Case Studies
Escaping Victimhood - A Lancashire Woman's Story
A special workshop to help people bereaved by murder or manslaughter has been held in Lancashire.
HELP, the Homicide Empathy with Lancashire Partnership, helped to fund the workshop which was run by the Escaping Victimhood charity.
HELP comprises Lancashire Probation Trust, Lancashire Constabulary, Lancashire Criminal Justice Board, HM Prison Service, SAMM National, The Sophie Lancaster Foundation and Fenton’s Solicitors.
Recycling Lives - Tony
FORMER drug addict Tony (37) has had a harder life than most.
But it was during his last stint in prison that he came up with the idea of helping others and opening a drop in centre.
Jason's story
Jason, a skilled working man with a licence to operate a dumper truck, got involved with drugs and offending behaviour. He became unemployed and seeing no future he thought about suicide. In an interview, Jason commented "I was at the end of my tether with the people I lived with and the drug use...I'd hit rock bottom.”
Justice Seen, Justice Done in Blackburn
Blackburn residents have had their say. As part of the Justice Seen, Justice Done competition that gave them a say on the work offenders should carry out on Community Payback., Olive Lane was voted the area Blackburn wanted to see cleaned up.
Recycling Lives - Working with Offenders
YOUNG, naive and getting in trouble; this was 23-year-old Jason little more than 16 weeks ago. In just four months he has become focused, hard-working and now a full time employee of commercial recycler and social welfare charity Recycling Lives.
Before Multi Agency Public Protection Arrangements
This year sees the 10th Anniversary of MAPPA, or Multi Agency Public Protection Arrangements. The aim of MAPPA is to manage the most serious violent and sexual offenders, and help prevent the next victim. Here a senior probation officer describes how agencies worked before MAPPA came about:
