We’ve written an article for the Winter 2010/11 Clinks News magazine on service-user involvement. This is available to download here.
Category: News & Media
Our response to ‘Breaking the Cycle’
We spoke on BBC Radio Kent about the Governments response to the Breaking the Cycle consultation. You can listen to the interview below.
Visit to Northern Ireland / NIACRO / Difficulties with employment interview
Today we’ve been hosted by NIACRO, which is a charity that helps people with convictions in Northern Ireland. They asked us to visit to speak to them about the work that we do, the issues that we face, and to speak to their service user group.
While we were there, we also gave an interview to BBC Radio Ulster, about the difficulties people face in employment. This is available to listen to below.
Should life mean life?
We took part in a BBC Radio Wales discussion on whether life should mean life. You can listen to the piece below.
Time is Money launch: Giving ex-offenders bank accounts will help them – and us
As part of the launch of Time is Money, we worked with the Independent to publish a detailed piece yesterday. This is available here.
Following the launch today, we were also featured in:
- BBC News – Ex-prisoners ‘need access to financial services’
- thisismoney – ‘Give prisoners bank accounts’
- MSN – Ex-prisoners ‘need help from banks’
- Banking Times – ‘Call for action on financial exclusion and prison’
On the morning of the launch, we also took part in a Radio 5 Live discussion (which you can listen to below)
The use of Home Detention Curfew / Tagging
Today we took part in a discussion on BBC Radio Kent about the use of Home Detention Curfew (or “tagging”). You can listen to the piece below.
Discussion on real work in prison
Today we took part in a discussion on BBC Somerset about real work for people in prison. You can listen to this below.
Why prisoners are being called to account
We’ve worked with the Independent to develop a detailed article on the issues around access to banking for people in prison.
Discussion about the ‘Sarah’s Law’ Offender Disclosure Pilot
Today we took part in a BBC Radio Wiltshire discussion about the ‘Sarah’s Law’ Offender Disclosure Pilot, which you can listen to below.
Consumer groups urge insurers to back law reform
We are part of a group of consumers groups that are pushing for changes to insurance law, which was featured in this article in the Financial Times.
