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Office for Students publish effective practice guidance on students with convictions
Office for Students are the independent regulator of higher education in England. As part of their work to promote equal opportunities,…
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Opening a basic bank account and understanding the role of prepaid cards
Life without a bank account can be difficult, if not impossible. A bank account can offer so much more than…
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Insurance industry trade body issues updated guidance to insurers on how they should treat people with convictions
Last week, the Association of British Insurers (ABI) published updated guidance on how insurers should treat people with convictions. The…
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Monthly update – July 2019
We’ve just published our update for July 2019. This months update includes: New information on exploring the hidden job market…
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Monthly summary – July 2019
Welcome to our monthly update for July 2019. This provides a summary of: the latest updates to our self-help information…
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Exploring the hidden job market to find work
You’d think that employers looking to recruit the best people for their vacant roles would want to advertise their roles…
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‘Double discrimination?’ report published
Today we’ve published research on the impact of criminal records as perceived by people from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic…
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Unlock comment: Ministry of Justice plans on criminal record reform
Commenting on today’s announcement (15 July) by the Ministry of Justice on plans to make changes to the Rehabilitation of…
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New report highlights ‘double discrimination’ faced by black, Asian and minority ethnic people with a criminal record
Unlock, the country’s leading charity for people with convictions, has today published research on the impact of criminal records as…
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Moving on: Unlock, who are we and what do we do?
This month, we’ve written a further article for InsideTime ‘Through the Gate’ Section which gives a bit more information about…
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Some examples of people we’ve helped
Looking back over the last couple of months, we’ve written up a few examples of the people we’ve helped. We…
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Summer 2019 Newsletter – What we’ve been up to
Today we’ve published our summer 2019 newsletter. The newsletter provides an update of the news at Unlock in the last…
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Monthly update – June 2019
We’ve just published our update for June 2019. This months update includes: Some new information which aims to assist anybody…
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Monthly summary – June 2019
Welcome to our monthly update for June 2019. This provides a summary of: thelatest updates to our self-help information site…
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Report backs tax breaks to employers that recruit people with convictions
Commenting on a report published today by Onward, Unlocking a Better life, Christopher Stacey, co-director of Unlock, said: “As things…
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Looking to travel to the US? You need to know if your offence is classed as “a crime involving moral turpitude”?
‘Moral turpitude’ is a legal concept in the US and is important when trying to work out whether you can…







