The latest views and discussion from Clinks staff and guest writers. We also use blogs to give short updates on our latest projects, as well as briefings on topics of interest to members.

How the financial sustainability of voluntary organisations is under threat

Long before the pandemic, the criminal justice voluntary sector was struggling for resource in a complex, competitive and challenging commissioning environment. Covid-19 has exacerbated a crisis in sustainability.

Tackling racism and inequality: What does Clinks think and, more importantly, what are we doing?

Our work so far, how we'll be going further and our commitment to becoming an anti-racist organisation.

Leaving prison in a pandemic: how services are responding

People who are being released from prison are entering an unrecognisable world. Amanda Sherriff describes how services are responding to their needs.

Advising the government: an update from the chair of the RR3

Anne Fox gives an update on the work of the group and how it has adapted to the changing policy environment of the last few months.

Lucy Frazer MP’s update on the rollout of video calling in prisons

Prisons and Probation Minister Lucy Frazer QC MP gives an update on the rollout of video calling in prisons, what’s involved in setting establishments up with this technology, and what prisoners and their friends and family can expect.

What does recovery look like?

The Reducing Reoffending Third Sector Advisory Group Covid-19 Special Interest Group has produced a think piece presenting the voluntary sector’s views on the recovery of voluntary services in the criminal justice system after the pandemic.

Three months in: the impact of Covid-19 on services delivered by the criminal justice voluntary sector

With the landscape changing so rapidly, we wanted to see how the sector was still faring and track the impact these changes were having on organisations.

Health and justice: during and beyond the Covid-19 pandemic

Clinks’ Health and Justice Policy and Development Officer Zahra Wynne writes about the impact that the Covid-19 pandemic has had on voluntary organisations working in health and justice.

Covid-19 Response Grants - looking towards recovery

The Covid-19 Response Grants fund has now been open for two months, and we are very excited to have funded 32 brilliant organisations.

£2.5m funding for specialist women’s services

Women’s Network Coordinator, Jackie Lowthian, gives details of the funding announced by the Ministry of Justice for specialist women’s services.

What's New

Blogs

Being, Becoming, Belonging

Executive Director for External Affairs at Changing Lives, Laura Seebohm, talks about the impact of deprivation, discrimination and trauma on people’s lives. She explores a radical re-imagining of how we can better support the mental health of people going through challenging times.

Publications

Notes from the Reducing Reoffending Third Sector Advisory Group (RR3) Special Interest Group on Covid-19

Notes from a one-off meeting convened to discuss HMPPS preparations for Ramadan in prison, and the opportunity for voluntary sector organisations to support people in prison to observe the holy month.

Latest on Twitter

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We are extremely disappointed that the JCVI advice on phase 2 of the COVID vaccination programme does not prioritise people in prison and those who work with them, including voluntary sector staff and volunteers https://gov.uk/government/publications/priority-groups-for-phase-2-of-the-coronavirus-covid-19-vaccination-programme-advice-from-the-jcvi/jcvi-interim-statement-on-phase-2-of-the-covid-19-vaccination-programme

Blogs

How the financial sustainability of voluntary organisations is under threat

Tackling racism and inequality: What does Clinks think and, more importantly, what are we doing?

Leaving prison in a pandemic: how services are responding

Advising the government: an update from the chair of the RR3

Lucy Frazer MP’s update on the rollout of video calling in prisons

What does recovery look like?

Three months in: the impact of Covid-19 on services delivered by the criminal justice voluntary sector

Health and justice: during and beyond the Covid-19 pandemic

Covid-19 Response Grants - looking towards recovery

£2.5m funding for specialist women’s services

What's New

Blogs

Being, Becoming, Belonging

Publications

Notes from the Reducing Reoffending Third Sector Advisory Group (RR3) Special Interest Group on Covid-19

Latest on Twitter

Events

Health and justice network meeting

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