This research report explores the impact that criminal court fines have on people on low incomes, finding it disproportionately affects them, pushing them further into poverty, destitution and worse mental health. 

We spoke to Hannah Coban (Head of Service Delivery) and their Specialist Justice Practitioner at Kairos to find out more about their work in women's justice.

We spoke to Paula Carnell, Sunflower Women’s Centre Manager in Plymouth, Devon.

History

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?