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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…
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Monthly Update – December 2015
We’ve just published our update for December 2015. This months updates include: Information about…
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Monthly update – December 2015
Welcome to our monthly update for December 2015. This update provides a summary of:- the latest updates to our self-help…
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Written evidence to the Public Bill Committee
Building on our call for our supporters to submit evidence to the Public Bill Committee on the Charities (Protection and…
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Expectations for Police Custody
We’ve published our response to the consultation published in October 2015 by HM Inspectorate of Prisons (HMIP) and HM Inspectorate…
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Extension of disqualifications in charities bill are unnecessary
Charities working with offenders say tougher disqualification rules are a ‘direct threat’ to their mission, and could see 50,000 people…
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How Unlock lets former offenders escape their past
Click here to read an article about Unlock and the work that we do which was published in the Kent…
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Unlock supports legal challenge to disproportionate criminal records disclosure scheme
The High Court will tomorrow hear a legal challenge, with the support of Unlock, to the Government’s criminal records disclosure scheme.…
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Monthly Update – November 2015
We’ve just published our update for November 2015. This months updates include: Details of…
