Families Outside Bulletin – October 2016 | Angus Children and Learning

posted by Alita Spink, Schools and Learning Support Officer, Schools and Learning

We at Families Outside are pleased to release our October 2016 edition of the Bulletin newsletter which covers the work of the organisation over the last quarter.

In this edition we would like to draw attention to a number of new publications which are available from Families Outside. Firstly we have Picking Up The Pieces, a new resource we have produced to help support families of people convicted of a sexual offence. This publications is already proving to be in high demand with reprints already being made and requests from a number of Scandinavian countries for it to be translated into the relevant language. Families Outside, in partnership with Fife Council’s Adult Basic Education and Family Community Support Team, has also launched a new resource called The Families Left Behind. The publication comes from the perspective of four women affected by imprisonment or the criminal justice system. Finally, we also have published our Annual Report 2015/2016 which summarises a very successful year for Families Outside, a year in which the organisation turned 25 years old. Year of the Dad events continue to take place across the prison establishment, with a cooperative art competition for Dads and their children currently under way. On the back of this quarter’s newsletter we have the first part of the story of one Friend of Families Outside, where they talk about the experience of having their son in prison…makes for powerful reading. Finally, more on the working and the people of Families Outside itself: we are on the lookout for a new Board member. If you, or someone you know, would be interested in giving their time to a worthwhile charity then please to get in touch. We are looking for an individual with a legal background, preferably with an understanding of charitable law. Last but not least, we would like to welcome Zoe Hunter-Hill to our team. To find out a little more about her background and where she will be working, have a read of the bulletin.