FM/FI Network News
Book now: Fathers Inside Training, 6-8 March 2012
November 29th, 2011
Fathers Inside training, 6-8 March 2012, HMPS Newbold Revel Training Centre The Fathers Inside programme is a groundbreaking parenting course which aims to help prisoners contribute to society by teaching them how to support their children’s education and upbringing whilst in custody. Fathers Inside is currently delivered in 10 establishments across England and Wales. This [...] Read more »
Independent evaluation evidences Family Man’s long-term, positive outcomes towards reducing the risk of reoffending
October 24th, 2011
A recently completed, independent study of Family Man (FM) has detailed its sustainable impact on developing and maintaining stronger family ties, changing attitudes towards prison and resettlement, and enhancing education, training and employment (ETE) skills. The programme, an intensive 7-week family relationships course joint owned by Safe Ground and the Prison Service, was revised in [...] Read more »
Sarah’s last day
July 20th, 2011
Sarah is leaving Safe Ground today, we wish her the best of luck in her new role. She will be missed! Read more »
Safe Ground Dynamic Partnership Working in TES Magazine
July 18th, 2011
Safe Ground and Family Man feature in this weeks Times Educational Supplement in an eight-page spread entitled ‘The sins of the fathers’, that looks at different ways that a child with a parent in prison can speak about it in school without fear of stigma and humilation. For more information see the TES website: http://www.tes.co.uk/article.aspx?storycode=6099521 Read more »
Book a place at our residential training events
June 6th, 2011
Booking is now open for two three-day residential training events. Prison, community and voluntary staff can attend our intensive training sessions to learn how to set up and deliver the HMPS Family Man or Fathers Inside programmes in their establishment. See our booking site for more information. Read more »
Did you hear about Family Man on Woman’s Hour?
April 26th, 2011
Family Man featured on Radio 4′s Woman’s Hour today – here is a link to the show. If you would like to support our work with prisoners and their families, you can donate here. All donations help Safe Ground to design, deliver and manage a range of interventions inside and outside prison in order to [...] Read more »
Family Man feature on Woman’s Hour
April 21st, 2011
A Family Man graduate will be featured on Woman’s Hour on Tuesday 26th April. Tune in at 10am to hear Scott talk about his experiences of the programme, and to hear from his mum Patricia about what it’s like to have a son inside. For more information see the Radio 4 website – http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b010m7kv Read more »
Marc’s Marathon update!
April 21st, 2011
A MASSIVE thank you to Marc Thurgood who ran the London Marathon for Safe Ground. Marc ran in an incredible 3 hours and 32 minutes raising over £1200 to support our work in prisons and the community. We are still collecting donations, so if you’re as impressed as we are visit http://www.justgiving.com/Marc-Thurgood Read more »
Safe Ground featured in NPC Report
April 14th, 2011
Safe Ground have been involved in an innovative research project with New Philanthropy Capital, the results of which have been published in the Society Guardian, Children and Young People Now, the Charity Times and the Civil Society. NPC worked with an advisory group of experts in the field and six charities: Action for Prisoners’ Families, Kids [...] Read more »
Great debate at the Safe Ground Policy Symposium
March 29th, 2011
We hosted our annual Policy Symposium at the House of Lords last week and as expected, the event sparked not only debate – but ideas for future collaboration between Safe Ground and our Government and voluntary sector partners. We were delighted to welcome experts across the criminal justice, arts and education fields to speak and participate in panel [...] Read more »