Working With Offenders
VONNE has been providing infrastructure support to voluntary and community sector (VCS) organisations supporting offenders, their families and the community for the last three years. During this time there has been a growing recognition within the Prison and Probation Services of the importance of the VCS and the range of services they can provide for offenders. As part of this work VONNE now convenes and chairs the Children and Families Pathway of the North East Regional Reducing Re-offending Strategy, leading the development of strategic interventions and actions that seek to improve provision for these groups. VONNE represents the VCS on the Regional Forum and Board for the Regional Strategy.
A new network for VCS agencies working with offenders, ex-offenders and their families has been established:
For more information on VONNE's activity with offender agencies see the following documents:
Latest News
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14/08/2008
VCS Offender Agencies' Directory - Complete your entry now
The opportunity to get your organisations' details featured in the first edition of the regional directory of VCS offender agencies is soon to close. ...
03/09/2008
Introduction to 'Children of Prisoners' E-learning and Resource Guide
Sara Lewis, Practice Development Manager at the Social Care Institute for Excellence will lead an interactive introduction to the e-learning materials...
16/07/2008
And the winner is... NEON!
Thanks to all of you who voted in the recent 'Name the Network' competition for the new regional voluntary and community sector (VCS) offender...
03/06/2008
'Name the Network' Competition
The North East's new voluntary and community sector network for agencies working with offenders, ex-offenders and their families is looking for a name. ...
08/05/2008
SmartJustice Photography Competition
SmartJustice, which campaigns for more alternatives to custody, has launched a competition for groups working in the mental health and addictions fields.During...
22/04/2008
Free Financial Capability Training
Thanks to funding from The Big Lottery, Unlock are able to offer financial capability capacity training to 25 local grassroots charities and community...
04/02/2008
New Network for VCS Agencies Working with Offenders, Ex-Offenders and their families established
VONNE, with support from the National Offender Management Service and Barefoot Research and Evaluation, is setting up a network of voluntary and community...
05/12/2007
Keeping Prisoners and Their Families Together
Barefoot Research have recently reviewed and updated research undertaken in 2005 to identify what prisons in the North East of England can do to improve...
02/12/2007
National Probation Directorate and Commissioning
Guidance on the future direction of buying in services from multiple providers for the Probation Service is now available. Roger Hill, the Director of...
02/12/2007
NOMS National Provider Network
The NOMS National Provider Network (NPN) was announced in August 2006. At the same time an on line Registration Form was published on the NOMS...
Staff Contact
Publications
Volunteering - a guide to good practice in prisons (PDF)
Volunteering with offenders in the community
For copies of the Clinks training pack contact:
Jean Coates, Office Manager, Clinks, 25 Micklegate, York YO1 6JH
jean.coates@clinks.org
Downloads
VONNE briefing: Working with Offenders (PDF 32kB)
Celebrating CRISP - one year one (Word 34kB)
Keeping Prisoners and their Families Together - report summary (PDF 321kB)