important having a safe and secure home is. But for too many people leaving prison this has…

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09 Sep 2020 | By nacro Using poetry to aid recovery from addiction

This service user has been attending our Recovery Near You substance misuse service and has been helped onto the path to recovery. These poems really provide a snapshot into the emotions and experiences of someone working to shed their addictive behaviours and move on in life. An excerpt from one poem: To all my friends…

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28 Aug 2020 | By nacro Nacro release new briefing focusing on what the criminal justice system has learnt from COVID-19

A JUSTICE SYSTEM FIT FOR THE FUTURE: LESSONS FROM THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC TO BUILD A FAIRER AND EFFECTIVE PATH TO RESETTLEMENT COVID-19 continues to significantly impact the most vulnerable in our society, including those in custody and those being released from prison. With prisons only delivering a limited regime; the Early Release Scheme being suspended…

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20 Aug 2020 | By nacro Nacro learners celebrate GCSE results successes

Our students who attend our Education and Skills Centres have achieved incredible results despite personal barriers and the challenges of learning during a pandemic.. we are so proud of their hard work and determination. Those who have to re-sit their GCSE exams in English and maths receive excellent tailored support from our experienced and skilled…

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19 Aug 2020 | By nacro Nacro’s top tips for GCSE results day 2020

As students across the country receive their GCSE results this week, Lisa Capper, Nacro Principal (pictured above) advises local young people how they can prepare to make the best of results day, whatever their grades. GCSE results day can be nerve wracking at the best of times but this year due to the nature of…

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18 Aug 2020 | By nacro Nacro calls on the government to ensure all prison leavers are housed

Too many are left homeless without the foundations to build a new life.

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05 Aug 2020 | By nacro COVID-19 updates – preparing to reopen our Education & Skills Centres

Since we spoke to our education team near the beginning of lockdown, things have changed for our Education and Skills Centres who are all preparing to open 24th August and teach from September. Awarding Qualifications Our staff team have been working with the qualification awarding bodies to identify which qualifications will make use of centre-assessed grades,…

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29 Jul 2020 | By nacro Nacro welcomes five new members to the Council of Trustees

The five senior leaders with extensive experience across government, housing, rehabilitation, policing and education will play a vital role in leading the organisation in its ambition to ensure no-one is left behind and when things go wrong people have the best chance at a second chance. They join new chief executive Campbell Robb as Nacro…

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21 Jul 2020 | By nacro Nacro featured in the Justice Select Committee report on the impact of COVID-19 on probation

Nacro was a key contributor to the Justice Committee’s session on: Coronavirus (COVID-19): The impact on probation systems. The Committee has released a report on this session and will now launch an inquiry into ongoing reforms in the service. Nacro’s External Engagement Director, Helen Berresford who attended the session, comments: “We are pleased to see the Committee recognise that…

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01 Jul 2020 | By nacro Nacro seeks partners to help us resettle and rehabilitate probation service users from 2021

About Nacro Nacro’s goal is to reduce reoffending and help people both in prison and on release to change their lives and positively reintegrate into society. We operate in 30 prisons, young offender institutions and one secure training centre, offering a wide range of intervention, education, advice, guidance and practical support. In 2018/19 we ensured…

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16 Apr 2020 | By nacro Nacro’s South Yorkshire prison leaver preparation service gains ‘Outstanding’ rating

Nacro’s Through the Gate service in South Yorkshire prisons, part of South Yorkshire Community Rehabilitation Company (CRC), has been awarded an ”Outstanding’ rating. Through the Gate services support people as they prepare to leave prison. Our team work in prisons, including HMP Doncaster, HMP Moorlands, HMP Hatfield, and HMP Lindholme, as well as in the…

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26 Mar 2020 | By nacro How Nacro is responding to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic

In response to the Coronavirus outbreak, we have been continuously assessing and adapting our service delivery to respond to the changing situation. Staff, trustees and partners have been working hard to continue to support our service users and learners and support our staff during this difficult time. Below is the most recent update on how…

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23 Mar 2020 | By nacro Nacro: COVID-19 and keeping people in the criminal justice system safe  

At Nacro we believe that in these unprecedented times, it is more important than ever to support those caught up in the criminal justice system, both in prison and on release. While there has been much immediate focus on how to manage the prison estate, for those whose release date is coming up, reintegrating into…

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11 Feb 2020 | By nacro Nacro response to new corporate partnership with Society for Education and Training (SET)

Nacro becomes Society for Education and Training Corporate Partner The Society for Education and Training (SET) is welcoming staff at Nacro, a national social justice charity with more than 50 years’ experience of changing lives, building stronger communities and reducing crime, as SET members. Nacro has signed a Corporate Partnership with SET – the professional…

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30 Jan 2020 | By nacro New report from Nacro calls for action on youth knife crime crisis as cautions and convictions for carrying knives in England and Wales reach record highs

A new report from social justice charity, Nacro, reveals that young people believe fear is the main reason behind carrying knives, and that tougher penalties and longer prison sentences do not deter young people from carrying knives. Read our ‘Lives not Knives’ report here. Nacro has today launched the ‘Lives Not Knives’ report in response…

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29 Jan 2020 | By nacro Nacro and Clinks response to the Cabinet Office and DHSC consultation – Advancing our health: prevention in the 2020s

Today, alongside Clinks, we have co-published a response to the Cabinet Office and Department of Health and Social Care consultation – Advancing our health: prevention in the 2020s. The response focuses on the health inequalities faced by a large group of people in the criminal justice system. We want to help ensure that prevention is…

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27 Jan 2020 | By nacro New toolkit – Using an identity lens: Constructive working with children in the criminal justice system

Today, Nacro has published Using an identity lens: Constructive working with children in the criminal justice system. Research has shown that identity, and how you feel about yourself, can be key to moving forward with life and away from crime. Working with the University of Salford, Youth Offending Teams and supported by the Barrow Cadbury…

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22 Nov 2019 | By nacro Nacro Manifesto 2019

On launching our manifesto, Nacro’s Policy and Public Affairs Manager, Caroline Drummond, says: This election is an opportunity to make real, impactful changes that will help thousands of people build a better future for themselves and the next government needs to commit to reforms that see no one left behind. You can read our full…

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19 Nov 2019 | By Nacro Nacro 2020 wall calendars now available to order

Our 2020 Nacro wall calendar is available to order now. An essential reference guide for the year ahead, it features 2020’s key religious festivals, bank holidays and public holidays and will brighten up any room or workspace.   Price – £1.20 per calendar Postage and packing: 1 copy: £1.20 2-5 copies: £1.80 6-9 copies: £3.00…

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05 Nov 2019 | By nacro Nacro response to analysis of youth justice system figures

In response to recent analysis of youth justice system figures, Nacro Chief Executive, Campbell Robb, said: “These shocking re-offending rates show how broken our youth justice system is. With over 40% of young people that are convicted or cautioned reoffending within one year, it is clear we need to change our approach and recognize there…

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04 Nov 2019 | By nacro Nacro response to MoJ’s announcement about tough new security measures in prisons

In response to the MoJ announcement regarding UK prisons set to receive innovative security investment, Nacro Chief Executive, Campbell Robb, said: “With record high levels of self harm and violence within our prisons, investment to improve security and tackle smuggling is essential, but it is not the only solution we need to truly tackle crime…

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11 Oct 2019 | By nacro People released from prison on a Friday face an almost impossible challenge to get the support they need before the weekend.

Too many are left homeless without enough money for basics or support.

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23 Aug 2019 | By nacro Making the film ‘Out of Time’

Blog by the filmmaker, Lilka Szerszynska Watch the film here The phrase ‘Out of Time’ perfectly sums up the race against the clock that many prison leavers released on a Friday experience; they’re out of prison, they’ve done their time, but the path to resettlement, reintegration and security is not always as plain sailing as…

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22 Aug 2019 | By nacro Nacro continues student progression success

Students from education and skills centres run by Nacro continue to make strides in their progress, with GCSE pass rates increasing for the third year in a row and eight of ten students securing a job, an apprenticeship or a place on a further education course. Nacro students who have to re-sit their GCSE exams…

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21 Aug 2019 | By nacro Nacro’s top tips for GCSE results day 2019

As students across the country prepare to receive their GCSE results this week, Lisa Capper, Nacro Principal (pictured above) advises students how they can prepare to make the best of results day. GCSE results day can be a scary time but it doesn’t have to be. Whether you receive the grades you hope for or…

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14 Aug 2019 | By nacro Nacro CEO, Campbell Robb, interviewed on Sky News at Six about government’s prison plans to tackle crime

Campbell Robb, Nacro Chief Executive, was interviewed on 13 August 2019 as part of a Sky News at Six piece on the Prime Minister’s plans to tackle crime with more prisons and higher levels of security within them. Campbell reiterated that “we all want to see crime reduced and less victims of crime”, but that…

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