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Five years after Corston: what does it mean for the VCS working with women?

Posted by Clare Hayes on May 23, 2012 at 3:33pm 0 Comments

I recently attended Women In Prison’s excellent round-table on Small Custodial Units for Women. The first key note speaker was Nick Hardwick, Chief Inspector of Prisons, who made some incisive – and sobering – comments that set the tone…

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'The Role of Sport in Promoting Desistance from Crime'

Posted by Justin Coleman on February 3, 2012 at 11:30am 0 Comments

I would like to start by saying thank you to Clinks (and many others) for their support and promotion of this research, Dr Rosie Meek and her Team from Southampton University and The Third Sector Research Council (TSRC) for…

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What Matters? Thinking Differently: A blog from Clinks' conference on 26 January

Posted by Lesley Frazer on January 30, 2012 at 11:30am 0 Comments

This was the challenging title of the keynote presentation that Fergus McNeill, Professor of Criminology and Social Work at the University of Glasgow, made to…

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Making desistance work: lessons from the Review of the Northern Ireland Prison Service

Posted by Katie O'Donoghue on January 3, 2012 at 2:00pm 0 Comments

Following on from our recent blog post on desistance theory, we thought it would be interesting to share some of the findings of the recent…

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New funding directory

Started by Joe Gardham in Funding on Wednesday. 0 Replies

I featured this in this week's Light Lunch, and asked readers if you'd had any experience or knowledge of this service. Please use the reply button below to feedback, thanks."Hello I appreciate you are probably not the intended recipient but I’d be…Continue

Women in Prison - Recruiting an Admin & Finance Worker (Maternity Cover)

Started by Laurel Townhead in Advert Board May 4. 0 Replies

Vacancy Tile:  Administration & Finance Worker (Maternity Cover) Organisation:  Women in Prison Job Type: Full time, 6 month contractClosing Date (must be provided):  5pm, Friday 18 May 2012Salary: £ 22,338 Details (No bullet points or…Continue

Clinks Survey - Probation Review - have your say!

Started by Clare Hayes in Policy Apr 25. 0 Replies

Last week I posted up links to the Clinks Briefings on the Review. We have now launched an online survey to gather the views of VCS…Continue

Tags: Probation

Insider Access Issue 10 (May 2012) OUT NOW!!

Started by Kirsty Patterson in Practitioners Apr 23. 0 Replies

 The 10th issue of Insider Access is out now, featuring: -Things to do in May-Films, Books and Concert Listings-Haiti: Caribbean Creole-Nature Deficit Disorder-Exploring our Countryside-Cooking with Confidence-Gardening and Intensive Urban…Continue

Tags: creativity, access, insider, offenders, employability

Clinks briefing on the Probation Review

Started by Clare Hayes in Policy Apr 11. 0 Replies

On 27th March the Ministry of Justice published its long-awaited Review of the Probation Service, accompanied by a separate consultation on Community Sentencing. Clinks has now posted an online Briefing for each review, summarising the key elements…Continue

Evidencing the contribution of the third sector to reducing re-offending

Started by Patty in Help needed! Apr 10. 0 Replies

Good morning CLINKS members, Firs of all, I apologise if this is not the right place to post this call for evidence but I was advise to do so by one of the CLINKS members, as some of you may be able to share evidence of your fantastic work with…Continue

Tags: sector, third, re-offending, evidence

 
 
 

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