The UNLOCK Forum has been launched!

An online community for people with previous convictions. To visit the forum, click here

For more information about the forum, and how to register, click here

Access to Bank Accounts

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UNLOCK have been active in opening bank accounts for serving prisoners since 2005, and currently have a project with both HBOS and Barclays, opening basic bank accounts for serving prisoners. The Co-op have also been active in this area, and have published a review of their project.

To view a copy of the report, you can visit the website of the Research Unit for Financial Inclusion, who conducted the report, by clicking here.

A saving grace

Eric Allison, The Guardian, Wednesday 3rd December 2008

Giving bank accounts to prisoners is an effective way of cutting down on reoffending, a new Co-op backed scheme has found.

11th November 2008 - Insurance article published!

UNLOCK has written a Thinkpiece for the Chartered Insurance Institute to challenge the insurance industry in providing insurance to people with previous convictions.

 

Click here to view the Thinkpiece

 

Short changed: Financial exclusion

New Philanthropy Capital has published a report detailing the issues faced by Financial Exclusion. The work of UNLOCK is documented in various places of the report. Click here