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‘Let’s Have a Cuppa’ – Castlemaine Mail
Many thanks Lisa Dennis and Jeff Jones, Castlemaine Mail
Posted in Justice
Tagged Annie Irving, Castlemaine, Castlemaine Mail, Churchill Fellowship, Claire Seppings, reformed offenders, Social Work
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Churchill Fellowship Report now available
My 2015 Churchill Fellowship report To study the rehabilitative role of ex-prisoners/offenders as peer mentors in Reintegration models is now available on the Winston Churchill Memorial Trust. Claire Seppings Churchill Fellow The Report summarises the key findings of my seven-week Fellowship investigations … Continue reading
Posted in Churchill Fellowship, Justice, Reintegration
Tagged 2015 ‘50th Anniversary’ Churchill Fellowship Award, Churchill Fellowship, Churchill Fellowship Award, Claire Seppings, community justice courts, convictions, Credible Messengers, criminal records, criminality, Criminology, desistance, drug and alcohol addictions, education, empowerment, Ex-offenders, ex-prisoners, families of offenders, incarceration, Lived experience, mass incarceration, Mentoring, peacemakers, Peer Mentor training, peer mentors, Penal Reform, people with convictions, prisoners, recidivism, Reformation, reformed offenders, reformed prisoners, Rehabilitation, rehabilitative role of reformed ex-prisoners, Reintegration, resettlement, restorative justice, service users, Social Enterprise, social exclusion, social inclusion, social justice, violence interrupters, Youth Justice
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My Churchill Fellowship Trip Week 7: USA New York City
The final week of my Churchill Fellowship trip in the United States of America, in New York City was the perfect end to an incredibly inspiring fact finding journey. Criminal Justice reform is well underway across the country and I … Continue reading
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Tagged Churchill Fellowship, Claire Seppings, community justice courts, Credible Messengers, Criminology, desistance, drug and alcohol addictions, education, Ex-offenders, ex-prisoners, peacemakers, peer mentors, prison reform, Probation, rehabilitative role of reformed ex-prisoners, restorative justice, violence interrupters
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My Churchill Fellowship Trip Week 6: Sweden (Stockholm)
It was a vision and dream come true to visit Sweden to meet with KRIS in Stockholm. KRIS was established several years ago by former criminals and drug addicts to help people in prison returning to society turn their lives … Continue reading
My Churchill Fellowship Trip Week 5: Republic of Ireland
My Churchill Fellowship trip to the Republic of Ireland during my fifth week of travels was wonderful. The trip took me to various parts of Ireland, including Dublin, Tipperary, Waterford and Cork. I had the incredible opportunity to revisit an … Continue reading
Posted in Reintegration
Tagged Churchill Fellowship, Claire Seppings, Criminology, Ex-offenders, ex-prisoners, families of offenders, Mentoring, peer mentors, Penal Reform, Post release prisoner education, Probation, rehabilitative role of reformed ex-prisoners, resettlement, service users, Social Enterprise, social exclusion, social inclusion, Youth Justice
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My Churchill Fellowship Trip Week 4: Northern Ireland
Visiting Northern Ireland was a dream come true for me. I had a long standing interest in the history of the Troubles from when I was a Social Work student at Monash University and would read books on these at … Continue reading
My Churchill Fellowship Trip Week 3: Scotland
My third week into my Churchill Fellowship trip in Scotland was so interesting and once again, the agencies I had arranged to meet with so helpful and informative and their work so valuable for my project. The first day took … Continue reading
My Churchill Fellowship Trip Week 2: UK – Manchester, Sheffield, Liverpool and Doncaster.
My final week in England was amazing and reinforced the inspiration and key messages gained from Week One. Inspire – Empower – Change – Refresh – Inspire – Empower – Change. My inspiration comes from seeing and meeting with so many agencies … Continue reading
My Churchill Fellowship Trip – Week 1: London, Kent and Exeter
An amazing first week – inspirational, enlightening but also reinforcing. Successful ex-offenders are vital in the rehabilitation / reintegration/ resettlement process and need bottling. Every one of the agencies I met with agree. In fact, we need to couch our … Continue reading
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