Care after Combat today reached the remarkable milestone of 10,000 wellbeing activity packs supplied to Veterans in Custody across England and Wales.
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Care after Combat today reached the remarkable milestone of 10,000 wellbeing activity packs supplied to Veterans in Custody across England and Wales.
Read moreForces in Mind Trust (FiMT) has awarded £245,000 to Nacro in partnership with the Institute for Public Safety, Crime and Justice (IPSCJ) and the Institute for Social Innovation and Impact (ISII) at the University of Northampton to conduct research on ex-Service personnel in the Criminal Justice System in England, Wales and Scotland.
Read moreA new Criminal Justice System animation has been released from the FiMT Research Centre. The animation outlines key facts and figures related to the Criminal Justice System (CJS) for the UK’s Armed Forces community.
Read moreInitiative will give back to the charity currently supporting more than 40 veterans in the Gloucestershire prison.
Read moreNew research published by the Directory of Social Change, shows that just two percent of UK Armed Forces charities deliver support for veterans who have come into contact with the Criminal Justice System.
Read moreThe purpose of the research project is to explore critical factors in the life histories of veterans who have committed serious offences of harm and to identify key points at which appropriate interventions could have prevented or reduced the extent of the harm caused
Read moreThe Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust has awarded a further grant to a project delivering support to Veterans in the Criminal Justice System, delivered by SSAFA, the Armed Forces charity.
Read moreThe Forces in Mind Trust (FiMT) has awarded the Probation Institute a grant of £80,404 for an 18-month project to research the factors influencing the behaviour of ex-Service personnel who commit serious violent offences and how such offences could be prevented in the future.
Read moreProgramme launches to help ex-Service personnel under supervision from reoffending by improving their identification and support pathways.
Read moreForces in Mind Trust (FiMT) is delighted to announce an award of £91,707 to Barnardo’s to assess the needs of ex-Service personnel and their families who are serving, or have served, a custodial prison sentence.
Focusing on the Southwest and West Midlands areas, the project will access the connections that Barnardo’s have already developed in HMPs, the Criminal Justice System and Armed Forces charities.
The 18-month study will consist of interviews with ex-Service personnel and their children and families to ascertain the need, unmet need, the availability of support services and the impact of imprisonment.
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