STRING OF PEARLS PROJECT

We are a group of people, some of whom have, or have had a family member in prison. Since 2004 we have been working with prisoners families, offering a range of services, including support groups, mentoring and training opportunities.

For more information, please contact us

T: 07989922415
E: info@stringofpearlsproject.org.uk
W: www.stringofpearlsproject.org.uk

PACT

(Prison Advice & Care Trust) is a charity which supports people affected by imprisonment. We provide practical support to prisoners' children and families, and to prisoners themselves. Working at 18 prisons across the UK, we run family-friendly visitors' centres outside prisons, children's play services in prison visits halls, and more.

For more information, please contact us

T: 020 7735 9535
E: info@prisonadvice.org.uk
W: www.prisonadvice.org.uk

SHARP

SHARP is a voluntary organisation run to provide free help and support for relatives and friends of prisoners or anyone facing the prospect of legal action, throughout the UK.

SHARP (Support, Help & Advice for the Relatives and friends of Prisoners)
Fletcher House
15 College Hill
Shrewsbury
Shropshire
SY1 1LY

For more information, please contact us

T: 01743 245365
E: info@sharp-uk.org
W: www.sharp-uk.org

PRISONERS ABROAD

Prisoners Abroad is a small UK-based charity dedicated to supporting British citizens imprisoned overseas. We also provide assistance to those affected by imprisonment, and help ex-prisoners start a new life free of crime after their release.

For more information, please contact us

T: 020 7561 6820
Helpline: 0808 172 0098
E: info@prisonersabroad.org.uk
W: www.prisonersabroad.org.uk

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OUT OF TROUBLE

The UK puts more children in prison as a percentage of its population than any other European country. Feltham in West London is the biggest Prison for young people in Europe with over 700 inmates. Feltham is the only London prison with its own support charity for the inmates. 70+ % of the children in prison have mental health issues, 40+% of the children in prison have language issues - no English in many cases. Friends of Feltham is a small charity with Zero admin costs, which helps in many situations some of which are emergencies that the prison system cannot cope with:

• At the visitor centre the charity have provided signage in other languages, a children’s play area, baby changing facilities

• In the prison providing dictionaries, equipment to hold a family day, shoes for fitness work in the gym.

• Emergency fund for help with phone cards to contact family, shirts for court appearance, chess sets to help overcome boredom

• Support for the One to One volunteer teachers of basic literacy & numeracy

We frequently find that these young people have had no support from parents & many are in care of local authority but sometimes they do have a “Nan” who is kind and offers them some help, so grandparents can be a very powerful support.

For more information, please contact us

Colin Fergusson 
Trustee of Friends of Feltham charity #1023442
T: 02087488590
E: colinferg@hotmail.com
W: www.otoftrouble.org.uk