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Fair Chance Pledge
See which universities have signed up
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Unlocking students with criminal records
Making sure higher education is open to everyone
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Take action on bad recruitment practice
Most employers ask about criminal records on application forms, and many carry out Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks before making a final offer. The Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 allows some criminal records to become ‘spent’ after a crime-free period. This means they are no longer disclosable – for example to employers – enabling […]
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Settled status
EU nationals and criminal records
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#FairChecks movement
A fresh start for the criminal records system
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Changes to charity rules
Latest news, key links and timescales for the changes
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Unlocking Experience
Influencing policy on criminal records & disclosure
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Unlocking Insurance
Ensuring people with convictions are treated fairly by insurers
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Unlocking Credit Unions
Developing partnerships between credit unions and criminal justice agencies
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Time is Money
Research into Financial Exclusion
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Unlocking Banking
Developing effective, efficient & secure access to banking for people in prison before release
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Fair Access to Employment
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Criminal records: Learning from Europe
Background In recent years, the UK criminal records disclosure system has been subject to intense scrutiny. A series of piecemeal reforms in response to high-profile events has resulted in a confusing and complicated process which, in many ways, undermines rehabilitation policies and places additional obstacles in the way of people with convictions in moving on […]
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Ban the Box
Removing the tick-box from application forms