While the Butler Trust's Annual Awards are for outstanding individuals - the Kathy Biggar Trophy is for notable community-based initiatives (probation and youth justice), which have brought significant benefits locally, and could be rolled out more widely.
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[London Probation (2023)]
Kathy Biggar Trophy submission: The Sagamore Project is a joint initiative involving probation, the police, e prison service, and courts, as well as sexual health and addiction services, focusing on chemsex and related problem behaviour.
Keywords: chemsex, substance misuse
[Fife Justice Social Work (2023)]
Kathy Biggar Trophy submission: The Short-Term Long-Lasting Therapy (STLLT) initiative offers 1-2-1 therapy, lasting approximately 12 weeks, for people with complex social care and mental health issues on short term community-based orders and programmes.
Keywords: mental health, social care
[Yorks & the Humber Probation (2023)]
Kathy Biggar Trophy submission: The ‘Finish Line’ is an 18 session psychologically informed, and occupational therapy, programme for people on probation with personality disorders.
Keywords: sport, personality disorder
[West Midlands Probation (2023)]
Kathy Biggar Trophy Winner: The Women’s Trauma Informed Community Healthcare Project is a joint project between Sandwell & Dudley Probation, the NHS, and Black Country Women’s Aid, aimed at ensuring the women in their care get the healthcare support they need.
Keywords: female offenders, healthcare
[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
[Kent, Surrey & Sussex Probation (2022)]
Kathy Biggar Trophy submission: Compliance Officers help re-engage people on probation, support them to complete their orders, and identify those who are not engaging, and help them engage with education and training.
Keywords: compliance, sentence management
[Midlothian Children & Families Service (2022)]
Kathy Biggar Trophy submission: a diversionary youth work service for those at risk of becoming engaged with the criminal justice system.
Keywords: young people, diversion, crime prevention
[North East Probation (2022)]
Kathy Biggar Trophy submission: community hubs are staffed by probation practitioners and promote a “one stop shop” approach whereby people on probation can meet their supervising officer and get the wrap-around support they need.
Keywords: supervision, engagement
[North East Probation (2022)]
Kathy Biggar Trophy submission: an Intensive Intervention Risk Management Service, offering individualised support to those needing additional help in order to make a successful return to the community.
Keywords: high-risk, engagement
[PBNI (2022)]
Kathy Biggar Trophy runner-up: a partnership project between PBNI and Belfast City Council in which people on community service orders remove graffiti & chewing gum from around the city.
Keywords: unpaid work
