Clinks Light Lunch | Issue 611 | 22nd November 2019

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In this week's edition...

CLINKS NEWS: the state of the sector 2019

We have published The state of the sector 2019, the key trends for voluntary organisations working in the criminal justice system. This is the seventh year that Clinks has conducted our State of the sector research looking at how voluntary organisations working with people in contact with the criminal justice system are faring. The findings give us a lot to celebrate, but the picture we’ve built up over the years shows there are a number of deep-seated and systemic challenges facing organisations. To ensure a vibrant, independent and resilient voluntary sector these need to be addressed. The report includes a section with our key findings about organisations that provide tailored support to women. Read the full report here

CLINKS NEWS: our impact over the past three years

Impact assessment 2019 is a Clinks report on the findings of an external assessment of our impact. Over 120 people fed into the assessment which looks at Clinks’ work from 2016 to 2019. Overall, stakeholders were extremely positive about all of Clinks’ work. The report includes our response to the recommendations, and also provides an update on progress towards meeting the pledges made in our 2016 impact assessment. The assessment was conducted and written by Becky Nixon, Ideas to Impact. Read it here

CLINKS NEWS: annual report and financial statements

Clinks’ trustees present their annual report and the audited financial statements for the year ended 31st March 2019. This report includes: a summary of our future strategy; a report of our achievements and performance against our strategic objectives; a financial review; our plans for the future; information on our structure, governance and management; an independent auditor's report; the financial statements for the year ended 31st March 2019. Read it here

CLINKS BLOG: criminal justice in manifestos

The Liberal Democrats and Labour Party launched their general election manifestos this week and the Conservative Party manifesto is expected in the coming days. As each manifesto is launched Clinks will be analysing and summarising the key commitments of relevance to criminal justice policy and the work of voluntary sector organisations working in criminal justice and publishing this on our blogs page. We hope that this information will be useful to the sector in planning for the potential policies of the future government. Keep an eye on our blogs page for when these will be uploaded.

CLINKS BLOG: IPP prisoners

In this blog Associate Professor Harry Annison and Senior Research Assistant Christina Straub from the University of Southampton discuss their research project in collaboration with Prison Reform Trust on the views of families of people serving Imprisonment for Public Protection (IPP) sentences. They consider its final report, particularly the relevant findings for voluntary sector organisations. They found that most of their participants reported making little use of services provided by voluntary sector organisations, preferring to keep a small circle of confidantes and to look to their own family for support. Families saw great value in there being a ‘Families of People Serving IPP’ webpage, i.e. some sort of ‘one stop shop’. Read the blog here

CLINKS NEWS: more to health

Clinks has signed a collective statement with 60 voluntary sector organisations calling for a better debate on health across government parties and departments which is evidence-based and shifts beyond the focus on services, to a broader view of health that encompasses what people need for good, healthy lives. Key asks include: for the government to make health — physical health, mental health and wellbeing — an overarching goal across all ministerial departments; urgent investment that recognises and strengthens community contributions to health, especially through local authorities and the voluntary sector; and to resource social care to be both responsive and preventative to need. Read the full statement here

NATIONAL CRIMINAL JUSTICE ARTS ALLIANCE NEWS: media training

This one-day training course will show participants how to positively navigate conversations with the media about their work in the criminal justice system [27th November, Birmingham, from £75]. It aims to support and prepare our network to appropriately deal with media enquiries and promote work with confidence and expertise across media and social media platforms. The course will be delivered by three members of the Prison Radio Association, a prison-based charity that produces and delivers National Prison Radio (which airs in more than 100 prisons). Book your place here

CLINKS MEMBER’S NEWS: become a MEAM approach area

The Making Every Adult Matter Coalition (MEAM) is seeking partnerships to join the National Lottery Funded MEAM Approach network for 2020-2022. MEAM supports local areas across the country to develop effective, coordinated approaches to multiple disadvantage that can increase wellbeing, reduce costs to public services and improve people’s lives. It does this using the MEAM Approach, a non-prescriptive framework that partnerships of statutory and voluntary agencies and people with experience of multiple disadvantage can use to design and deliver better coordinated interventions. The MEAM Approach is currently being used in 27 local areas across England. If you are interested in becoming a MEAM Approach area, please contact your local MEAM Partnerships Manager, before completing the Expression of Interest Form. Apply before 5pm 19th February 2020 here

CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM: market warming webinar

Due to high demand, HM Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS) has released a new date for its market warming webinars [27th November, online, free]. The purpose of this webinar is to outline the key commercial elements and schedules that are proposed to form the basis of future dynamic framework contracts between HMPPS and providers. Key content areas will include: service categories to be procured through the dynamic framework and assumptions about the design of call off competition configuration; assumptions about co-commissioning of services off the dynamic framework; payment and performance measurement regime; workforce and staff transfer principles; ICT requirements expected of dynamic framework providers; and supply chain principles and expectations. Register here

FUNDING: homelessness

Help the Homeless offer grants of up to £5,000 towards the funding of capital projects that assist people who are homeless. Applicants must be registered UK charities with an annual turnover of under £1 million. Applications must relate to projects that assist individuals in their return to mainstream society rather than offering shelter or sustenance. Find out more and apply before 15th December here

​FUNDING: disadvantaged children and isolation in later life

The Masonic Charitable Foundation’s small grant programme is open for applications. Charities with incomes of under £500,000 can apply for a grant of between £500 and £15,000 over one to three years for work in the following areas: creating the best start in life for disadvantaged children and young people; reducing isolation in later life. Grants of up to £35,000 are available to support care projects in the hospice sector running over a period of 18 months. Applications are reviewed on a first come first served basis, therefore it is advised to submit your Small Grant application form as soon as possible during the time frame. Apply before 3rd January here

CLINKS MEMBER’S EVENT: families of women in prison

Prisoners’ Advice Service (PAS) is delighted to announce that Lady Edwina Grosvenor will deliver its annual lecture on the theme ‘The Traumatic Impact of Women’s Imprisonment on Families’ [28th November, London, free]. Lady Edwina is the founder and Chair of One Small Thing, an organisation set up to encourage a better understanding of trauma within the prison system and how to deal most effectively with those who have experienced it. She is a founding investor and Ambassador of The Clink Charity. Find out more here

CLINKS MEMBER’S TRAINING: challenging behaviour

Leap Confronting Conflict is running a one day ‘Working with Challenging Behaviour’ course [28th January, London, £180] for adult professionals who work with young people across the voluntary sector and statutory bodies. This course will provide you with skills to effectively engage and work with young people who are experiencing conflict and manage challenging situations. Find out more and book your place here

OPPORTUNITY: acting courses for young people

The Human Ensemble is offering acting courses for young people (aged 14+) who have or have had a parent in prison [Starting January 2020, London, free]. They will have the opportunity to learn techniques used by professional actors and explore them in fun, practical sessions leading towards a short performance. The course is run by a professional actress and director, supported by Synergy Theatre Project. The deadline for applications is 1st December. For more information please call: 07546 728970 or email: thehumanensemble@gmail.com

AWARDS: reintegration of people in custody

If your organisation enables successful reintegration of people in custody, you are invited to apply for the Robin Corbett Award. The winner will receive £10,000, the Highly Commended winner will receive £3,000 and Commended winner will receive £1,000. Winners also benefit from extensive publicity which can raise their organisation’s profile and aid future funding. Applications close on 9th December, but an extension to 16th December is available for Light Lunch subscribers. To request an extension please email: corbett.castlevale@gmail.com and copy in rosemary.smith@candoresults.co.uk. Find out more and apply here

CLINKS MEMBERS’ VACANCIES

Vacancies on the jobs board this week include: Senior Practitioner Recovery Builder with Changing Lives [Sunderland], Lecturer in English with HMP Guys Marsh [HMP Guys Marsh], Data and office administrator with Together for mental wellbeing [London], Recovery coordinator - TARN with Humankind [Newcastle upon Tyne], Trainer Assessor with St. Giles Trust [HMP Parc], Offender Resettlement Triage Worker with Shelter [HMP Hull], Communications and Digital Officer with Unlocked Graduates [London], Women’s mental health recovery practitioner with Imagine Independence [Crosby], Support Worker with Nacro [Stoke/West Midlands], Volunteer Distance Learning Tutor with Criminon UK [National], Helpline monitoring volunteer with Unlock [Maidstone]. For more information about these vacancies, and many more, click here

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