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Google ordered to remove search results about a spent conviction
In an interesting development to the issue of the ‘google-effect’ and spent convictions, the Guardian has reported that Google has…
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Monthly update – August 2015
Welcome to our monthly update for August 2015. This update provides a summary of: the latest updates to our self-help…
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The ‘non-contracted’ voluntary sector and probation services (Part 2)
Following up on my previous article, here is the second part of my blog originally published as a Clinks Guest Blog, in which I look…
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Help us create digital stories
As part of our policy and campaign work, we always have to make the case for why people with convictions…
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Has your criminal record had an impact on social housing?
The Localism Act 2011 gave local authorities and social housing providers some discretion to exclude people on the grounds of…
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Response to Scottish Government Consultation
We’ve submitted our written response to the Scottish Governments’ consultation on proposals to reform the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.…
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Summary of updates – July 2015
Here’s a summary of the updates that we’ve made recently to our Information Hub. There are links within each update…
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Article in the Independent Monitor – Enabling former prisoners
Christopher Stacey, argues for more reforms, based partly on his research into how other countries deal with the issue of…
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The ‘non-contracted’ voluntary sector and probation services (Part 1)
In this article, originally published as a Clinks Guest Blog, I share my thoughts on the challenges that are emerging…
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Survey about the new forum
Many thanks to everybody that responded to our forum survey. The winner of the £25 Amazon voucher was randomly selected…
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Our approach to employers
As our employment project has begun to gather momentum, we thought it was important to explain our approach to employers as…
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Are you a providing probation services? New 2-day criminal record disclosure training course
We’re excited to announce the details of a new a two-day training course, ‘Supporting with Conviction’, designed specifically for…
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Summer 2015 Newsletter
Today we’ve published our Summer Newsletter. The newsletter provides an update of the news at Unlock in the last three…
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Summary of updates – June 2015
Here’s a summary of the updates that we’ve made recently to our Information Hub. There are links within each update…
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Volunteer Vacancy – Helpline Advisor
We’ve got a volunteer vacancy on our Helpline. More details can be found here.
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Help us improve our online forum
Now that it’s 7 years old, we are working on giving our forum a bit of an update and we want…










