Looking back over the last couple of months, we’ve written up a few examples of the people we’ve helped.

We hope they give a good idea of how we help people.

However, more importantly than our role, we think that these examples show how people with convictions are able to overcome some of the barriers that have been put in their way due to their criminal record.

We’ve posted the examples below as case studies in the support section of our website:

Arthur – Challenging the results of a basic criminal record check carried out by Disclosure Scotland instead of the DBS enabled me to keep my job

Clive – A potentially ineligible criminal record check led to the DBS considering barring me from working with children and vulnerable adults

Geraldine – Getting clear advice enabled me to successfully challenge an ineligible DBS check

Looking back over the last couple of months, we’ve written up a few examples of the people we’ve helped.

We hope they give a good idea of how we help people.

However, more importantly than our role, we think that these examples show how people with convictions are able to overcome some of the barriers that have been put in their way due to their criminal record.

We’ve posted the examples below as case studies in the support section of our website:

Wayne – At risk of losing my job as a result of my employer taking on a government contract

Alice – How can a new company taking over a care home contract assess my historic convictions so differently?

Joseph – Applying to have my Sexual Offences Prevention Order (SOPO) discharged at court

Looking back over the last couple of months, we’ve written up a few examples of the people we’ve helped.

We hope they give a good idea of how we help people.

However, more importantly than our role, we think that these examples show how people with convictions are able to overcome some of the barriers that have been put in their way due to their criminal record.

We’ve posted the examples below as case studies in the support section of our website:

Albert – My daughter shouldn’t have been ‘Disqualified by association’ due to my caution

Celine – How ‘Disqualification by association’ unjustly effects the lives of family members who don’t have a conviction

Diana – Not letting a criminal record stop her from moving on with her life

Paul – Spent convictions should be disregarded for insurance purposes

Wendy – Historic minor conviction from 22 years ago caused problems securing a job

Looking back over the last couple of months, we’ve written up a few examples of the people we’ve helped.

We hope they give a good idea of how we help people.

However, more importantly than our role, we think that these examples show how people with convictions are able to overcome some of the barriers that have been put in their way due to their criminal record.

We’ve posted the examples below as case studies in the support section of our website:

Andy – Having an application for social housing refused on the basis of a spent conviction

Charlotte – A lack of understanding of the filtering rules meant I was almost refused a place at university

Kelly – Having an insurance policy cancelled due to a comparison company not providing full disclosure

Larry – With little support from the jobcentre or probation after leaving prison, finding employment was extremely difficult

William – Getting information recorded incorrectly on police records removed

Looking back over the last couple of months, we’ve written up a few examples of the people we’ve helped.

We hope they give a good idea of how we help people.

However, more importantly than our role, we think that these examples show how people with convictions are able to overcome some of the barriers that have been put in their way due to their criminal record.

We’ve posted the examples below as case studies in the support section of our website:

Darpak – Confusing information on the internet made me question whether I’d be able to become a trustee

Sally – Choosing to disclose my conviction at the earliest opportunity meant that I was well prepared and ultimately got me a job as a prison officer

Kelvin – Contacting Unlock gave me the confidence to represent myself and appeal my SOPO in court

Derek – Becoming a local councillor and anomalies between the Electoral Commission guidance and the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974

Danny – Failings in the DBS eligibility investigation process meant that my employers became aware of my spent conviction and terminated my contract

Andy – Failings in the DBS eligibility investigation process meant that an ineligible check was carried out leading me to resign from my job

Looking back over the last couple of months, we’ve written up a few examples of the people we’ve helped.

We hope they give a good idea of how we help people.

However, more importantly than our role, we think that these examples show how people with convictions are able to overcome some of the barriers that have been put in their way due to their criminal record.

We’ve posted the examples below as case studies in the support section of our website:

Penny – Potential barring after an ineligible DBS check and a 33-year old historic ‘love bite’

Ray – Granted a 10-year visa to travel to the US

Richard – Previous employer disclosing a conviction in a reference

Looking back over the last couple of months, we’ve written up a few examples of the people we’ve helped.

We hope they give a good idea of how we help people.

However, more importantly than our role, we think that these examples show how people with convictions are able to overcome some of the barriers that have been put in their way due to their criminal record.

We’ve posted the examples below as case studies in the support section of our website:

Christopher – Providing information to enable an individual to challenge an ineligible enhanced DBS check with their employer

Daniel – Google links were haunting me and keeping my conviction alive

Lucy – I lost a job because I didn’t realise the impact of a ‘relevant’ order

Paige – Nearly ‘sacked’ from being a trustee for failing to voluntarily disclose my conviction

Ryan – Suspended from my job because my employers didn’t understand the filtering legislation

Sadie – Stopped from continuing my education as a result of my partner’s conviction

Virginia – Filtering legislation means I still have to disclose my one conviction from 20 years ago