Posts linking to the latest news relating to recruiting people with convictions and dealing with criminal records
BAME groups are overrepresented at every stage of the criminal justice system. According to a recent review led by David Lammy MP, black men are three times more likely to be arrested than white men. The same review found that men from BAME backgrounds are 16% more likely than white men to be remanded in […]
Published by the Department for Work and Pensions in partnership with Business in the Community, the guide, Strengthening your workforce with talent from disadvantaged groups, comes after high demand from the business world for more help and support for employers to become inclusive. Part of the See Potential campaign, it’s already been welcomed by the FSB […]
NatWest has published an article about recruiting people with convictions, featuring this site as a source of support for employers. The article is copied below: One remedy to the UK’s skills gap could be to hire more ex-offenders, so what’s the best way of going about this? There are around 1.6 million unemployed people in […]
Yesterday a report was published by the Work and Pensions Committee calling on government to drastically improve the support provided to people released from prison and to do more to encourage employers to recruit people with convictions. The Committee encouraged employers to change their recruitment process and made a number of recommendations to both government and companies, […]
The other night there was a brilliant piece on the BBC’s One Show about businesses getting involved in prisons, offering training opportunities for people while they’re still inside, to then offer them real jobs on release. In particular, it featured a partnership between Bounce Back and Alendale Construction, training people in scaffolding whilst inside with […]
We’re pleased to see that the Prisons Minister, Sam Gyimah, is developing an employment strategy and exploring ways to increase the number of employers giving opportunities to people with convictions. This is your opportunity as an employer to shape the development of government policy! As part of this work, the Ministry of Justice wants to […]
The Newcastle Chronicle published a piece yesterday off the back of news that Virgin Trains are going to be holding recruitment events in prisons and opening its doors to people with convictions. Kathryn Wildman, who runs recruitment on Virgin’s West Coast route, said: “We started this process three years ago with relatively modest ambitions. “But we’ve […]
The BBC yesterday published an article looking at some companies that have been proactive in employing people with convictions. Featuring the hotel Conrad London St James, and Virgin Trains, the article looks at the positive benefits to both businesses and individuals.
Last night was the annual celebration of the Employers Forum for Reducing Reoffending (EFFRR). EFFRR is a group of local and national employers that provide job opportunities to people in prison and people with convictions in the community. Some of the employers in the group are featured on this site and the forum has a track-record […]
Today, Business in the Community is using the third anniversary of the Ban the Box campaign to highlight the challenges of gaining employment for a young person with a criminal conviction. We work closely with BITC on the campaign as part of our work to encourage and support employers to develop fair and inclusive recruitment […]