Clinks Light Lunch | Issue 309 | 30th August 2013

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In this week's edition...

CLINKS RESOURCE: guide to desistance

‘Introducing Desistance: A Guide for Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprise (VCSE) Sector organisations’ is a new Clinks guide that aims to provide an accessible summary of some of the key themes in the desistance literature and explore the factors that can support desistance. It focuses on how the VCSE Sector can use the theory to demonstrate the success of their work supporting desistance to policy-makers, funders, commissioners, other partners and perhaps also prime providers. Nicola Drinkwater, Policy Assistant at Clinks has written a blog about the guide that you can access here

CLINKS EVENTS: for BAME organisations

Do you provide services for Black, Asian and ethnic minority (BAME) offenders? Have you recently lost funding to provide these services? Are your current funding arrangements due to come to an end? Clinks are running some free events [23rd September, Bristol | 26th September, Manchester | London, date tbc | all 10am - 1pm] for you to find out what the Transforming Rehabilitation reforms will mean for your organisation and how you can ensure sustainability for your services. Book your place here

CLINKS EVENTS: volunteering roundtables

Do you work with volunteers in a criminal justice setting?  Share your experiences with others in your region, discuss the issues you’re facing, and help to shape Clinks’ future work around volunteering in these short, 1-hour workshops [23rd September, 3.15-4.15pm, Bristol | 27th September, 3.15-4.15pm, Manchester | free].  These roundtables are part of our regional roadshow events.  Find out more and book here

CLINKS EVENT: arts and OLASS 4

'Integrating arts into offender learning under OLASS 4 ' is an Arts Alliance event [24th September, London, free] that will provide an opportunity for Heads of Learning, Skills and Employment (HoLSE), educational providers and lead Governors to explore practical examples of ways that arts interventions can be strategically integrated into the offender learning journey. The event will focus on any current challenges and possible solutions in how arts can contribute to helping providers and establishments make progress with OLASS 4. Find out more and book your place here

CLINKS NEWS: new Policy Manager

We were delighted last week to welcome Ellie Cumbo as our new Policy Manager. Ellie joins us with a background in policy research and campaigning with Victim Support and the End Violence Against Women coalition. She replaces Lesley Frazer, who has moved into a new role as Clinks' Strategic Development Manager. Ellie's email address, if you would like to contact her, is Ellie.Cumbo@clinks.org

CLINKS NEWS: new North East Development Officer

Clinks is very pleased to introduce Natalie Maidment, our new Local Development Officer for the North East region. Natalie is on secondment from Voluntary Organisations Network North East (VONNE) for two years, with the support of The Northern Rock Foundation. Until recently Natalie was VONNE’s Partnership Development and Policy Officer, and her role at Clinks will be delivered in close partnership with VONNE to ensure we can provide the best possible local support for the sector. Natalie’s email address, if you would like to contact her, is Natalie.Maidment@clinks.org

CLINKS TRAINING: Volunteering in prison

Do you work with offenders in prison, or would you like to learn how to support and train staff and volunteers to work with offenders in prison?  Back by popular demand, our one day course [9th October, London, from £120] is developed from our 'Volunteering in Prison' resource pack, and is designed to support trainers and/or volunteer co-ordinators to manage and support volunteers and mentors. To find out more and book your place, click here

CLINKS TRAINING: Volunteering with offenders in the community

Does your organisation work with offenders in the community?  Would you like to learn how to support and train staff and volunteers working with offenders in the community?  Our very successful two day ‘train the trainer’ course [13th & 14th November, London, from £220] is developed from our 'Working with Offenders in the Community' resource pack and is designed to support trainers and/or volunteer co-ordinators who manage and support volunteers. The training of mentors also features extensively. To find out more and book your place, click here

CLINKS SURVEY: for organisations using art in criminal justice

Arts Alliance are collecting a snapshot of arts in criminal justice in 2013; capturing information about the work you do and looking at the potential impact of recent funding and policy changes. If you work as an arts practitioner, freelancer, or work in a prison or probation service using the arts, we’d love to hear from you. The deadline is today (Friday), and it should only take 5-10 minutes. So please support our work and take the time to fill it in here

CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM: revised timescales for Transforming Rehabilitation

Ministry of Justice issued a notice last week announced revised schedules for the Transforming Rehabilitation process. "We anticipate that the competition will be formally launched in the second half of September, and we are committed to having new providers delivering rehabilitation services from autumn 2014." Stay up to date with Transforming Rehabilitation on our dedicated webpage here

CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM: new supplier events for Transforming Rehabilitation

Ministry of Justice are holding networking events for all potential providers and separate dedicated events for 2nd and 3rd tier providers over the coming weeks. There will be networking (primes with stalls set up) events in Bristol [2nd Sept] and Manchester [4th Sept] that are open to all. Further briefings events for 2nd and 3rd tier providers will be held in Weston-super-mare [3rd Sept], London [17th, 26th, 27th Sept], York [18th Sept], Manchester [19th Sept], and Birmingham [20th Sept]. Get full details for all of these events here

CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM: inspection of adult offending work

HM Inspectorate of Probation will be inspecting work in York & North Yorkshire during the weeks commencing 21st October 2013 and 11th November 2013. Local providers who work with people supervised by the Probation Trust, or with victims, may be contacted by a probation inspector to discuss their work. The focus of this inspection will be 'Protecting Children'. If you have any queries about this, please contact the HMI Probation admin mailbox at admin.hmiprob@hmiprobation.gsi.gov.uk

FUNDING: volunteering in health

Grants of between £50,000 and £200,000 per annum are available for a maximum of three years for projects that focus on volunteer involvement in key health, public health and social care areas such as personal budgets, cutting smoking and encouraging healthy eating. National VCSE organisations and consortia of locality-based VCSE organisations in England are eligible to apply. The deadline for registering an interest is 27th September. Full details here

FUNDING: for health and social care

Between £5 million and £6 million is expected to be available to charities and other not-for-profit and incorporated organisations that work to improve the health and social care of people across England. Applications can be made for funding for one, two, or three years (there is no set amount but bids need to be realistic) to test and develop new ways of working in the health and social care system that will improve people's health and wellbeing, achieve excellent outcomes in health and social care and develop sustainable business models for the future. The deadline for online registration and eligibility is 11th October. Find out more here

AWARDS: evidencing youth justice

Are you contributing to improving the evidence base in youth justice? The YJB Evidence Awards 2013 will award two prizes of £5,000 – one for well-designed practice, the other for well-conducted evaluation. The money is to be used to further improve intervention design and evaluation, and the winners will be announced at this year’s Youth Justice Convention, which is due to take place on the 26th and 27th November in Birmingham. The awards are open to statutory, voluntary and private sector youth justice services. Find out more here

CLINKS MEMBER'S EVENT: prison resettlement challenges

'Unlocking the Potential: Resettlement Challenges at HMP Brixton' is a Prisoners Education Trust event [18th September, 7pm, HMP Brixton, £30] that features a presentation and discussion about the challenges and rewards of keeping people out of prison. The speakers at the event will be Lucy Bogue, Deputy Director, Rehabilitation Programme, Ed Tullett, Governor of Brixton Prison and Phil Chadder, Brixton’s Chaplain. There will also be contributions from serving and ex-prisoners. Refreshments will be provided by Bad Boys’ Bakery. Find out more and book your place here

NON-MEMBER'S EVENTS AND TRAINING

'Volunteer recruitment open day' | 13th September, Hackney CVS | Email for details

PUBLICATION: social investment for charities

Big Society Capital have released an overview of where charities and social enterprises in the justice market can go to discuss their social investment needs. Download it here

PUBLICATION: briefing on Lobbying Bill

The Lobbying Bill is due for its second reading in the House of Commons on 3rd September. The Bill proposes for a wider range of activities to be regulated during an election year, that could impact on the VCSE Sector’s ability to campaign and raise awareness about important policy issues. NCVO have published a useful briefing about the Bill, read it here

RESOURCE: referring young people with learning disabilities who have sexually offended

Respond has recently launched an innovative new Circles of Support and Accountability (COSA) project working with young people with learning disabilities who have sexually offended or displayed sexually harmful behaviour.  Respond’s COSA is informed by attachment theory, trauma theory, best practice in LD and a systemic approach to care, support and accountability. Trained volunteers develop a supportive relationship with the young person, with the aim of reducing their isolation and vulnerability, and preventing further harm. To make a referral for a young person or to have a presentation given at your workplace, click here

RESOURCE: Disclosure and Barring Service update

The Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) has created two videos which explain how the new Update Service can benefit applicants and employers, enabling online checking that DBS certificates are up to date and a degree of portability between jobs. To find out more click here

MEMBER'S VACANCIES

Vacancies recently posted by our Members include a Project Development Manager with Commonweal Housing [London], a postdoctoral research fellow at Prison Reading Groups project [Roehampton University], a Female Outreach/Prison Support Worker, Female Support Worker [Birmingham], and 2 Enrichment Workers [HMP Foster Hall], all with Anawim, and an Office and Events Manager with Prison Reform Trust [London]. For more information on these and many other positions, click here.

TIPS OF THE WEEK

Due to the summer holidays and the size of this week's Light Lunch, Tips are taking a break and will return in next week's edition.

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