Directory of Resources

The NICCO Directory of Resources provides details of the huge number of tools, activities, practice models and guidance that have been developed by agencies to support offenders and their children and families.

Whether you are working directly with children, supporting offenders to maintain parental contact, helping a parent to prepare their child for a prison visit or simply want to develop your own understanding of the criminal justice system, this directory provides you with a range of resources to support and inform your work.

To support working with Children

Find activities, books, films, sound bites and worksheets to support your work with children and young people. View

Offenders and Families

Find information, books, tools, activities and programmes to support your work with offenders and their partners or family members. View

To support Professional's Practice

Find delivery models, case studies, local and national policies and guidlines, practice guides, briefings and resources for professional learning and development. View

19. YouTube Video: #wearethegoldenthread

In order to raise awareness amongst prisoners’ families of the Farmer Review, and as a response its recommendations, POPS (Partners of Prisoners and Families Support Group) asked children and their families from across the North-West to send in a postcard and tell them: What they miss? What family means to them? What would be their one wish?   The families’ responses were woven into a short film entitled ‘#WearetheGoldenThread’ to continue the cycle...

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