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Davina – “I was accepted onto a nursing course despite my conviction”
Davina contacted our helpline as she needed some advice around an application to university. She was applying for a nursing […]
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Katie – Understanding my rights under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) helped me keep my job
Katie contacted our helpline for some advice around employment after she’d been cautioned by the police for common assault after […]
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Hilary – Having the confidence to challenge a Public Protection Officer’s decision enabled my son to find employment
Hilary contacted our helpline following an issue that her son Jack was having with his Public Protection Unit officer (PPU). […]
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Gerry – Excessive interventions by the police and probation can affect an individual’s ability to move on with their lives
Gerry contacted our helpline for some advice around employment and, in particular, the pressure he was being put under by […]
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Alan – Successfully making representation to be placed on a council’s housing register
Alan contacted our helpline after he’d received a letter from his local council following an application to go onto their […]
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Professional bodies should ensure any questions they ask about criminal records are clear and not misleading
Our helpline was recently contacted by an individual who wanted to highlight a question being asked about criminal records by […]
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Kabir – Confirmation from the ICO that my spent conviction couldn’t be used by an employer when deciding not to employ me
In early 2018, Kabir was offered a job working as a Sales Consultant for an IT company based in Wales. […]
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Support for individuals
Will – Advice from members of theForum helped me make a decision about opening a business bank account
Will started a thread on theForum when he wanted information about opening a bank account with a fraud conviction. Following […]
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Adam – Posting comments on theForum made me realise how common my problem was
Shortly after joining theForum, Adam started a thread asking how other members coped with their emotions. He stated that one […]
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Support for individuals
Nathan – The InformationHub site made me realise that people with convictions have rights too
When he was aged 18, Nathan received a three year custodial sentence for GBH. Twenty three years later, having put […]
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Support for individuals
Dan – theInformationHub site made me realise how little I knew about criminal records
Dan thought he had a good understanding of criminal records. He also felt that more and more employers had started […]
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Support for individuals
Olivia – Unlock’s disclosure calculator helped me in the family court
Keen to support her husband in a custody case where he was trying to gain access to his children from […]
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Julia – Unlock’s disclosure calculator gave me information which I’d struggled to find on any government website
After being the victim of domestic violence, Julia was moved to a women’s refuge. She was working for an agency […]
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Our work with other organisations
Successfully challenging a misleading question on a college application form
We were recently contacted by an individual who was concerned about a question relating to criminal records on a generic […]
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Our work with other organisations
Challenging a misleading question on a Council housing reference form
We were contacted recently by an individual who was concerned about the criminal record question being asked on a Council’s […]
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Abbie – How I challenged an enforced Subject Access Request (SAR) and kept my job
Abbie contacted our helpline for some advice after a director of the company she worked for had become aware of […]
