Harold - York Expand Harold took over the running of the York group in 2015. He is a retired probation officer and brings a broad range of experience to this group.
Dulcie - Chelmsford Expand Dulcie originally set up the family support group in Birmingham in 2015. Since 2020 she has been running the family support group in Chelmsford. Her background is in anthropological and criminological research and she is currently training in Forensic Psychology. She sees the huge benefit of people attending the support group.
Kate - Manchester Expand Kate has been running the Manchester group since 2013. She works for a charity in the North West that works in the criminal justice system and brings a wide range of contacts and experience to this group.
Helen - London Expand Helen has run our family support group at our office in Finsbury Park since 2014. She worked for many years as a probation officer and brings a wealth of experience to this well established group.
Poppy - Bath Expand Poppy has worked in the charitable sector for many years and brings experience from many arenas including criminal justice, mental health and disability. She took over the running of the South West group in July 2018.
Deborah - Liverpool Expand Deborah has worked for many years in advocacy roles in the public and private sectors. She joined Prisoners Abroad to run the Liverpool Family Support Group which was set up in June 2019.
Bethane - Brighton Expand Bethane graduated from the University of Bristol Law School in 2018 where she was Director of the University of Bristol Law Clinic. After this she worked at both Citizens Advice and the National Council for Civil Liberties. She graduated from the Legal Practice Course with a Masters in Professional Legal Practice in 2021, and currently works as a trainee solicitor. Bethane started running the Brighton Family Support Group in February 2020.
Laura - Birmingham Expand Laura has run the group in Birmingham since March 2020. She brings experience of providing psychological support across the UK criminal justice system including court, psychiatric hospitals and prisons.