Diane Curry OBE Chief Executive Officer www partnersofprisoners

Diane Curry, OBE Chief Executive Officer www. partnersofprisoners. co. uk @POPSFamilies Registered Charity: 1048152 Company Registration: 3067385

Who are we? § Founded in 1998 by families of prisoners § POPS have an average of 115 staff and 28 volunteers § POPS “Continuum of Care”: services throughout the Criminal Justice System for families of offenders www. partnersofprisoners. co. uk @POPSFamilies Registered Charity: 1048152 Company Registration: 3067385

Who are we? “Prisoners’ families founded POPS and they remain at the heart of everything we do” www. partnersofprisoners. co. uk @POPSFamilies Registered Charity: 1048152 Company Registration: 3067385

User Experience Importance of providing services that are relevant, acknowledge the experience and is inclusive and respectful of those who go through it. Value of lived experience: • Inclusive – decent – valid – ensures people use it – ensures it’s the right service • Empowers – make the difference www. partnersofprisoners. co. uk @POPSFamilies Registered Charity: 1048152 Company Registration: 3067385

User Experience The value of Offenders’ Families… • Prisoners’ families are an untapped resource • Involving prisoners’ families can enable successful beginning to end management of offenders • ‘Maintaining family relationships can help to prevent re -offending and assists prisoners to resettle into their community successfully’ Source: (Home Office Reducing Re-offending National Action Plan 2004) www. partnersofprisoners. co. uk @POPSFamilies Registered Charity: 1048152 Company Registration: 3067385

User Experience The role of the “offender supporter” • Being there at all stages of the Criminal Justice System • Being able to support and monitor progress of offender • Feeling valued and retaining their role when the offender is in custody • Family who are prepared for the release of loved ones • Family who can actively participate in the progression route of an offender www. partnersofprisoners. co. uk @POPSFamilies Registered Charity: 1048152 Company Registration: 3067385

User Experience Supporting families will… • • • Reduce anxiety and stress Improve knowledge of prison system Improve coping skills Reduce likelihood of self-harm Reduce isolation Increase ability of families to help one another Improve access to services Improves maintenance of family ties Improve quality of life www. partnersofprisoners. co. uk @POPSFamilies Registered Charity: 1048152 Company Registration: 3067385

POPS’ Continuum of Care The POPS’ Continuum of Care model promotes the development of targeted, consistent and continuous support services from arrest through to release. www. partnersofprisoners. co. uk @POPSFamilies Registered Charity: 1048152 Company Registration: 3067385

POPS Operational Structure www. partnersofprisoners. co. uk @POPSFamilies Registered Charity: 1048152 Company Registration: 3067385

Research COPING - what is it? Children of Prisoners, Interventions and Mitigations to Strengthen Mental Health • Child Centred Research Study : 2010 – 2012 • Four European countries (UK, Germany, Sweden, Romania) • Carers, families, prison staff, policy makers – most of all we spoke to children www. partnersofprisoners. co. uk @POPSFamilies Registered Charity: 1048152 Company Registration: 3067385

Research COPING - what the young children said… Arrest Support Needs Visiting Information sharing Bullying and Stigma www. partnersofprisoners. co. uk @POPSFamilies Registered Charity: 1048152 Company Registration: 3067385

Research COPING – Top Needs for Children of Prisoners … • Help visiting parent in prison • Strengthening family relationships • Help with homework www. partnersofprisoners. co. uk @POPSFamilies Registered Charity: 1048152 Company Registration: 3067385

Research COPING briefings www. partnersofprisoners. co. uk @POPSFamilies Registered Charity: 1048152 Company Registration: 3067385

Debbie Hayes Operations Manager www. partnersofprisoners. co. uk @POPSFamilies Registered Charity: 1048152 Company Registration: 3067385

Services POPS’ Visitor Centres § POPS run 11 visitor centres across the North-West and Yorkshire & Humberside § ‘Making the Connection’ model brings the ‘inside out and the outside in’ § User Voice Central e. g. family forums § POPS’ social enterprise ‘ 2 nd Chance’ § Homework Club / Parental contact days www. partnersofprisoners. co. uk @POPSFamilies Registered Charity: 1048152 Company Registration: 3067385

Services Meet POPSICLE the Penguin www. partnersofprisoners. co. uk @POPSFamilies Registered Charity: 1048152 Company Registration: 3067385

Services www. partnersofprisoners. co. uk @POPSFamilies Registered Charity: 1048152 Company Registration: 3067385

Services Family Engagement Workers § Prison Family Support Alliance (PFSA): PACT, POPS, NEPACS, and Jigsaw. § Selected by the Ministry of Justice to become the ‘framework provider’ for prison-based Family Engagement Workers. § Family Engagement Workers in 22 prisons. § POPS’ are responsible for Family Engagement Work at HMP Hindley and HMP & YOI Styal. www. partnersofprisoners. co. uk @POPSFamilies Registered Charity: 1048152 Company Registration: 3067385

Services Lynn Kelly Head of Operations www. partnersofprisoners. co. uk @POPSFamilies Registered Charity: 1048152 Company Registration: 3067385

Services Farida Women’s Centre § Opened in January 2015 § Collaboration between PCC , Local Authority and POPS § ‘One-stop-shop’ providing a range of services to support women offenders to complete their community sentence/ licence and address the issues that led to their offence. § Part of GM Women's Service Alliance www. partnersofprisoners. co. uk @POPSFamilies Registered Charity: 1048152 Company Registration: 3067385

Services Community-based Family Support Workers § Provide a range of support services to families whose loved ones are either on the periphery or are involved with the Criminal Justice System. § Delivered in partnership with CRC, Probation Service, Troubled/Complex Families. § Complete needs-led assessment with offender and family. § Advice, guidance and referrals provided: housing, debt, health and wellbeing, employment/training. www. partnersofprisoners. co. uk @POPSFamilies Registered Charity: 1048152 Company Registration: 3067385

Specialist Services 2 nd. Chance and the ARC § 2 ndchance is a social enterprise consisting of 7 cafes and a catering business § Provides opportunities for vulnerable groups, including ex-offenders, to gain meaningful employment experience within a safe and supportive work environment. § Produces over 8000 sandwiches a month § 2 ndchance café at the ARC (Abstinence Recovery Centre): social wellbeing model. www. partnersofprisoners. co. uk @POPSFamilies Registered Charity: 1048152 Company Registration: 3067385

Specialist Services • The Book Club opened on 1 st September 2016 - a static ‘dry bar’ experience in Manchester • Employ 5 people in recovery • Provide a quality, dynamic and social environment • Access to broader assistance with abstinence • Provides a ‘community hub’ www. partnersofprisoners. co. uk @POPSFamilies Registered Charity: 1048152 Company Registration: 3067385

Specialist Services The Book Club www. partnersofprisoners. co. uk @POPSFamilies Registered Charity: 1048152 Company Registration: 3067385

Specialist Services Training § POPS delivers a variety of standalone or tailored training courses § Routes to Roots – (BME empowerment) § Hidden Sentence (Impact of imprisonment on families) § Parenting / relationships www. partnersofprisoners. co. uk @POPSFamilies Registered Charity: 1048152 Company Registration: 3067385

Specialist Services Working with BME Communities § Long history of addressing inequalities experienced by BME offenders and their families. § 1992 Est. Black Prisoner Support Group § 1997 Coordinated first national gathering of Black Prisoner Support Groups – to become the Coalition for Racial Justice (UK) § Developed ‘Routes 2 roots’ § Contributions to research www. partnersofprisoners. co. uk @POPSFamilies Registered Charity: 1048152 Company Registration: 3067385

Special Services Policy § Lammy Review § Young Review § Farmer Review § RR 3 (Reducing Re-offending Third Sector Advisory Group) § BME Roundtable (Manchester) www. partnersofprisoners. co. uk @POPSFamilies Registered Charity: 1048152 Company Registration: 3067385

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