We spoke to Natalie Williams, Team Leader at Fresh Start.

About 

Fresh Start began in 2018 to work with women who have recently had children removed from their care by local authorities. The service is funded by Sheffield County Council through Children's Social Care and delivered by Project 6. They encourage women to take a pause from being a mother and supports them to move forward in life. 

We spoke to Hannah Matthews, Adults team leader at Eve’s Space. 

Background

We spoke to Joanna Dunkley-Pritchard and Donna Hildred, (Family Intervention Team Manager & Family Intervention Team Senior key worker) about the Positive Choices service. 

We spoke to Mike Davies, manager of Jig-So and Reflect in Swansea about their Reflect service.

In 2021 we spoke to Mike about Jig-So, an early intervention service to support the wellbeing of vulnerable expectant parents. He also manages Reflect, a service set up in 2018, to support the families that aren't able to stay together once they have gone through Jig-So’s intervention. Parents are only referred to the service from Jig-So and so all of them will have come through social services.

We spoke to Emma Martin, Community Justice Manager at Sacro, about their Aye service in South Lanarkshire. 

About Aye

This briefing offers guidance to commissioners for developing drug and alcohol treatment services for women. 

We spoke to Maggie Mitchell, Inspiration for Change Manager at North Yorkshire Council about their Inspiration for Change service. 

What is Inspiration for Change? 

We spoke with Jane Dunne, Team Manager of the Coventry and Warwickshire FDAC, about her work, the key challenges and successes of running an FDAC team, and her hopes for FDAC.

We spoke to Christian Iszchak, Regional manager of Mpower to understand how the service helps families in Norfolk, Suffolk, and Cambridgeshire.

Background

This briefing considers the three criminal justice Bills currently before Parliament— the Sentencing Bill; the Criminal Justice Bill; and the Victims and Prisoners’ Bill— and estimates the impact they will have on the demand placed on the prisons and on probation specifically.