Ruth Mann Trophy

While the Butler Trust's Annual Awards are for outstanding individuals - the Trust's Ruth Mann Trophy is for notable custodial-based initiatives, which have brought significant benefits locally, and could be rolled out more widely.

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Paving the Way project (supporting care leavers on release)

[Deerbolt prison (2021)]

Ruth Mann Trophy submission: support for care experienced young men at Deerbolt, run by the charity NEPACS, to aid their resettlement following release from prison.

Keywords: young people, care leavers, resettlement

Complex Case and Support Plans

[Coldingley prison (2021)]

Ruth Mann Trophy submission: multidisciplinary approach to managing prisoners with complex mental health/addiction-related needs and challenging behaviours.

Keywords: complex needs, challenging behaviour

Enabling-Community Wing

[Bure prison (2021)]

Ruth Mann Trophy submission: 88-bed Enabling Community Wing, based on the principles of Enabling Environments.

Keywords: enabling environment

Survivors Manchester

[Buckley Hall prison (2021)]

Ruth Mann Trophy submission: programme run by Survivors Manchester for prisoners with a history of child sexual abuse.

Keywords: trauma

Health Eating Initiative

[Buckley Hall prison (2021)]

Ruth Mann Trophy submission: self-funding healthy eating programme headed by Butler Trust Award winning catering manager.

Keywords: health, wellbeing, nutrition

Decency-improvement residents party

[Bristol prison (2021)]

Ruth Mann Trophy submission: a work party of residents, supervised by two Prison Officers, set up to renovate the residential accommodation across the establishment.

Keywords: decency, environment

Our Time (arts initiative)

[Send prison (2021)]

Ruth Mann Trophy submission: Our Time is an art programme and social enterprise, in partnership with the Michael Varah Memorial Fund (MVMF) and a local gallery, and includes an annual exhibition where residents can showcase and sell their work.

Keywords: female offenders, arts

Cat D survival course

[Whatton prison (2021)]

Ruth Mann Trophy submission: programme, put together by a psychologist in consultation with people who had ‘failed’ in Cat D prisons, to help prepare prisoners for the move to open conditions.

Keywords: progression, pre-release

Problem Support Mentors

[Wealstun prison (2021)]

Ruth Mann Trophy finalist: “Problem Support Mentors” are trained wing based peer mentors acting as social problem solving coaches, using the 6 step problem solving principles of the Thinking Skills Programme (TSP).

Keywords: peer mentoring, safer custody, problem solving

Digital prison hub

[Wayland prison (2021)]

Ruth Mann Trophy submission: internal digital hub providing in-cell activities, information and education to prisoners.

Keywords: education, engagement, in-cell activities