Issues that Matter
Issues that Matter: HACRO Completes Herts Community, Foundation Building Effectiveness Programme, Working at the Mount Prison – an inside view, At The Mount Prison H is For HAWCS, HACRO President calls for more effective strategy, How Employing Ex-Offenders Works, The Prison Reform Bill Must Combat Cycle Of Re-offending
TERRY ELLIS – Swapping a life of crime to going straight
Picture - Martin Godwin for the Guardian HACRO have been searching for inspirational stories and found Terry Ellis’s story. Terry Ellis set up a business to help others leaving jail, very inspirational story: By Matilda Munro...
HACRO Achievement Awards 2019
HACRO celebrates Ex-Offenders and their supporters who’ve changed lives The HACRO Achievement Awards 2019, now in their third year, celebrate the journeys some ex-offenders have made to turn their lives in a direction that is more meaningful and crime-free. The...
Advice for offenders
Advice for offenders - what is available? Advice for offenders can be limited but there are always websites that can be utilised. 'Prisoners Advice Service’ http://www.prisonersadvice.org.uk/ where there is a lot of information on a number of topics for example:...
Prison Charity
What Does a Prison Charity Do? As a prison charity one of HACRO’s main responsibilities is to offer support to offenders and their families. Rehabilitation is a key role of a prison charity, for an offender to have a connection to their family and friends and a...
Volunteering in Hertfordshire
Volunteering in Hertfordshire: HACRO offers 'volunteering in Hertfordshire opportunities' and some paid work too! We currently have 57 volunteers and a handful of paid staff, we are looking to build a stronger team and provide you with some great local volunteering...
HACRO Completes Herts Community Foundation Building Effectiveness Programme
HACRO has just completed a 12 month programme run by the Hertfordshire Community Foundation to build effectiveness in the voluntary sector across the county. HACRO was one of 10 charities chosen to participate on the basis of their capacity and ambition to change. “We...
Working at the Mount Prison – an inside view
Mount Prison. These 2 blogs have been written by a senior member of staff at HMP The Mount and give a good idea of what it’s like working inside a prison. Click here for The Mount Prison opening times. What’s it like working in a prison? I am often asked “What is it...
AT THE MOUNT PRISON H IS FOR HAWCS
The HAWCS are a team of hard-working Health & Wellbeing Champions who are prisoners at HMP The Mount in Hertfordshire. They have all passed NVQ Level 2 in Understanding Health Improvement. The teams’ main objective is to improve the Health and Wellbeing of the...
HACRO President calls for more effective strategy
The recent disruption at HMP The Mount is not unexpected, and it is likely to be reproduced elsewhere. While prison staff cope heroically under extremely difficult and often dangerous conditions…
How Employing Ex-Offenders Works
15 years ago, I visited Thorn Cross, a prison near Warrington. I was there to set up a conference that was taking place the following week. Matt, the inmate who showed me round was so impressive…