While families across the UK face uncertainties about when lockdown will end and they gather once again with friends and family, a family in Hampshire knows the pain of separation over all too well. Four years ago, Phil and Di…
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Video storybook project at HMP Norwich to support families separated by imprisonment
There’s something very special about a parent and child sharing a book at bedtime, especially when that parent is in prison. Now, support has been made available by the Police and Crime Commissioners of Norfolk and Cambridgeshire to boost a…
Awards success as Spurgeons team at HMP Winchester recognised for ‘exceptional contribution during the Coronavirus pandemic.’
The Spurgeons team at HMP Winchester has been awarded a Police and Crime Commissioner’s Commendation for their exceptional contribution during the Coronavirus pandemic at December’s Safer Awards organised by the Hampshire Police and Crime Commissioner. The Commissioner’s Safer Awards recognise…
Series of support provided for fathers in prison and families over Christmas
This Christmas, Spurgeons Prison-based family support services at HMP Standford Hill, HMP Swaleside and HMP Elmley on the Isle of Sheppey in Kent have been providing vital support to fathers and their families who are unable to see one another…
Christmas giving campaign brings festive cheer to children and vulnerable adults across the Isle of Sheppey
This Christmas, Family Support Worker Lauren for Spurgeons Prison-based family support services at HMP Swaleside and Elmley on the Isle of Sheppey organised a community Christmas giving campaign to enable gifts to be provided to children and families as well…
Praying with families affected by imprisonment- Prisons Week 2020
For forty years now, Prisons Week has prepared prayer literature to enable the Christian community, through individuals and churches, to pray for the needs of all those affected by prisons. Spurgeons is one of twenty organisations working in prisons who…
Norwich prison residents beat lockdown to build new visitor centre play area
While coronavirus put Norwich through lockdown, prison residents in the city were rolling up their sleeves and doing their bit to transform the children’s play area of a prison visitor centre. The visitor centre at Norwich Prison, run by Spurgeons…
Helping hand for families on long road ahead
Dr Harry Annison, Associate Professor at Southampton Law School, has worked with Spurgeons on a new booklet – Offering a Helping Hand – to support the families of those serving IPP, a particular form of indeterminate prison sentence. It’s a…
‘Offering a Helping Hand’ to families of those sentenced to IPP
Spurgeons has published a new booklet that addresses the impact of Imprisonment for Public Protection (IPP) and other indeterminate sentences on prisoners and their families. Offering a Helping Hand is a joint publication by Spurgeons and Southampton Law School and…
Charity leads joint support for prisoners and their families in pandemic
While a new report* states that “significant threat levels” remain for our prisons from Covid-19 and calls for restrictions to be kept in place till April 2021, a children’s charity continues to lead innovative ways to support both prisoners and…