We are celebrating the amazing resilience of our trainees during Covid with Nathan’s journey. Nathan took part in the StandOut programme in HMP Pentonville and it sparked a passion for mentoring. Over a year after his release and despite a global pandemic, Nathan has continued to work towards his goal with StandOut and is now inspiring others to move away from crime in his new mentoring role.
365 days of lockdown, more than 3000 calls to our Helpline and record numbers of people released into homelessness. On the anniversary of lockdown, our Development Manager, Sarah Hocking, reflects on the impact of covid-19 on prisons and the people StandOut supports.
Read MoreStandOut has submitted evidence to the Education Committee’s inquiry ‘Education: Are prisoners being left behind?’ informed by the voices of men with lived experience of education inside prison, together with StandOut’s three years’ experience of delivering its programmes in London prisons.
Read MoreAlex Rose, Lead Coach at HMP Wandsworth, was interviewed by the Criminal Justice Alliance for their #MeetTheMember blog series. Alex reflects on his own journey and what makes him passionate about relational working in the criminal justice sector.
Read MoreLouisa Laven, StandOut’s first Community Coach, joins us after two and a half years working as a prison officer through the Unlocked Graduate programme. Louisa reflects on what brought her to StandOut and how she has spent her first weeks with the team...
Read MoreSimon completed the StandOut Programme in HMP Wandsworth in 2018. Simon has worked closely with the StandOut coaches since his release from prison to navigate life’s challenges and achieve the goal he set with coaches during the four-week course.
Read MoreStandOut is taking part in the Big Give Christmas Challenge this year! Save the date to double the impact of your donation for people leaving prison.
Read MoreAt the start of Erin’s first Pentonville course in February none of us could have predicted that it would be cut short two days before graduation, or that six months later we would still be having our team meetings via Zoom…
Read MoreEgerton Junior Bayode is StandOut’s first StandOut Ambassador! We asked Egerton to share why he chose to get involved with StandOut.
Read MoreHow the resilience of our trainees in the face of covid-19 is encouraging and inspiring the whole team.
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