HMP WINCHESTER CELEBRATES 10-YEARS OF THE INVISIBLE WALLS PROGRAMME – KEEPING FAMILIES TOGETHER AND REDUCING REOFFENDING ‘Invisible Walls’, a prison-based family support service run out of HMP Winchester by Spurgeons Children’s Charity, has just celebrated its 10-year anniversary in…
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Several Spurgeons services shortlisted for 2021 Children and Young People Now Awards
Children and Young People Now magazine is dedicated to professionals working with children, young people and families. It’s annual CYP Now Awards recognise the very best practice amongst those professionals – and we’re delighted that several of our projects were…
Farewell reflections from Ross
Having established a new direction for Spurgeons and overseen the acquisition of Fegans, this autumn Ross Hendry will hand on the baton to a new CEO. He shares a few parting thoughts. Seven years is a comparatively short term for…
Prisons Week of Prayer 2021
2021 is the eighth year of our involvement in Prisons Week of Prayer – a national, ecumenical initiative to raise awareness and generate prayer for all those affected by imprisonment – including children and families, victims, communities as well as…
Providing greater help for more children
Ross Hendry, Spurgeons CEO writes: As I write, many of the pandemic restrictions that have shaped our way of life since March 2020 have lifted. For most of us, life has returned to some semblance of normality. But that is…
Introducing Fegans
Ian Soars, former CEO of Fegans and now on the senior executive team of Spurgeons, gives a brief overview of the charity and the skills it brings to Spurgeons. Fegans’ beginnings were strikingly similar to those of Spurgeons. James Fegans…
Spurgeons acquires school counselling and parental support charity Fegans
Fegans, a school counselling and parenting support charity based in the South East of England, will transfer into Spurgeons Children’s Charity (Spurgeons) on 1 July 2021. Inspired by the Christian faith, Spurgeons, like Fegans, has built a reputation of excellence…
Spurgeons supports #TheBigAsk, the largest ever consultation with children undertaken in England.
Spurgeons Children’s Charity is delighted to support #TheBigAsk with Dame Rachel De Souza, Children’s Commissioner for England.
Remembering Old Scholar Martin Lambie-Nairn
We were sad to learn of the passing of Martin Lambie-Nairn, a former Old Scholar, in December 2020, at the age of 75. Martin became a talented brand and graphic designer and was responsible, among other things, for designing the…
Spurgeons team at HMP Swaleside bring some seasonal joy to children and families affected by imprisonment
Spurgeons Prison-based family support services at HMP Swaleside have been providing families with the chance to experience some normality over the Easter period thanks to the generous donations of ‘good eggs’ amongst the community. Over the spring and Easter period,…