Butler Trust

The Butler Trust celebrates and promotes the best in UK prisons, IRCs, probation and youth justice. For more information, including the Trust's Annual Awards for staff, notable practice trophies, and publications and events visit the Butler Trust website.

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Governing Governors’ Guide on boosting staff morale and retention

[Butler Trust (2023)]

Guidance by Governors for Governors on boosting staff morale and retention.

Keywords: staff morale, retention, management

Governing Governors’ Guide on managing the pressures of governing

[Butler Trust (2023)]

Guidance by Governors for Governors on managing the pressures of governing.

Keywords: management

Atlas Project

[Greater Manchester Probation (2023)]

Kathy Biggar Trophy submission: The Atlas Project is a course developed by Greater Manchester Probation and Fire & Rescue Services (GMFRS), for adults convicted of fire-setting.

Keywords: arson, resilience

Chatham CFO Activity Hub

[Interventions Alliance (2023)]

Kathy Biggar Trophy submission: Interventions Alliance believe their Chatham CFO Activity Hub is an example of best practice in working with young adult male offenders, who are often reluctant to engage with non-mandated services.

Keywords: reintegration, employment, engagement, young adults

Child Exploitation service (CACE)

[East Sussex YJS (2023)]

Kathy Biggar Trophy submission: Collaboration Against Child Exploitation (CACE) is a parent-led partnership between East Sussex YJS and local parents with lived experience of child exploitation.

Keywords: young people, exploitation

Fit for Work programme

[Ingeus (2023)]

Kathy Biggar Trophy submission: Ingeus’ Fit for Work programme is an 8-week course, with participants spending 1 day p.w. in small teams in the Peak District national park, aimed at improving engagement and helpng prepare people for work.

Keywords: training, employment

Learning Organisation: Human Factors

[Wales Probation (2023)]

Kathy Biggar Trophy submission: Under this initiatve Wales Probation have put systems and structures in place to support effective communication, learning and continuous improvement throughout the organisation as a whole – with a particular focus on “Human factors”.

Keywords: learning, professional development, communications

Listen to Me video

[Gateshead YJS (2023)]

Kathy Biggar Trophy submission: Listen to Me is a video scripted, voiced and animated by young people, for other young people involved in the CJS, on how they became involved in offending, their experiences of the CJS, and what worked for them to help them stop offending.

Keywords: young people, diversion, crime prevention, peer engagement

Liverpool CFO Activity Hub

[Interventions Alliance (2023)]

Kathy Biggar Trophy submission: Interventions Alliance believe their Liverpool Activity Hub is an example of good practice in its work with TACT offenders and others convicted of especially serious offences.

Keywords: reintegration, employment, engagement, TACT offenders

Music Workshops

[Ingeus (2023)]

Kathy Biggar Trophy submission: Ingeus’ music workshops, delivered in partnership with the organisation All Star Youth at HMPs Moorland and Humber, are for prisoners aged 18-24 who are self isolating and/or exhibiting challenging behaviours.

Keywords: young adults, engagement, self isolation, challenging behaviour