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| Name of Organisation | Funding Criteria | Where the organisation is based | Grant Made Towards | Grant Made |
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| Deafinitely Theatre | Prisoners' Families | London | This grant was made towards the costs of touring a theatre production developed from interviews with deaf ex-offenders, their families and young offenders, which aims to highlight the experiences of deaf people in prison. The grant covered actors' fees. | £5,000.00 |
| Fair Shares Gloucestershire | Prisoners' Families | Gloucester | This grant was made towards funding for time bank voluntary work by prisoners at HMP Gloucester, which will provide benefit for their families. The project engages prisoners inside the prison in earning time bank credits for every hour of voluntary worked carried out - currently linked to the bicycle repair workshop. Prisoners donate credits to their families via the Castle Family Centre or the central 'goodwill' pot of credits. Costs included salary and activities. | £3,725.00 |
| Family Action in Our Region | Prisoners' Families | Rushden | This grant was made towards the salary costs of the Play Area Assistants who supervise the play area inside the local prison for children visiting relatives. | £5,000.00 |
| Familyline | Prisoners' Families | Dorking | This grant was made towards running costs of the helpline, publicising the confidential helpline to the prison service in Surrey and training for volunteers who deal with prisoners' families. | £1,000.00 |
| Flipside | Prisoners' Families | London | This grant was made towards running workshops for the younger siblings (8-13) of young offenders, who have been denied the support given to parents. Costs included staff salaries, materials and refreshments. | £5,000.00 |
| Help and Protect Prisoners Youngsters | Prisoners' Families | Glasgow | This grant was made towards the hire costs of a minibus for transport services for children visiting parents in prison in HMP Kilmarnock, HMP Shotts and HMP Glenochil. | £5,000.00 |
| Hetty's | Prisoners' Families | Mansfield | This grant was made towards volunteer training and expenses for those working with the families of prisoners who have problems with substance misuse. | £5,000.00 |
| Inverness Citizens Advice Bureau | Prisoners' Families | Inverness | This grant was made towards the salary costs for a specialist case worker who is dedicated to providing support and advice to prisoners' families. | £5,000.00 |
| P3 (Prison Partnerships Projects) | Prisoners' Families | Sheffield | This grant was made towards the costs of running the Positive Women Placement Programme - a life skills and personal development course for young mums with partners serving a custodial sentence. Costs included the facilitator's fees and materials. | £5,000.00 |
| Play Therapy Services Northamptonshire | Prisoners' Families | Northampton | This grant was made towards the start up costs for a therapeutic group with children who currently have a parent in prison. The group was identified at the Arbours Primary School in Northampton and dealt with emotional distress experienced by the children due to a parent being in custody. | £5,000.00 |
| Prison Fellowship Northern Ireland | Prisoners' Families | Belfast | This grant was made towards the provision of support, assistance and transport facilities to families who wish to visit a family member in prison. | £5,000.00 |
| Refugee and Migrant Association | Prisoners' Families | Manchester | This grant was made toward outreach work offering counselling and practical support to Somali families who have a family member in prison. Costs related to sessional fees for workers. | £5,000.00 |
| Somali Special Needs Scheme | Prisoners' Families | Sheffield | This grant was made towards the salary costs of a Volunteer Co-ordinator who will enable the organisation to expand its work and deal with the Somali families who have a member in prison. | £5,000.00 |
| The Koestler Trust | Prisoners' Families | London | This grant was made towards the costs of a Family Day, for offender families, at the Koestler Exhibition which shows art works by inmates of prisons, YOIs and secure hospitals. Costs included exhibition staffing, materials and travel bursaries. | £5,000.00 |
| The Lighthouse Foundation | Prisoners' Families | Kilmarnock | This grant was made towards recruitment, training and travel costs for volunteers who provide support to families of prisoners at HMP Kilmarnock. Volunteers also assist families with the visiting process to enable them to visit a family member in the prison. | £5,000.00 |
| The Volunteer Centre (Thrapston) | Prisoners' Families | Thrapston | This grant was made towards the salary costs for a driver who transports prisoners' families and friends between Littlehey Prison and Huntingdon railway and bus stations. | £4,640.00 |