We are excited to announce our recent success at the Howard League for Penal Reform national awards. The Restore project, run by our Casework Team, was one of six projects nationally to be shortlisted for this prestigious award. At the recent awards ceremony, the team went on to be named the winner and we’re all absolutely thrilled.

Full details of the award are below. Please join the team in their celebrations!

Pictured: Casework Team (left to right) – Faye, Elise, Sam (Team Leader), Najeeda, and Belinda.

Howard League for Penal Reform Community Awards 2018

Women’s Category

 Winner:

Restore Project

Well Women Centre

Community Awards 2018

These are the Howard League for Penal Reform annual awards for the country’s most successful community projects encouraging desistance from crime.  Projects which help to keep people out of the criminal justice system, by providing alternative, proportionate, effective and targeted interventions will help reduce the risk of re-offending.

These annual awards celebrate best practice in diversionary work and champion work in the community that challenges and changes people for the better – be it with children; women; mental health programmes or restorative approaches.  The awards recognise projects and organisations whose work and practice is delivered above and beyond normal service delivery.

Judging panel

Gerry Marshall, Trustee, Howard League for Penal Reform (Chair)

Superintendent Stan Gilmour, LPA Commander – Reading, Thames Valley Police

Rose Mahon, Head of Excellence and Development, The Nelson Trust

Claire Sands, Youth Justice Researcher

Glyn Thomas, Head of Implementation, Liaison and Diversion Programme, NHS England

Catryn Yousefi, Programmes Manager, Howard League for Penal Reform

Women’s Shortlisted Projects

Glasgow Women’s Mentoring Service – Sacro

Sex worker Outreach Project – SWOP – The Nelson Trust

Action on Street Health Wirral (ASH Wirral) – Tomorrow’s Women Wirral

Harrogate Women’s Project – Mowbray Community Church

Wakefield Well Women Centre (Restore Project) – Well Women Wakefield

The Women’s Justice Intervention (WJI) – Surrey Police