Charities And Pressure Groups

Question 1

What does NACRO stand for?

Answer 1

National association for the care and resettlement of offenders

Question 2

NACROS role and who they support, what do they do

Answer 2

Role: change lives, build stronger communities and reduce crime
Supports those inc mental illness who are in custody, who have drug addiction, young people and veterans
-develop tailored resettlement action plans for people, offer apprenticeships, traineeships and work programmes

Question 3

How many people did NACRO help in 2017-2018

Answer 3

-32,000
-71% moved into sustainable accommodation

Question 4

Philosophy of NACRO

Answer 4

Focus on outcomes, courageous, inspiring, reliable and proud

Question 5

Working practices of NACRO

Answer 5

-Offering support online for matters like resettlement advice

Question 6

What is the prison reform trust?

Answer 6

-Work to create a just humane and effective penal system
-reduce imprisonment that’s not neccessary, promote community suggestions to crime
-improve treatment and conditions for prisoners, equality and human rights

Question 7

Where do the prison reform trust get their funding from?

Answer 7

-Voluntary donations
-in year ending march 23 received £684,919 from grants donations and legacies

Question 8

What do the prison reform trust carry out research on?

Answer 8

-Prison life, run campaigns to improve the penal system eg out of trouble trying to reduce the number of young people in prison

Question 9

Howard league for penal reform

Answer 9

-oldest reform charity in the UK - 1866
-less crime, safer communities and fewer in prison
-work with parliament the media and agencies in the system
-independent from gov
-vol donations
-campaigns: eg books for prisoners which won’t charity award in 2015