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HMP Winchester Celebrates 10-Years Of The Invisible Walls Programme

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…

A Christmas to treasure

Children so love Christmas – but last year it was a tough time, particularly for children whose families were struggling financially or facing other challenges. Prison visits were also suspended, so our Family Services colleagues at the Sheppey Cluster of…

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…

Volunteering in prison ”really opened my eyes”

Invisible Walls, our flagship prisons family services project at HMP Winchester, is celebrating its 10th anniversary this year. Caroline Miles has volunteered since its early days – she explains what drew her to this work and what she has learned…

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…

Teddies ensure cuddles can continue

While Covid restrictions have prevented dads being able to hug their children on prison visits, hand knitted teddy bears have come to the rescue. Kirsty Glover, Spurgeons Senior Practitioner at HMP Bure, says, “Maggie Dixon MBE is chair of our…

Supporting children with dads in prison

Undoubtedly many of us have struggled with how pandemic restrictions have limited our communication with our families. But the children of prisoners have had little or no contact at all with their fathers since March 2020. Spurgeons staff at a…

Retrospective: An extraordinary year

As Covid restrictions progressively lift and a greater normality returns, Spurgeons Head of Practice Lorraine White reflects on how we have managed to continue providing support to children and young people during the pandemic, and the new needs that are…

Josh learns to be the father he never had

To mark Father’s Day, Nii Anum, Spurgeons Senior Practitioner at Feltham Young Offenders Institute, shares how he helped a young offender become a good dad to his newborn son. Josh* was sixteen when he arrived at Feltham. But it was…

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,…

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HMP Winchester Celebrates 10-Years Of The Invisible Walls Programme

A Christmas to treasure

Several Spurgeons services shortlisted for 2021 Children and Young People Now Awards

Volunteering in prison ”really opened my eyes”

Prisons Week of Prayer 2021

Teddies ensure cuddles can continue

Supporting children with dads in prison

Retrospective: An extraordinary year

Josh learns to be the father he never had

Spurgeons team at HMP Swaleside bring some seasonal joy to children and families affected by imprisonment

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