"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 ...
On Monday 17 June 2019 staff and volunteers from Nepacs were given recognition for their long service and outstanding contribution to supporting prisoners and their families in the north east. This year the awards were presented by Andy Hudson, Governor at HMP Deerbolt at the charity’s annual development and celebration event. 17 long service awards were presented and 38 ...
Come along to one of our Volunteer Open Days! #volunteerweek2019 Monday 10 June or Saturday 15 June 2019 at HMP Holme House visitors centre near Stockton Our teams at HMP Holme House and HMP Kirklevington are looking for: - Play and youth volunteers to support children and young people visiting the prisons - Tea bar volunteers ...
Well they did it! Well done to Sandi Long, Helen Attewell, Claire Forster, Selina Royal and Sam Clark on completing the Via Ferrata Xtreme Challenge on Sunday - on what turned out to be a wet and windy day (just to make things a little scarier). We are unbelievably proud ...
Professionals working with prisoners, ex-prisoners or those sentenced to community punishments in the North East are being given the chance to get recognition for their efforts to reduce re-offending by entering the 2019 Nepacs Ruth Cranfield Awards. The awards have been running since 2004 and in 2018 were renamed in honour ...
A team of six very brave ladies are going to take on the Via Ferrata Xtreme at Conister in Cumbria on 26 May 2019 to help raise funds to support Nepacs' work supporting prisoners’ families. Any money raised could go towards toys, games, activities or equipment for children or families ...
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.
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