Clinks and our members

Clinks supports, promotes and represents the voluntary sector working with people in the criminal justice system and their families. Find out more...

Clinks blogs: the latest views, debate and discussion

What should the future prison education service look like?

Christopher Stacey, Clinks’ Director of Support and Development, summarises the developments of the future prison education service, and the opportunities for voluntary organisations to contribute

HMPPS exit the National Framework for the management of COVID19 in prisons - What the voluntary sector needs to know

Jess Mullen, Clinks Director of Influence and Communication summarises the key developments the sector needs to know about how prisons are being managed following HMPPS lifting the COVID19 National Framework and the key areas of concern that Clinks have, which we are continuing to raise on behalf of the sector.

Probation Service commissioning – how HMPPS is responding to voluntary sector feedback

HMPPS's Jim Barton outlines changes being made to Probation Service commissioning, including proposed processes for awarding grants

Helping you to find and use your voice to influence government policy

We’re excited to be launching phase two of the Stronger voice training programme, ‘Using your voice’.

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Publications: delve into the detail

Research and analysis on issues facing the sector. Guides and briefings to support our members. Responses to government consultations. Case studies of good practice.

State of the sector 2021

How voluntary organisations emerged from a year of criminal justice reform and the Covid-19 pandemic

Clinks briefing about recovery in prisons

A briefing for the UK Health Security Agency to feed into their Covid-19 recovery strategy for prisons.

Tracking the voluntary sector’s experience of the probation reform programme

The commissioning of day one services

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Events and training: get involved, improve your skills

28 June, 10:00 to 28 June, 12:00

Online

Stronger voice: bringing out the ‘why’ in your work

29 June, 10:00 to 29 June, 11:30

Online

Health and Justice Network meeting

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Latest on Twitter

Clinks @clinks_tweets · 2 months

Clinks CEO Anne Fox outlines the key areas of work we'll be able to deliver over the next three years thanks to the @hmpps/@MoJGovUK Infrastructure support grant https://clinks.org/community/blog-posts/meeting-our-sectors-need-infrastructure-support

Clinks @clinks_tweets · 2 months

The State of the sector 2021 outlines how voluntary organisations have faced new and incredibly difficult challenges over the last year.

https://www.clinks.org/publication/state-sector-2021

Clinks @clinks_tweets · 2 months

We've got four exciting opportunities to join our team: https://www.clinks.org/vacancies?keys=Clinks&sort_by=created

Our work: our latest projects and activities

What Clinks is doing to support, promote and represent the voluntary sector working in the criminal justice system.

Probation services

Voluntary organisations must be properly engaged and treated as an equal partner in the design and delivery of probation services.

Young adults

The Ministry of Justice should produce a national strategy for the management of young adults aged 18-25 at all stages of the criminal justice system.

Influencing criminal justice policy

Our work to inform public policy is underpinned by a set of core principles that reflect key issues raised by our members.

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Join Clinks: be heard, informed, and supported

Are you a voluntary organisation supporting people in the criminal justice system? Join our network of over 600 members. Clinks membership offers you:

A voice to influence change
Practical assistance to be effective and resilient
Support from a community of like-minded professionals.

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