News & Updates

Boris Johnson was called out this week for “dithering” in sorting out our “damaging and discriminatory” criminal records system. At…

Today we’ve published our summer 2020 newsletter. The newsletter provides an update of the news at Unlock in the last…

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

We’ve just published our update for June 2020. This months update includes: An infographic setting out details of the number…

Welcome to our monthly summary for June 2020. This provides a summary of: the latest updates to our self-help information…

As the UK went into lock-down in March 2020, Unlock came to the end of another financial year. In the…

As part of our fair access to employment project we’re gathering information on employers who have carried out standard or…

As part of our fair access to employment project, we work with employers to develop fair policies and practices and…

As part of our fair access to employment project, we are gathering evidence of employers’ approaches to people with criminal…

In this blog, Christopher Stacey shares some thoughts on the current Black Lives Matter protests, the criminal justice system, racial…

Our helpline regularly receives contact from individuals concerned to find that a conviction they’d believed was spent under the Rehabilitation…

It’s fair to say 2020 has been a year of major change – and we’re only halfway through. Whether you’ve…

We’re excited to announce two new job vacancies. We’re looking for ambitious, creative and determined individuals to join our small…

Nicola Collett, a PhD student at Keele University, is currently researching the potential influence of a criminal record acquired between…

We’ve just published our update for May 2020. This months update includes: New information on applying for an anonymity order…

Welcome to our monthly summary for May 2020. This provides a summary of: the latest updates to our self-help information…