On 28th March 2018, the HMPPS Families Group held a conference at PSC Newbold Revel titled 'Developing Effective Practice for Families and Significant Others'
The conference was organised in response to the Farmer Review and was designed to allow prison governors the opportunity to discover practical ways to implement the recommendations of the review.
Every establishment in the country was invited to send senior staff members to the conference, also in attendance were Lord Farmer himself and representatives of the numerous partner organisations who work with the families of offenders in prisons and in the community. There were a variety of presentations from both HMPPS and partner agencies which gave practical advice as well as opportunities for attendees to share good practice.
There were also talks from both ex-offenders and families of serving prisoners who gave passionate and emotional insight into the issues they faced when trying to maintain contact with their loved ones.
The conference was closed by Phil Copple - Executive Director of Public Sector Prisons at HMPPS
Other speakers included:
Charlotte Weinberg - Executive Director at Safe Ground
Lynn Saunders - Governor, HMP Whatton
Andy Keen-Downs - Chief Executive of Pact
Michael Brown - Safe Ground
Corin Morgan-Armstrong - Head of Family Interventions, Custody and Community, HMP Parc
Carlene Dixon - Governor, HMP Send
Lee Stephenson - Project Director of the Jigsaw Visitors Centre
Teresa Clarke - HMPPS Director of Midlands Prisons
Polly Wright, Children's Services Manager for Barnardo's also spoke at the event and used the conference to announce the re-launch of the new i-HOP web site, the slides from which are below
