Emma Kidger, Clinks Sector Support, Members and Networks Manager, reflects on the progress of a commissioning forum that Clinks established in partnership with MoJ and HMPPS in late 2021.

We are excited to be launching phase three of the Stronger Voice training programme, ‘Strengthening your voice’.

The state of the sector survey 2022 is your opportunity to share your experiences and help us to influence decision makers on your behalf. Each and every response to this survey will form the basis of an in-depth report, published at the end of the year, helping us to understand the experiences, opportunities, and challenges for organisations working to support people in contact with the criminal justice system and their families. This is a blog to share why it is important to contribute.

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

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

We have launched this year's State of the sector survey. Help us build on last year's evidence and identify changes and challenges for the sector. Your answers will help us to advocate on your behalf and prioritise our work so that we can meet your needs.

Clinks announces the launch of the first phase of our Stronger voice training programme. This blog sets out what you can expect from the programme and how you can sign up.

Find out about Clinks’ Stronger Voice project - a three-year project helping the voluntary sector working in criminal justice develop a unified and influential voice, at both a national and regional level.

This blog summarises key information on how future services under the reformed probation model will be commissioned, and how these plans may affect voluntary organisations and their service users.

Clinks is highly disappointed in the plans to expand the women’s prison estate with an additional 500 places to be built into existing prisons. The decision contradicts the intentions of the government’s female offender strategy.