CRCs sign up to inclusive pledge
Interserve’s five Community Rehabilitation Companies have signed up to the Inclusive Culture Pledge. This initiative, run and supported by Equality Works Ltd (EW Group), asks organisation to focus on improving equality and diversity over the course of 2018. EW Group will support organisations who have signed the pledge with free resources which focus on five…
Probation donates gifts to Tameside couple
A couple on licence from prison have been overwhelmed by a festive donation from staff at Tameside probation. Syed and Rizwana are both being supervised on licence by the Cheshire & Greater Manchester Community Rehabilitation Company (CGM CRC) after serving a 10-month custodial sentence for benefit fraud. The couple had their asylum claim rejected after…
Church’s presents helps mum in need
Photo caption: Pictured left to right are CGM CRC’s Hayley Stapleton and Carl Duddridge receiving presents from the church’s Val Ridley A MUM-of-two who ended up on probation after taking drugs to help her cope following her partner’s death has been helped by a church in Oldham to give her children a special Christmas.…
Children praised for donating to offenders
Parishioners at one of Oldham’s churches have donated presents to people on probation in a move that perfectly captures the Christmas spirit. Worshippers at the Shore Edge Methodist Church, in Buckstones Road, Shaw, have donated new and second hand gifts to Oldham probation for more than 20 years. Toys are collected by the Cheshire &…
Custody suite initiative applauded
A pioneering scheme launched in Greater Manchester nine months ago has been applauded by dignitaries at an official launch event held this week. The unique partnership works with people referred from police custody to help make sure they get the help they need to stay out of trouble. Across Greater Manchester approximately 35,000 people end…
Give A Day of Your Time volunteering transforms Madisson’s garden
Probation staff have helped “make Madisson’s world” by building the eight-year-old a safe garden to play in. Madisson has a range of conditions including epilepsy, autism and ADHD. She is also non-verbal and self-harms. Colleagues from Merseyside and Greater Manchester & Cheshire Community Rehabilitation Companies (CRCs), and the organisation’s Professional Services Centre, took part in…
Getting the right support, in the right place, at the right time
A new service officially launched yesterday in Greater Manchester aims to divert vulnerable people away from the criminal justice system and into the hands of services better able to tackle the root causes of their criminal behaviour. It supports people affected by a number of vulnerabilities, including mental ill health, homelessness, PTSD, learning disabilities, and drug…
Rochdale office hosts Pakistan Director of Probation visit
Pakistan’s director of probation Arshad Mahmood has visited the service in Rochdale to share learning about the management of child sexual exploitation (CSE) perpetrators in the context of Pakistan and Islam. Mr Mahmood met with staff at the Cheshire & Greater Manchester’s Community Rehabilitation Company’s (CGM CRC) Rochdale office. The director, from the…
Probation team supports unique Greater Manchester Police custody project
A unique project is working with people referred from police custody to help make sure they get the help they need to stay out of trouble. Across Greater Manchester approximately 45,000 people end up in police custody every year. Receiving help during a moment of crisis can result in people getting the support…
Community Payback Cleans Up For Salford Drop-In Centre
The Cheshire & Greater Manchester Community Rehabilitation Company (CGM CRC) Community Payback team helped ensure that Salford Loaves and Fishes – a drop-in centre for homeless and vulnerable people – was looking at its best for its official opening. The team lent a hand so that outside spaces were looking spick and span for the…