Thank you to everyone who has supported our Winter Bag Appeal so far. We have been overwhelmed with the response, particularly for the appeal at HMP Low Newton (women's establishment in Durham). Please donate second hand/used (good condition) back packs, handbags or drawstring bags and unused/sealed toiletries. These bags make a ...
Would you and your child/children like to take part in our virtual scavenger hunt taking place on Thursday 19 November from 4pm to 4.30pm? These fun groups are led by our play or youth workers and give children or young people the chance to have fun, meet other young people with ...
This year our Annual General Meeting will take place on Thursday 5 November (from 5.30pm) via Zoom. The meeting will include a review of key developments during 2019/20 and our annual accounts. We are very pleased that our new CEO, Amanda Lacey who joined Nepacs on 1 October will be in attendance and will ...
Nepacs is inviting friends and families of prisoners in north east prisons to come along to an event in March to have their say on how well local prisons support family ties, and to work with the charity and local prisons to make improvements for the future. The Visitors' Voice event will ...
HEADLINE NEWS!!! Our chief executive Helen Attewell will be spending a night in a police cell on 17 December 2019. #nightinthecells The event has been organised by Durham’s Police, Crime and Victims’ Commissioner to help increase awareness of the impact of criminalising people in crisis and the need to ensure that vulnerable ...
"The staff on family days are all amazing.. There's always so many arts and crafts which kids just love but it gets the dads involved too and it's great for maintaining the relationship and interaction between the children and their father. Everyone goes the extra mile to make us all ...
Nepacs is hosting an event to showcase work supporting care leavers to have a positive resettlement in the community following a prison sentence in the north east. The event titled - ‘Paving the way: care leavers in custody’ - will take place from 1.30pm at the Durham County Cricket Ground, Emirates ...
This year our Annual General Meeting will take place on Thursday 7 November (from 5.30pm) at Durham County Cricket Ground, Emirates Stadium in Chester-le-Street. The meeting will follow our 'Paving the Way: Care leavers in custody' stakeholder engagement event (starting at 1.30pm). This event will showcase the initial learning from an HMPPS ...
Professionals working with prisoners, ex-prisoners or those sentenced to community punishments in the North East have been presented with awards for their efforts to reduce re-offending by north east charity Nepacs. The awards have been running since 2004 and in 2018 were renamed in honour of long standing Nepacs’ patron Ruth ...
Facilities for children visiting HMP Northumberland near Morpeth have been given a fun-filled boost thanks to the official opening today of a new outdoor play area. The new outdoor play area, located next to the visitors centre, was officially opened today by Alex Nelson from the Clothworkers Foundation, which provided a ...
Our team and other organisations are creating resources and activities for children and their families to download or print at home throughout the Coronavirus crisis.
Find out more HERE.