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  • Café 16 Opens at Kier: Creating Opportunity Through Employment

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    9th February 2026

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    Café 16 Opens at Kier: Creating Opportunity Through Employment

    We’re proud to announce the opening of Café 16 at Kier, our newest social enterprise on the HMP Northumberland construction

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  • Rain Couldn’t Stop Our Bike Mechanics: Free Winter Safety Checks at Lesbury

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    Rain Couldn’t Stop Our Bike Mechanics: Free Winter Safety Checks at Lesbury

    Despite the grey skies and persistent drizzle, our team wasn’t going to let a bit of British weather dampen their

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  • The Oswin Project Wins Education Award at Scottish Power Foundation Awards 2025

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    The Oswin Project Wins Education Award at Scottish Power Foundation Awards 2025

    We’re pleased to announce that the Oswin Project won the Education Award at the ScottishPower Foundation Awards last night in

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  • Why the Latest Prison Statistics Should Be a Wake-Up Call for Rehabilitation Services

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    Why the Latest Prison Statistics Should Be a Wake-Up Call for Rehabilitation Services

    The Institute for Government’s Performance Tracker 2025 has landed, and for those of us working in prisoner rehabilitation, it makes

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  • Mixed Progress: Our Response to the Sentencing Bill 2025

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    Mixed Progress: Our Response to the Sentencing Bill 2025

    The government’s new Sentencing Bill represents a significant shift in criminal justice policy, with measures that will directly impact the

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  • The Prison Capacity Crisis: A Wake-Up Call for Justice Reform

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    The Prison Capacity Crisis: A Wake-Up Call for Justice Reform

    Dame Anne Owers’ comprehensive review of the 2022-24 prison capacity crisis reveals a system repeatedly pushed to the brink of

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  • The North East Needs More Support: New MoJ Data Confirms What We See Daily

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    The North East Needs More Support: New MoJ Data Confirms What We See Daily

    As a North East charity working directly with people in prison and those who have been released, the latest Ministry

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  • Changing Perceptions in Leicester

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    Changing Perceptions in Leicester

    Powerful conversations at Leicester University this week. Some of our team had the privilege of speaking to a large group

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  • The Prison Crisis: Why Building More Jails Won’t Fix Our Broken System

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    The Prison Crisis: Why Building More Jails Won’t Fix Our Broken System

    The Justice Secretary’s announcement this week that prisons are 99% full and will run out of space entirely by November

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  • Thank You Morpeth!

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    Thank You Morpeth!

    What an incredible year it’s been as the Mayor of Morpeth’s chosen charity! As our time as the Mayor’s charity

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