[WiLT] Howard League for Penal Reform - Community Programmes Awards - 4th May 2010

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Howard League for Penal Reform - Community Programmes Awards

This is the Howard League for Penal Reform award for the country's most
successful community programmes.  The competition was launched in November 2005
as part of the Howard League for Penal Reform's aim of increasing public and
government support for community sentences. These annual awards celebrate best
practice in community sentencing and champion the cutting edge of the criminal
justice system, with work in the community that challenges and changes people
for the better - be it unpaid work, drug and alcohol treatment programmes, or
restorative justice.

By finding outstanding community programmes that work with individuals who have
committed crime, it is hoped that the Community Programmes Awards will not only
celebrate success but also promote positive practice in the delivery of
community sentences. We believe that well-resourced and well-structured
programmes will raise public protection, bringing down the rate of reoffending,
and repay the damage done by crime in a way which custodial sentences cannot.

The Community Programmes Awards 2010 are supported by the Magistrates'
Association and were launched at their Annual General Meeting in Birmingham on
14 November 2009.

The objectives of the Community Programmes Awards are to:
- encourage and foster good practice improve awareness and understanding of
community programmes encourage confidence in their use share information between
practitioners stimulate publicity amongst practitioners and specialist media
stimulate public debate and support for community interventions promote
excellence and creativity celebrate and recognise outstanding schemes

An effort has been made to make the Community Programmes Awards truly reflective
of the great work being carried out across the criminal justice system.  This
year we have introduced the following categories to reflect this work which
include:

Children and young people
Adults - sponsored by Probation Association
Women - sponsored by Corston Independent Funders Coalition
Education, training and employment
Unpaid work

The criteria are:

Programmes need to be part of a community sentence They should be rehabilitative
and help prevent future offending They should involve users in planning and
evaluation Encourage offenders to think about the consequences of their crime Be
based on restorative principles Work collaboratively with the community
For a full criteria list please follow the entry guide on website below.

For further details of the 2010 Awards, full criteria list and how to nominate
please follow the entry guide.  Nominations have to be made by post by 5 pm
Tuesday, 4 May 2010.

Please download a nomination form from Website:
http://www.howardleague.org/community-programmes-award/

>From http://newsletter.fit4funding.org.uk/?id=701&month=May