Ex-offenders, Offenders and Prisoners as Volunteers

You may also like to browse the general resources in the Good Practice Bank's Core Themes. They cover topics such as 'Equal Opportunities and Diversity', 'Protection and Safeguarding of Vulnerable Clients' and 'Creating Volunteer Roles'. Visit the Good Practice Bank index to find a full list of themes.

Articles

• Recruiting Ex-offenders - VE Information Sheet
• An Introduction to Criminal Records Bureau (CRB) Disclosure checks - VE Information Sheet
• When To Get A Criminal Records Bureau (CRB) Disclosure Check - VE Information Sheet
• Independent Safeguarding Authority Briefing - VE Information Sheet

Example, Sample and Template Documents

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Links

• Goldstar Exemplar Programme
  A national programme aiming to highlight good practice in working with volunteers from socially excluded groups. The website contains profiles of exemplar volunteering projects and case studies about good practice.
  http://www.goldstar.org.uk/
  
• Nacro is a crime reduction charity which works to support ex-offenders and deprived communities. They can advise on issues related to taking on ex-offenders as volunteers.
  http://www.nacro.org.uk/
• Clinks works to to strengthen and develop partnerships between voluntary and community-based organisations and the Prison and Probation Services in England and Wales.
  http://www.clinks.org/
  

Toolkits and Publications

• Involving Ex-offenders in Volunteering - Volunteering England and Nacro (PDF)
• Clinks offers a number of publications about volunteering with offenders or in prisons. Further information is available from Clinks' online list of publications.

Share your experiences!

The Good Practice Bank is growing steadily as more information is added to it. An important feature of the Bank is allowing users to share their documents with other volunteering organisations. We are particularly interested in receiving example policies or documents that you are happy to share with others. If we use your contribution, you could win a book on volunteering from our regular prize draw.

• If your organisation has an example to contribute, please use our simple form to submit it.
• Or, please send us an email or telephone 0800 028 3304 (Monday-Friday, 10.30am-12.30pm and 2.00pm-4.00pm)
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