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Disclosure of police intelligence on enhanced DBS checks
Although Unlock as a charity primarily focuses on people with convictions and cautions, a recent case about a rape acquittal…
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Monthly update – August 2018
We’ve just published our update for August 2018. This months update includes: An update post…
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Our submission to the government’s call for evidence on the employment of people with convictions
Today we have submitted our written response to the government’s call for evidence on the employment for people with convictions.…
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Monthly summary – August 2018
Welcome to our monthly summary for August 2018. This provides a summary of: the latest updates to our self-help information…
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Scrapping of ‘disqualification by association’ requirement in schools
With effect from the 31st August 2018, changes are being made to the childcare disqualification arrangements, specifically removing the ‘disqualification…
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Criminal record requests on application forms could be breaching GDPR
People Management has published an article that looks at a briefing recently published by Nacro that looks at data protection and…
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Moving on: Travelling abroad with a criminal record
This month, we’ve written a further article for InsideTime ‘Through the Gate’ Section which focuses on travelling abroad with a…
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Get involved! Government consultation on employer practices towards people with criminal records
The Cabinet Office (in partnership with the Ministry of Justice) are calling for evidence on the employment for people with…
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Blog – What will be the impact of today’s charity rule changes?
There are over 11 million people in this country with a criminal record. Many of them play a vital role…
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New charity rules that impact on people with convictions come into force today
There are over 11 million people in this country with a criminal record. Many of them play a vital role…
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Monthly update – July 2018
We’ve just published our update for July 2018. This months update includes: An advice…
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Monthly summary – July 2018
Welcome to our monthly summary for July 2018. This provides a summary of: the latest updates to our self-help information…
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New addition to the Unlock team
We are delighted to announce the appointment of Rachel Tynan, who has joined Unlock as our new policy and practice…
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Problems with the filtering of conditional cautions
Conditional cautions like simple cautions may be filtered from standard and enhanced DBS certificates after 6 years, providing you’ve not…
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Subject access requests (SAR) – General information
Everybody has the right under the Data Protection Act 2018 to make a request to any organisation, for a copy…
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Almost three-quarters of applications for waivers from charity trustees or senior managers who face possible disqualification, have not yet been dealt with by the Charity Commission
New rules that disqualify people from being senior managers or trustees of charities if they have committed certain offences, will…
