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Monthly update – February 2016
Welcome to our monthly update for February 2016. This update provides a summary of:- the latest updates to our self-help…
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The importance of being honest if you’re asked to disclose your criminal record
Cautions and convictions stay on the Police National Computer for 100 years (they are never deleted), but they don’t always…
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The way insurers lock out people with court convictions is bizarre
Mainstream home and car insurers have a blanket ban on people with unspent…
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DBS introduce oral representations for barring decisions
The Disclosure and Barring Service has issued new guidance on making oral representations if they’re considering barring someone from working with…
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Progress is made on the Charities Bill
On the 26th January, the Charities Bill was discussed again in Parliament. Sir Edward Garnier…
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Breakthrough or cosmetic? Prime Minister supports ‘banning the box’
Quite understandably, David Cameron’s speech on Monday was applauded for being the first one dedicated to prison reform by a…
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Civil service to “ban the box” to help rehabilitate people with convictions
This week David Cameron unveiled a raft of prison reform measures. One of these will be to scrap the declaration of…
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Monthly Update – January 2016
We’ve just published our update for January 2016. This months updates include: Updated information…
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Monthly update – January 2016
Welcome to our monthly update for January 2016. This update provides a summary of:- the latest updates to our self-help…
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European criminal record checks
Introduction In November 2015, the Disclosure and Barring Service launched a pilot to test access to criminal record information from…
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Disproportionate criminal records disclosure scheme declared unlawful by the High Court
Press Release – 22nd January 2016 The High Court has today declared the Government’s criminal records disclosure scheme incompatible with…
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Parliament Committee agrees to further restrictions on people with convictions becoming trustees and senior managers of charities
On the 6th January, the House of Commons Public Bill Committee discussed the Charities (Protection and Social Investment) Bill.…
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Winter 2015/16 Newsletter
Today we’ve published our Winter 2015/16 Newsletter. The newsletter provides an update of the news at Unlock in the last…
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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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Why employers need to change! Three short digital stories from people with convictions
As part of our employment project, we’ve produced some short stories based on the experiences of people with convictions finding…
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Thanks to Display Wizard for donating a banner to us
We’d like to thank Display Wizard for kindly donating a banner stand to our charity. We use stands like this…
