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10
Sep

Relative Justice report published: Families vital to helping vulnerable people through the justice system

Families play a key role supporting vulnerable people through the criminal justice system but are often let down by a lack of effective support and accessible information. Too many face high levels of social stigma and isolation, a new joint report by the Prison Reform Trust (PRT) and POPS (Partners of Prisoners and Families Support […]

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25
Jun

Launch of Farida Women’s Centre

  Friday 19th June saw the official launch of the Farida Women’s Centre in Oldham. The event was a huge success and well attended by representatives from a wide range of agencies who came along to see the work we are doing. Our guest of honour was POPS’ founder, Farida Anderson, whom the centre is […]

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01
Jun

Not my Crime, Still my Sentence

Today sees the launch of the 2015 Children of Prisoners Europe campaign ‘Not my Crime, Still my Sentence’. The new website will soon be launched at www.notmycrimestillmysentence.org. The campaign site will feature a “I pledge my support” button in the form of a petition. Please take a moment to support the petition by clicking through and signing up! […]

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17
Apr

Learning from the Young Review

Yesterday POPS hosted a conference in partnership with BTEG at King’s House in the heart of Manchester. One of a series of three events being held by BTEG across the country, the conference looked at the Young Review and reflected on the role of Transforming Rehabilitation providers and local criminal justice agencies in delivering improved […]

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31
Mar

‘Strangeways Riots’: 25 years on

From the other side of the wall Wednesday April 1st marks the 25th anniversary of the disturbances at HMP Manchester which became known as the ‘Strangeways riots’. The rooftop protest catapulted the living conditions of prisoners into the media spotlight. As well as marking a turning point in the treatment of prisoners the events of […]

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27
Mar

Anderson Lectures 2015

  Last night POPS hosted the second Anderson Lectures at Manchester Metropolitan University. Attended by representatives from the voluntary, statutory and academic sectors, the lecture sought to bring to the fore the issues facing BME offenders and discuss approaches which work to improve outcomes. The event particularly highlighted the essential role of the voluntary sector and […]

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26
Mar

Vacancy: Operational Support Administrator

We are currently looking to recruit an operational support administrator to provide efficient administrative support to POPS Operations, Head of Operations and Chief Executive Officer.

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11
Mar

The Anderson Lectures 2015

      You are invited to the Anderson Lectures 2015! Thursday 26th March 2015, 5.15pm to 7.15pm Geoffrey Manton Building, Manchester Metropolitan University This year we are delighted to welcome Baroness Young to present the recommendations and guidelines arising from the The Young Review. Launched within a climate of significant public sector reform The […]

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05
Mar

Student Volunteering Week 2015

        Last week (23-28th February) POPS took part in Student Volunteering Week! A range of academic institutions and organisations are involved to celebrate the commitment of students and the support they offer through volunteering. At POPS we took this as an opportunity to celebrate with all of our volunteers (not just students) and say thank you […]

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27
Jan

Troubled, who me?

Troubled, who me? Understanding the needs of offenders’ families and why         The expanded Troubled Families (TF) programme has ambitious service transformation goals and will work with a broader range of multiple problems. Moving forward, the TF programme will extend to a further 400,000 families with a budget of £200m in 2015/16 and will include families with […]

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