We’ve contributed to an article in ProgressOnline, alongside the Criminal Justice Alliance, which looks at the issues surrounding life after prison. The article is available to read here.
Tag: news&media
Calculator to help ex-offenders
As part of the launch of our Disclosure Calculator, we sent out a newswire which was picked up by Media Trust. The article is available here.
The Invisible Cell – How access to basic financial products can help overcome financial exclusion
We’ve written an article for the Co-op’s members magazine, Re:Act. It’s only sent out in hard copy, but we’ve taken some copies of the article and these are available below as images.
What lies at the heart of an effective relationship between the voluntary and community sector and government?
Our Chris Bath has written a powerful article in a fascinating publication, Civil Dialogue. The article looks at the relationship between Government and the Voluntary Sector. You can download the publication here (see page 12 for the start of the Unlock piece).
The role of the financial services industry in reducing re-offending
Linked to the launch of Time is Money, we’ve written a Think Piece for the Chartered Insurance Institute. You can read the article here.
Caught fare dodging? How even a minor conviction could have a huge impact on your insurance
Today we were featured in a Daily Mail article which looked at how minor convictions can have a huge impact on your insurance. You can read the article here.
The article was also featured on the thisismoney.co.uk website.
Insurance industry and Unlock publish guidance to help people with past convictions to buy insurance
Today we’ve launched guidance with the ABI (Association of British Insurers), to both insurers and individuals, to try to help people to understand what they do and don’t have to disclose, and what insurers should and shouldn’t ask for.
The guidance is available to download here.
This news was released via the Mail on Sunday (see below) and has been picked up in a number of press outlets, including:
- thisismoney.co.uk – ‘Insurers tell offenders to play it straight
- FinancialPlanner – ABI guide aims to help people with past criminal convictions
- Politics Home – ABI publishes guidance to help people with past criminal convictions buy insurance
- Insurance Daily – ABI: new guidance for customers with criminal convictions
Our response to ‘Breaking the Cycle’
We spoke on BBC Radio Kent about the Governments response to the Breaking the Cycle consultation. You can listen to the interview below.
Visit to Northern Ireland / NIACRO / Difficulties with employment interview
Today we’ve been hosted by NIACRO, which is a charity that helps people with convictions in Northern Ireland. They asked us to visit to speak to them about the work that we do, the issues that we face, and to speak to their service user group.
While we were there, we also gave an interview to BBC Radio Ulster, about the difficulties people face in employment. This is available to listen to below.
Should life mean life?
We took part in a BBC Radio Wales discussion on whether life should mean life. You can listen to the piece below.
