Inclusive Culture Pledge 2018
The Cheshire & Greater Manchester Community Rehabilitation Company (CGM CRC) has signed up to an Inclusive Culture pledge. This initiative, run and supported by Equality Works Ltd (EW Group), asks organisations 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…
Gavin raising cash for the homeless
Gavin Carter is sleeping rough tomorrow night to help raise awareness and cash for a charity dedicated to supporting homeless people in Merseyside. He will be bedding down for the night in a cardboard box under a plastic sheet outside Liverpool’s St James’ Cathedral. Gavin, head of service delivery at the Professional Services Centre (PSC),…
Raising awareness about homelessness
Spending a cold night under a plastic tarpaulin has helped Gavin Carter raise almost £300 for charity and learn a little about life on the streets. Gavin was one of a hundred people who bedded down for the night outside Liverpool’s St James’ Cathedral as part of a fundraising event for the Whitechapel Centre, which…
Cancer battle inspires charity challenge success
PROBATION manager Danielle Buckley has smashed five fearsome challenges to help raise cash for cancer charities after being inspired by her pal Vicky Noble. Vicky, an Interchange manager with the Cheshire & Greater Manchester Community Rehabilitation Company, was diagnosed with cancer in April, 2016, and had tumours in both breasts. After a long battle,…
Community Payback supports Dena
Green-fingered great grandmother Dena Murphy (89) has been short-listed for A Pride of Britain award for her community work, supported by Cheshire & Greater Manchester Community Rehabilitation Community (CGM CRC) Payback. Dena, who chairs the Northfield Allotments in New Moston, has been leading the project to encourage the community to grow fresh vegetables and to…
Jenna is a winner
Senior Case Manager Jenna Tett was one of half a dozen colleagues from across Interserve’s justice business to win awards at the company’s divisional recognition ceremony last week. Jenna, from the Cheshire & Greater Manchester CRC, was awarded for her work supporting colleagues and working with offenders with drug and alcohol problems, among other issues. …
Local MP visits HMP Styal
MP Kate Green visited HMP Styal to learn more about the work the prison and Interserve’s Community Rehabilitation Companies are doing to help support women preparing for release. The Labour MP for Stretford and Urmston met with Prison Governor Mahala McGuffie and head of reducing reoffending Anastacia Selby, together with Chris Edwards, chief executive of…
Moving tributes for Ex-Forces Action Network’s work
Former army veterans movingly told how their lives had been turned around thanks to the work of the Ex Forces Action Network (E-FAN), at an event to review the impact of the organisation. The veterans talked about their experiences and the support they have received from E-FAN including Rick McGillivray who has gone from sleeping…
Biggest recruitment drive launched
Interserve has launched its biggest recruitment drive since winning the contract to run probation services at five Community Rehabilitation Companies three years ago, as the company seeks to recruit a total of more than 30 probation case managers. The company is committed to providing the best possible service to people on probation. Ian Mulholland (pictured),…
Archery Club Sets Sights On Success With E-FAN Support
The Ex Forces Action Network (E-FAN) has joined forces with Kyujustu Archery Club in Runcorn to refurbish new fire-damaged premises – providing former veterans with valuable work experience whilst creating a ground-breaking community impact project in a disadvantaged area. E-FAN is delivered by the Cheshire & Greater Manchester Community Rehabilitation Company (CGM CRC) with…