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 <title>Funding for VCSE organisations led by/working with BAME service users with the criminal justice system</title>
 <link>https://www.voscur.org/insight/news/funding-vcse-organisations-led-byworking-bame-service-users-criminal-justice-system</link>
 <description>&lt;div class=&quot;field field-name-title field-type-ds field-label-hidden&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;field-items&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;field-item even&quot;&gt;&lt;h2&gt;Funding for VCSE organisations led by/working with BAME service users with the criminal justice system&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;field field-name-field-article-image field-type-image field-label-hidden&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;field-items&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;field-item even&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://www.voscur.org/sites/default/files/styles/node_image/public/moj_logo_320x250.png?itok=98X4LDF2&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; height=&quot;250&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;field field-name-field-image-credit field-type-text field-label-inline clearfix&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;field-label&quot;&gt;Image Credit:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;field-items&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;field-item even&quot;&gt;Ministry of Justice&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;field field-name-field-date-provision-is-due-to-b field-type-date field-label-hidden&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;field-items&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;field-item even&quot;&gt;&lt;span  class=&quot;date-display-single&quot;&gt;21 December, 2020&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;field-items&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;field-item even&quot;&gt;&lt;p&gt;Each Probation region has been given funding which can be made available to Voluntary and Charity sector organisations who work with/ led by Black, Asian Minority Ethnic members of the community involved with the criminal justice system. The purpose of this funding (up to £10,000 per successful applicant) is intended to strengthen the capacity of those organisations who engage with BAME service users but may need some additional help to further develop their work.&lt;br /&gt;
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	To access this funding, you will need to have a clear priority of around working with ethnic minority service users and be a specialist in this field. This funding also includes organisations working with GRT communities.&lt;br /&gt;
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	This funding is not solely intended for organisations already working with the criminal justice system but could be used to build capacity for these organisations to work in criminal justice. For example, a service currently offering mentoring services to BAME service users may be eligible for funding.&lt;br /&gt;
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	This funding aims to prepare organisations to participate fully in new probation arrangements (in place from June 2021) and other opportunities that may be provided by the co-commissioning of services by probation regional directors with PCCs and other statutory partners, to improve rehabilitation outcomes and divert young people from the criminal justice system.&lt;br /&gt;
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	These funds are available to spend before 31st March 2021.&lt;br /&gt;
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	If you are interested in applying for this funding, please contact the Regional Equality Manager for the South West: &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:Denise.Norton@justice.gov.uk&quot;&gt;Denise.Norton@justice.gov.uk&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;field field-name-field-core-category field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;field-label&quot;&gt;Core Category:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;field-items&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;field-item even&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/core-categories/criminal-justice&quot;&gt;Criminal justice&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;field-item odd&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/core-categories/funding&quot;&gt;Funding&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;field-item even&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/core-categories/grant-opportunity&quot;&gt;Grant Opportunity&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description>
 <pubDate>Mon, 21 Dec 2020 21:38:54 +0000</pubDate>
 <dc:creator>David</dc:creator>
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 <title>Participants with experience of supporting women suffering domestic abuse wanted for new study</title>
 <link>https://www.voscur.org/insight/news/participants-experience-supporting-women-suffering-domestic-abuse-wanted-new-study</link>
 <description>&lt;div class=&quot;field field-name-title field-type-ds field-label-hidden&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;field-items&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;field-item even&quot;&gt;&lt;h2&gt;Participants with experience of supporting women suffering domestic abuse wanted for new study&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;field field-name-field-article-image field-type-image field-label-hidden&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;field-items&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;field-item even&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://www.voscur.org/sites/default/files/styles/node_image/public/Survivor%20of%20Sexual%20Violence%20Credit%20Tess%20via%20Unsplash_1.jpg?itok=1hVePbgv&quot; width=&quot;510&quot; height=&quot;397&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;field field-name-field-image-credit field-type-text field-label-inline clearfix&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;field-label&quot;&gt;Image Credit:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;field-items&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;field-item even&quot;&gt;Tess via Unsplash&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;field field-name-field-date-provision-is-due-to-b field-type-date field-label-hidden&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;field-items&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;field-item even&quot;&gt;&lt;span  class=&quot;date-display-single&quot;&gt;29 July, 2020&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;field-items&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;field-item even&quot;&gt;&lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;A University of Bristol research team is seeking participants who have experience of supporting a woman who has suffered abuse from a partner or family member.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;The Building Resilience study aims to develop support for friends, family members, neighbours and colleagues of women experiencing abuse.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;The study will take place during August 2020 and August 2021.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;Participants will be interviewed over the phone or online in order to gather their views and opinions – interviews are expected to take around an hour and each person will receive a small high street gift voucher.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;The findings from these interviews will inform the development of a service, which will be piloted in a future study.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;The team is keen on getting a wide range of perspectives and are particularly interested in hearing from people who are under-represented in the research, including those aged 60+ and people from ethnic minority groups. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;For more information, visit: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.bristol.ac.uk/primaryhealthcare/researchthemes/building-resilience-in-forgotten-heroes/&quot;&gt;http://www.bristol.ac.uk/primaryhealthcare/researchthemes/building-resil...&lt;/a&gt; or contact Dr Alison Gregory: &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:phs-buildingresilience-study@bristol.ac.uk&quot;&gt;phs-buildingresilience-study@bristol.ac.uk&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;field field-name-field-core-category field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;field-label&quot;&gt;Core Category:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;field-items&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;field-item even&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/core-categories/criminal-justice&quot;&gt;Criminal justice&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;field-item odd&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/core-categories/health-and-wellbeing&quot;&gt;Health and wellbeing&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;field-item even&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/core-categories/safeguarding&quot;&gt;Safeguarding&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description>
 <pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2020 14:44:36 +0000</pubDate>
 <dc:creator>richard@voscur.org</dc:creator>
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 <title>Bidding for new NPS rehabilitation contracts open</title>
 <link>https://www.voscur.org/insight/news/bidding-new-nps-rehabilitation-contracts-open</link>
 <description>&lt;div class=&quot;field field-name-title field-type-ds field-label-hidden&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;field-items&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;field-item even&quot;&gt;&lt;h2&gt;Bidding for new NPS rehabilitation contracts open&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;field field-name-field-article-image field-type-image field-label-hidden&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;field-items&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;field-item even&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://www.voscur.org/sites/default/files/styles/node_image/public/Ministry_of_Justice_logo.svg_.png?itok=vtp4KsBi&quot; width=&quot;600&quot; height=&quot;600&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;field field-name-field-date-provision-is-due-to-b field-type-date field-label-hidden&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;field-items&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;field-item even&quot;&gt;&lt;span  class=&quot;date-display-single&quot;&gt;8 July, 2020&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;field-items&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;field-item even&quot;&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoTitle&quot;&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;VCSE organisations working in the criminal justice sector are now able to bid for community rehabilitation contracts worth up to £100 million.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;The bidding process opened last month and is part of &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/guidance/strengthening-probation-building-confidence#progress-and-updates&quot;&gt;National Probation Service reforms&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;One of the aims of the new system is to give an “enhanced role” to charities and funding will be available to a mix of private and VCSE organisations.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;Suitable organisations will provide services which help address cross-cutting social issues that lead to criminal behaviour such as poor mental health, drug and alcohol addiction, homelessness, debt and poor education.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;Successful organisations will be added to a dynamic services register and will be competitively commissioned for delivery at a local level by prison governors, probation regional directors, police and crime commissioners and other authorities which require them.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;CLINKS has provided a &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.clinks.org/sites/default/files/2020-03/Clinks%20TOM%20Briefing.pdf&quot;&gt;detailed briefing&lt;/a&gt; outlining how the reformed service will operate. &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.voscur.org/insight/news/blog-probation-reforms-should-reflect-best-practice-when-it-comes-social-value&quot;&gt;Voscur&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.clinks.org/community/blog-posts/probation-reform-and-dynamic-framework-what-you-need-know&quot;&gt;CLINKS&lt;/a&gt; have both previously written articles outlining concerns over probation reform.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;Organisations that are interested in bidding or asking questions about the programmes should email the Strengthening Probation communications team: &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:strengthening.probation@justice.gov.uk&quot;&gt;strengthening.probation@justice.gov.uk&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;field field-name-field-core-category field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;field-label&quot;&gt;Core Category:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;field-items&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;field-item even&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/core-categories/commissioning&quot;&gt;Commissioning&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;field-item odd&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/core-categories/criminal-justice&quot;&gt;Criminal justice&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description>
 <pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2020 16:14:50 +0000</pubDate>
 <dc:creator>richard@voscur.org</dc:creator>
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