Diane Curry
Staff Profile
Name
Diane Curry
Bio - Description
Since leaving POPS in April 2025, after 30 years, Diane has undertaken a role with CLINKS as the Co-Ordinator of the National Families Network.
Diane recently stepped down as CEO of POPS, a Charity based in Manchester that was set up in 1988 to support the families of those serving a custodial sentence. Diane had first- hand experience of visiting prisons to maintain contact with a family member and brought this experience, and that of other families, to many conversations to ensure the family perspective was acknowledged and included.
From the initial development of Prison Visitor Centres in the early 90s, to raising awareness of the impact of the visiting process on children & young people, Diane has continued to place families at the forefront of Justice Services, not only as an assist to the person in prison or on Probation, but to be recognised as requiring support in their own right and as and when they identify.
In 2006, Diane was awarded an OBE for her work in relation to Race, Inclusion and Diversity, recognising her continued support of men & women in prison and their families, from diverse backgrounds, and the difficulties they experience.
Alongside Diane’s contribution to the Race Review in 2008, Baroness Youngs review of the resettlement needs of Black men in 2014, and as a member of HMPPS External Advisory Panel for Diversity & Inclusion, Diane was also a member of Lord Farmers strategic Advisory group, set up to support his landmark review, published in 2017, naming families as the ’golden thread’ of prison reform.
Diane recently stepped down as CEO of POPS, a Charity based in Manchester that was set up in 1988 to support the families of those serving a custodial sentence. Diane had first- hand experience of visiting prisons to maintain contact with a family member and brought this experience, and that of other families, to many conversations to ensure the family perspective was acknowledged and included.
From the initial development of Prison Visitor Centres in the early 90s, to raising awareness of the impact of the visiting process on children & young people, Diane has continued to place families at the forefront of Justice Services, not only as an assist to the person in prison or on Probation, but to be recognised as requiring support in their own right and as and when they identify.
In 2006, Diane was awarded an OBE for her work in relation to Race, Inclusion and Diversity, recognising her continued support of men & women in prison and their families, from diverse backgrounds, and the difficulties they experience.
Alongside Diane’s contribution to the Race Review in 2008, Baroness Youngs review of the resettlement needs of Black men in 2014, and as a member of HMPPS External Advisory Panel for Diversity & Inclusion, Diane was also a member of Lord Farmers strategic Advisory group, set up to support his landmark review, published in 2017, naming families as the ’golden thread’ of prison reform.