PRISON ADVICE AND CARE TRUST (PACT)

Hardship Fund

Provide high-quality, tried & tested pre-release support to women preparing to leave HMP Styal, offering them a programme of personal development & practical skills that will help them to make a fresh start in the community. The programme ....more

Provide high-quality, tried & tested pre-release support to women preparing to leave HMP Styal, offering them a programme of personal development & practical skills that will help them to make a fresh start in the community. The programme will reduce reoffending in Cheshire and Warrington by: + Supporting women to plan effectively for the run-up to their release, the day of their release, and the critical 12 weeks that will follow

Prison Advice and Care Trust will use the grant of £424496 to provide support training and activities for families of prisoners in HMP Swansea to tackle the isolation stigma and emotional crisis of having a loved one in prison. The project will ....more

Prison Advice and Care Trust will use the grant of £424496 to provide support training and activities for families of prisoners in HMP Swansea to tackle the isolation stigma and emotional crisis of having a loved one in prison. The project will provide families with useful information on various processes practical and emotional support sessions hidden sentence training and recognition events for family members and prison staff. Family members will be upskilled to become ambassadors visiting experiences will be improved for those with additional needs and schools will have an improved understanding of how to support students with a loved one in prison. Bydd Prison Advice and Care Trust yn defnyddio’r grant £424496 i ddarparu cymorth hyfforddiant a gweithgareddau i deuluoedd carcharorion yn CEF Abertawe i fynd i’r afael â’r unigrwydd y stigma a’r argyfwng emosiynol o gael anwyliaid yn y carchar. Bydd y prosiect yn rhoi gwybodaeth ddefnyddiol i deuluoedd am brosesau amrywiol sesiynau cymorth ymarferol ac emosiynol hyfforddiant dedfrydau cudd a digwyddiadau cydnabod ar gyfer aelodau'r teulu a staff carchardai. Bydd aelodau'r teulu'n cael eu huwchsgilio i ddod yn llysgenhadon bydd profiadau ymweld yn cael eu gwella i'r rhai ag anghenion ychwanegol a bydd gan ysgolion ddealltwriaeth well o sut i gefnogi myfyrwyr ag anwyliaid yn y carchar.

The funding will be used to provide support for families and children to cope with the custody of a loved one. This will provide peer and advocacy support and also establish a monthly forum to engage families with senior prison staff on issues that ....more

The funding will be used to provide support for families and children to cope with the custody of a loved one. This will provide peer and advocacy support and also establish a monthly forum to engage families with senior prison staff on issues that are affecting them. This project aims to support families to have a voice to inform changes in support services and improve the family bond towards helping to prevent reoffending.

This initiative seeks to shift grant making power directly to local women’s organisations and services. Smallwood provides a block grant of £90,000, a percentage of which the organisation uses to run the programme (shown here), and the remainder ....more

This initiative seeks to shift grant making power directly to local women’s organisations and services. Smallwood provides a block grant of £90,000, a percentage of which the organisation uses to run the programme (shown here), and the remainder is awarded as hardship grants to individual women 18+, who are further supported by the organisation's specialist services. Percentages are agreed with Smallwood in advance.

Reach Out - support to children with family members in prison, with a focus on those with special educational needs and disabilities.

A one-off payment (Uplift Grant) to support organisation's operations and overheads, as well as the provision of grants to service users during the cost-of -living crisis

‘Cost of Living uplift: £500 to help projects meet their rising costs and respond to increased demand 31/10/2022’

Building Bridges is a project that will seek to address the underrepresentation of prisoners that speak English as a second or additional language amongst the thousands of learners that access the Prison Advice and Care Trust (Pact) relationship, ....more

Building Bridges is a project that will seek to address the underrepresentation of prisoners that speak English as a second or additional language amongst the thousands of learners that access the Prison Advice and Care Trust (Pact) relationship, parenting, social & emotional education courses in prisons each year.

Hardship Fund

To fund the Prisoners Families Helpline Service which provides advice and information on all aspects of the criminal justice system from what happens on arrest, visiting a prison to preparing for release. In addition to practical support, the ....more

To fund the Prisoners Families Helpline Service which provides advice and information on all aspects of the criminal justice system from what happens on arrest, visiting a prison to preparing for release. In addition to practical support, the helpline is there to offer emotional support and often advocate on behalf of the prisoners families and significant others.

Towards piloting the first trauma-informed casework service for young men in custody.

To run the Prisoners' Families Helpline, offering support to families who have a loved one in contact with the criminal justice system, and provide information on all aspects of the criminal justice system.

Continuation of 'Reasons to Care' - retaining, growing and consolidating volunteer base to support priisoners

Prison Advice & Care Trust (PACT) in Cardiff will provide ongoing peer support and advocacy for families affected by incarceration. £9973 will fund staff travel refreshments venue IT and phones training and publicity.

National Family Services

This project will provide activities for children and young people separated through parental imprisonment. The sessions will help to reduce their anxiety about a visit, build better family relationships and improved emotional well-being.

This initiative seeks to shift grant making power directly to local women’s organisations and services. Smallwood provides a block grant and organisations then award hardship grants to individual women 18+ integrated with their specialist support ....more

This initiative seeks to shift grant making power directly to local women’s organisations and services. Smallwood provides a block grant and organisations then award hardship grants to individual women 18+ integrated with their specialist support services.

Towards project costs to support a piece of research to develop a multi-agency/systemic approach to tackling the injustice of the use of prison for people with mental health and other issues.

This initiative seeks to shift grant making power directly to local women’s organisations and services. Smallwood provides a block grant and organisations then award hardship grants to individual women 18+ integrated with their specialist support ....more

This initiative seeks to shift grant making power directly to local women’s organisations and services. Smallwood provides a block grant and organisations then award hardship grants to individual women 18+ integrated with their specialist support services.

to support specified work

Continuation funding to support children and mothers at HMP Send for a further 6 months from April 2021.

Continuation of 'Reasons to Care' - retaining, growing and consolidating volunteer base to support priisoners

National Family Services

The funding will be used to facilitate a peer support network for family members of prisoners. The project aims to bring people together to share experiences and build resilience whilst reducing the negative impact of Covid-19.

as an additional grant to support staff, volunteer and trustee wellbeing, to assist the organisation deliver its charitable purpose more effectively

Prison Advice & Care Trust (Pact) in Cardiff will offer a befriending service for families affected by imprisonment to help reduce social isolation and offer emotional support. £9995 will fund staff and volunteer costs insurance IT equipment ....more

Prison Advice & Care Trust (Pact) in Cardiff will offer a befriending service for families affected by imprisonment to help reduce social isolation and offer emotional support. £9995 will fund staff and volunteer costs insurance IT equipment and phones. Bydd yr Ymddiriedolaeth Cyngor a Gofal Carchardai (Pact) yng Nghaerdydd yn cynnig gwasanaeth cyfeillio i deuluoedd yr effeithir arnynt gan garcharu i helpu i leihau arwahanrwydd cymdeithasol a chynnig cefnogaeth emosiynol. Bydd £9995 yn ariannu costau staff a gwirfoddolwyr yswiriant offer TG a ffonau.

"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to operate, thereby reducing the burden on public ....more

"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to operate, thereby reducing the burden on public services.2) To ensure essential services are provided to vulnerable people, both in the short and long term through increased community support through the work of charitable organisations."

COVID19 Recovery funding

Funding to provide support to the children and families of prisoners during the coronavirus crisis.

unrestricted (response to COVID)

Towards COVID-19 extra support grant

as an additional grant towards costs incurred in supporting and maintaining the Prisoners' Families Helpline as it moves to remote working, precipitated by the Coronavirus crisis

To seek new ideas and innovation to improve the support for, and involvement of, all types of families (including significant other relationships /non-traditional family ties) which link to the aspirations contained within Lord Farmer’s review.

'Reasons to Care' - growing a volunteer base and recruitment of National Volunteering Co-ordinator

FamilySpace

to support specified work

Visiting Mum is a unique initiative aimed at maintaining the critical attachment bond between mother & child in the potentially catastrophic separation imposed by a mother’s imprisonment. Targeted at families affected by incarceration at HMP ....more

Visiting Mum is a unique initiative aimed at maintaining the critical attachment bond between mother & child in the potentially catastrophic separation imposed by a mother’s imprisonment. Targeted at families affected by incarceration at HMP Downview (Surrey), this project addresses the trauma of separation & responds to the multiple harms to mother, child (age 0-5) & carer. By building sustainable structures of family support that bridge prison & community, implementing practical solutions to visiting barriers & advocating for institutional change, this project creates the conditions to preserve the early development of some of the most vulnerable & invisible children.

'Just in Case'

£132,000 over three years £41,000; £49,000; £42,000) towards the salaries, operation and evaluation costs of the London Women's Resettlement Project.

The Prison Advice and Care Trust (Pact) is a national charity that provides support to prisoners, people with convictions, and their families. This is a three year grant restricted to the 'Voices for Change' Project, a project to enable the voices ....more

The Prison Advice and Care Trust (Pact) is a national charity that provides support to prisoners, people with convictions, and their families. This is a three year grant restricted to the 'Voices for Change' Project, a project to enable the voices of prisoners' families to be heard by policy makers in the Criminal Justice System.

Costs for a Play Worker to create an enriching and supportive play environment for children visiting their mothers and female relatives imprisoned at HM Prison Send.

"Hear our Voice - Prisoners' Children, Policing and Trauma"

Evaluation of a project to support the embedding of trauma-informed practices into the regime at HMYOI Brinsford.

This project will support children with a close family member in prison, providing play opportunities. The aim is to reduce children's anxiety about a visit, improve and extend contact with fathers and have choice about activities.

The Prison Advice and Care Trust (Pact) is a national charity that provides support to prisoners, people with convictions, and their families. This is a one year grant restricted to the Prisoners' Families' Voices Project, a pilot project to enable ....more

The Prison Advice and Care Trust (Pact) is a national charity that provides support to prisoners, people with convictions, and their families. This is a one year grant restricted to the Prisoners' Families' Voices Project, a pilot project to enable the voices of prisoners' families to be heard by policy makers in the Criminal Justice System.

Resettlement of imprisoned women

towards IT equipment and other resources to support the provision of an information service for prisoners' families in visitors' centres in and around London

Towards the evaluation of a social investment in PACT Lunch catering services in prison visitor centres.

Ex-offenders

An investment in Pact Lunch+ Prison Visits Hall Catering Facilities.

Ex-offenders

Resettlement of imprisoned women

An investment to support working capital costs for PACT as it begins the delivery of new services through PACT Futures.

Approximately 200,000 children in England and Wales have a parent in prison. This is more than double the number of children affected by divorce in the family in a year, and yet there is little awareness of their needs and the issue is often ....more

Approximately 200,000 children in England and Wales have a parent in prison. This is more than double the number of children affected by divorce in the family in a year, and yet there is little awareness of their needs and the issue is often surrounded by stigma and shame. The impact of family imprisonment can include poverty, social exclusion and family breakdown, and many young people experience mental health problems or behavioural challenges. This project will offer a group of vulnerable young people the opportunity to access valuable peer support, and work with them to develop resources such as training materials. These resources will inform advocacy work with schools, the police and the Courts to bring systemic change and so improve the future experiences of other young people. The process of working with other young people in a focused, practical way will in itself be useful and empowering for the young people involved.

This project will provide homework support and baby bonding sessions between children and a parent in prison. It will increase emotional well-being confidence engagement in education and family relationships.

This project will provide homework support and baby bonding sessions between children and a parent in prison. It will increase emotional well-being, confidence, engagement in education and family relationships.

Towards core costs to support the expansion of services supporting prisoners, families and friends.

£142,000 over two years (£67,000; £75,000) for the salary of a Programme Manager; a Volunteer Co-ordinator; and the running costs and independent evaluation of the London Women’s Resettlement Programme.

Visiting Mum

over two years to help support a merger with Prisoners' Families & Friends Service which will deliver improved services to families of prisoners both in and outside prison

PACT T2A Pathway

The project will support 1605 young parents aged 18-25 imprisoned in Cardiff and Swansea using methods such as casework and parenting programmes. It will help young people to engage in their child's life from prison, make plans for resettlement, ....more

The project will support 1605 young parents aged 18-25 imprisoned in Cardiff and Swansea using methods such as casework and parenting programmes. It will help young people to engage in their child's life from prison, make plans for resettlement, reduce re-offending and promote good practice in prisons. The project will also support the wives, girlfriends and partners of those imprisoned by signposting them to existing local services and by providing them with bespoke parenting interventions.

the salary of the Training and Development Manager

Towards the salary of a business development director to maximise and diversify the charity's income and enable it to secure its future by working more closely with private sector run prisons and increasing the level of earned income.