Pact is all about providing services that enable people to live better lives. We understand that the most important thing for us to do well is to listen.
Our services are based on what our service users tell us will make a difference to their lives. We want to achieve outcomes that are meaningful to the people we serve. Sometimes however, we recognise that solutions are beyond our control - that what we are hearing from our service users is that there is a need for things to change at a systemic or policy. When this happens, we look for opportunities and solutions. In some cases, this means providing children, families or people with convictions with a platform from which their voices can be heard.
Here are just a few recent and current examples of Pact Advocacy in Action.
This report presents families’ insight into the impact of the criminal justice system on health and wellbeing, shines a light on the role that families play in supporting patients and identifies how systems, processes and services might be developed to unlock the potential of family support. Read more
Pact is working with the Prison Reform Trust (PRT) to consult prisoners, their families and prison staff about their experiences of the prison lockdown during Covid-19, and how prisons have responded. Read more
A new report published today has found that families are struggling to share urgent concerns about their loved ones in prison because Safer Custody departments are not answering their phones. Read more
Pact was delighted to contribute to ‘The Right Road’, a Catholic Perspective on Prison Reform published by the Catholic Bishops Conference of England and Wales Read more
Find out more about Pact's work advising Lord Michael Farmer on his review of what works for men in prison to reduce re-offending and inter-generational offending. Read more
Find out about Collateral Damage: an inquiry into the impact of police home raids on the children and siblings of offenders in England Read more
Read more about our involvement with Dame Sally Coates' Review of prison education published in 2016. Read more
The voices of children and young people who experience the arrest and imprisonment of a parent or sibling. Read more
Ensuring Adequate Care Arrangements for Children ‘Left Behind’ by parental imprisonment. Read more