Clinks Light Lunch | Issue 691 | 9th July 2021

Light Lunch

In this week's edition...

CLINKS EVENT: service user involvement

In this event, we will be discussing the value of having people with lived experience of the criminal justice system in trustee and senior leadership positions [14th July, 10:00-11:30am, online, free (Clinks members only)]. We will also discuss the barriers to achieving this, including Charity Commission rules and guidance for voluntary sector organisations, specifically changes to the rules on recruiting trustees and senior managers with criminal records. This event is for anyone seeking to embed the role of lived experience further into their work and to understand more about involving people with lived experience in strategic leadership and senior management positions. Book your place here

CLINKS NEWS: share your news, events and more in Light Lunch

Has your voluntary organisation recently published a report, written a blog or launched a survey? Perhaps you’re running training or putting on an event? Clinks members can share their news, events and more in Light Lunch – reaching over 13,000 people working in or with an interest in the criminal justice system in England and Wales. Before making a submission for Light Lunch, please read the guidelines at the beginning of the form carefully. Submit an article for Light Lunch here. Membership is currently free for all voluntary organisations until March 2022. Find out more about membership here

CLINKS MEMBER’S NEWS: coaching prison staff

Spark Inside has published a report evaluating the impact of coaching prison staff during Covid-19. In 2020, when prisons entered a ​‘double lockdown’ and only prison staff were able to offer support and care to those living in prison, Spark Inside saw an important opportunity for its life coaches to talk to and work with prison staff who then received over 150 hours of coaching. The vast majority (94%) of staff coached reported making progress in their lives, and some of the key outcomes prison staff experienced include: gaining self-awareness and confidence; improved stress levels and emotional wellbeing; and better interactions with people living in prison, and relationship building with colleagues. Read the report here

CLINKS MEMBER’S NEWS: supporting women into employment

Employment 4 ALL is now taking referrals and self-referrals for its Woman's Moving On Project. Employment 4 ALL will support female job seekers in Westminster who are on license from prison, or with experience of the criminal justice system, on bail, or likely to offend, to gain employment. Employment 4 ALL will prepare participants for employment, through education, training and soft skills development. The project will help them begin to address the issues they face, improve their lives, reduce the likelihood of reoffending, and combat the social exclusion facing many women in contact with the criminal justice system. Find out more here

CLINKS MEMBER’S NEWS: mental health in prisons podcast

The Centre for Mental Health has released a podcast episode focussed on mental health in prisons, in which host Thea Joshi speaks to Dr Graham Durcan, Associate Director of Research and Evaluation. Graham discusses the findings of the Centre’s new report about mental health care for people in prisons, and why a fundamental culture shift is needed to ensure prisons are focused on rehabilitation and wellbeing. The Centre for Mental Health's podcast discusses a whole range of topics around mental health and social justice. Listen here

CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM: engaging people on probation

The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) is launching a Call-Off Competition in August for a national provider of an ‘Engaging People on Probation’ service. The MoJ would like to give all interested providers on the Dynamic Framework the opportunity to speak with the team directly in 1-2-1 sessions which will be held up until 16th July. The team is particularly interested in discussing cost modelling, reporting requirements and Intellectual Property Rights (IPR), but welcomes discussion on other topics. If you would like to arrange a session please email ProbationDynamicFramework@justice.gov.uk. If you can’t make a 1-2-1, you can also send in comments using the feedback form on Jaggaer (the MoJ sourcing portal), which is uploaded to PQQ_205 > Call-Off Competition Information > Engaging People on Probation. Access Jaggaer here

CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM: women in prison

On Tuesday 6th July, the House of Commons Justice Committee held two oral evidence sessions as part of its inquiry on women in prison. The witnesses included Laura Seebohm from Changing Lives, Dr Kate Paradine from Women in Prison, and Phil Bowden from the Centre for Justice Innovation. The Committee heard evidence on a wide range of issues that impact women in prison and the criminal justice system. The topics discussed included the plans to build 500 more prison places for women, the Female Offender Strategy and the progress made towards achieving its objectives, diversion and out-of-court disposals, the effectiveness of community sentences, the use of pre-sentence reports, and the residential women’s centres pilot. Watch the sessions in full, or read the transcripts of the evidence here

FUNDING: digital and financial empowerment

The Santander Foundation has launched its new Financial and Digital Empowerment Fund, focused on helping people in the UK to become digitally and financially empowered. Grants of up to £150,000 will be awarded to each organisation over a three-year period. Organisations can request differing amounts in each of the three years, but the minimum amount requested in any one year must be £25,000 with a maximum of £150,000 over three years. To apply, your organisation must be based and working in the UK on initiatives that support financial and digital empowerment, and be a UK registered charity or Community Interest Company. Find out more and apply by 13th August here

FUNDING: arts and culture organisations

The government has announced a new round of its Culture Recovery Fund, including a grants programme for arts and cultural organisations in urgent need of funding. The Emergency Resource Support fund is open to for-profit and non-profit arts and cultural organisations who are at imminent risk of failure within twelve weeks of making an application. Non-profit organisations can apply for between £25,000 and £3 million, and for-profit organisations can apply for up to £1 million. Applications can be submitted between 15th July and 14th October 2021. To submit an application, you'll need to first receive Permission to Apply. Applicants can begin submitting Permission To Apply forms from 8th July and outcomes will be sent within five working days where possible. Find out more here

FUNDING: racially minoritised people

The National Lottery Community Fund and The Ubele Initiative, on behalf of The Phoenix Way Partners, have announced a new £50 million partnership aimed to boost funding and support to organisations led by and focussed on supporting racially minoritised people. ‘The Phoenix Way’ will create a series of national and regional panels, made of leaders and decision-makers from charities and grassroots groups led by racially minoritised people from across England. Operational details of The Phoenix Way programme will be designed and developed over the summer – with the aim of awarding funding from autumn 2021. Find out more here

CLINKS MEMBER’S EVENT: Caroline Adams QPM

In this In Conversation event, Frances Crook, Chief Executive of the Howard League for Penal Reform will be talking with Caroline Adams QPM, Staff Officer for the National Children and Young Persons Portfolio at the National Police Chiefs’ Council, about the work the Howard League and the police have been doing to reduce child arrests and unnecessary criminalisation of children in residential care [22nd July, online, free]. Caroline has been a Sussex police officer for 34 years. During that time she has worked in a variety of roles but her passion has been her work with children and young people. As head of profession for schools policing Caroline created and developed Inspire, the Sussex police education programme, delivered by officers in schools across Sussex. Register here

CLINKS MEMBER’S TRAINING: protective skills

The Lucy Faithfull Foundation's training course ‘Assessing the protective skills of mothers, partners and adult carers in intrafamilial child sexual abuse' [21st and 22nd July, online, £180 +VAT] will give participants the skills to assess a carer's strengths and weaknesses in relation to future child protection. It will help participants develop an understanding of the often difficult context for non-abusing parents/carers and the effect of denial, both in the people who have sexually abused a child and carers. It will also help participants consider their own beliefs and responses when assessing non-abusing parents. Find out more here

CLINKS MEMBER’S TRAINING: stories of lived experience

The Forgiveness Project’s course ‘Working with stories of lived experience’ [July – September, online, £950] explores approaches and perspectives relating to forgiveness, restorative narratives, shame and resilience. Drawing on 17 years of learning and practice from The Forgiveness Project, this is a skills-based course offering a unique combination of tools, techniques and knowledge for anyone working in criminal justice, conflict resolution, restorative justice and more. The course offers tools and techniques to build participants’ knowledge and practice of the use of storytelling in their work. In addition, it offers new and innovative approaches to working with individuals and groups in order to support participants to develop resilience and empathetic relationships with clients and colleagues. Find out more and register here

CLINKS MEMBERS’ VACANCIES

Evaluation Manager with Youth Endowment Fund [London], Lead Night Worker with Nacro [Manchester], Family Support Coordinator with Circles South East [South East and London], Officer of North East Prisons with Age UK Teesside [Middlesborough], Engagement Team Member with User Voice [various], Peer Support Worker with Mental Health Concern [North East], Senior Trust and Statutory Fundraiser with Prisoners Abroad [London], Specialist Outreach Coach with Changing Lives [Newcastle], Community Link Worker with EDP Drug and Alcohol Services [HMP Portland], Complex Needs Recovery Worker with Social Interest Group [London]. For more information about these vacancies, and many more, click here

TIPS OF THE WEEK

  • The Labyrinth inflatable challenge. 25% off. Details
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  • Mini cactus collection. £5.50. Details

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