NEWS

Have you ever thought about volunteering? pact is holding an Open Day for potential volunteers at our visitors' centre outside Forest Bank Prison in Salford, on Thursday 14th January 7.30 - 9.30pm.

It's a chance to look around the visitors' centre, talk to staff, meet other volunteers, and find out about volunteering opportunities at HMP Forest Bank in:

• family support
• children's play area
• prison coffee bar

Due to the adverse weather conditions across the country, many of the prisons pact works at could be affected - so we will do our best to keep you informed about any problems with prison visits.

Friday 8th January:
It looks like visits are going ahead normally at the prisons pact works at. But travelling there is still very difficult in places, particularly getting to Forest Bank Prison.

pact central office has switched location to Vauxhall, Central London.

From today, Friday 18th December, our address will be:
Prison Advice and Care Trust
Park Place
12 Lawn Lane
London
SW8 1UD

Phone number: 0207 735 9535
Fax: 0207 735 3989

Our e-mail addresses will remain the same. You can always reach pact on info@prisonadvice.org.uk

Are you interested in our Basic Caring Communities (BaCC) ex-offenders project? Want to find out what it's all about?

Then come along to our awareness day on Saturday 12th December at Westminster Cathedral Hall, London.

There will be a welcome address from the Most Reverend Vincent Nichols, Archbishop of Westminster and President of pact.

Refreshments and a light lunch will be served. All are welcome.

On 15th November 2009, churches will mark Prisoners' Sunday - a day of prayer and action for prisoners, their children and families, prison workers, ex-offenders, and victims of crime.

The theme of this year's Prisoners' Sunday is Hold Fast to Hope - a hope that is rooted in the Christian belief that the divine spark is in all people, that no-one is beyond redemption and that change can and does take place.