Clinks Event | the future of probation in Greater Manchester
Greater Manchester and HMPPS co-commissioning probation services: Personal Wellbeing and Accommodation contract lots
17th December, 9:30am-11:00am | online | free
This is the second in a series of engagement events that Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) and Clinks are hosting to help voluntary organisations understand the co-commissioning process for probation services in Greater Manchester as part of the new probation model.
What impact has the Covid-19 pandemic had on voluntary sector organisations working in criminal justice?
Clinks Policy Briefing | December 2020

In this month's edition...
Report launch | Covid-19 and the arts in criminal justice
The impact of Covid-19 on the voluntary sector in criminal justice
Snapshot: the impact on the arts in criminal justice
The Covid-19 pandemic has had a profound and severe impact on arts organisations and practitioners working in the criminal justice system.
Clinks Report | Covid-19 and the voluntary sector in criminal justice
The impact of Covid-19 on the voluntary sector in criminal justice
Report launched today
The impact of the pandemic has been felt profoundly by people in the criminal justice system – many of whom have faced even tighter restrictions for a more prolonged time than in wider society. The vital services provided by voluntary organisations working in the criminal justice system have therefore never been more needed.
Without support in the community, stricter curfews and increased tagging are likely to cause more people breaching the terms of their licence and returning to a prison system that is underfunded and overcrowded. Latest blog on the sentencing white paper https://www.clinks.org/community/blog-posts/sentencing-white-paper-alte…
This feedback highlights how the voluntary sector has struggled with the quality of information received from the government during the pandemic and recommends that HMPPS share information it issues to its own staff, at the same time and in the same format https://clinks.org/publication/rr3-feedback-hmpps-its-management-covid-19
In our work to influence criminal justice policy, what should we prioritise? Tell us which policy areas have the most impact on your organisation’s work and the people you support.
Our #ClinksThinks survey is open from today until 10th December
Clinks Light Lunch | Issue 663 | 4th December 2020
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