Category: For specific groups

Insurance industry and Unlock publish guidance to help people with past convictions to buy insurance

Today we’ve launched guidance with the ABI (Association of British Insurers), to both insurers and individuals, to try to help people to understand what they do and don’t have to disclose, and what insurers should and shouldn’t ask for.

The guidance is available to download here.

This news was released via the Mail on Sunday (see below) and has been picked up in a number of press outlets, including:

Kent and East Sussex council CRB checks ‘unjustified’

We’re featured in a BBC article that has investigated the use of CRB checks by local councils. Read the article here.

Our response to ‘Breaking the Cycle’

We spoke on BBC Radio Kent about the Governments response to the Breaking the Cycle consultation. You can listen to the interview below.

Visit to Northern Ireland / NIACRO / Difficulties with employment interview

Today we’ve been hosted by NIACRO, which is a charity that helps people with convictions in Northern Ireland. They asked us to visit to speak to them about the work that we do, the issues that we face, and to speak to their service user group.

While we were there, we also gave an interview to BBC Radio Ulster, about the difficulties people face in employment. This is available to listen to below.

Time is Money launch: Giving ex-offenders bank accounts will help them – and us

As part of the launch of Time is Money, we worked with the Independent to publish a detailed piece yesterday. This is available here.

Following the launch today, we were also featured in:

On the morning of the launch, we also took part in a Radio 5 Live discussion (which you can listen to below)

Discussion on real work in prison

Today we took part in a discussion on BBC Somerset about real work for people in prison. You can listen to this below.

Why prisoners are being called to account

We’ve worked with the Independent to develop a detailed article on the issues around access to banking for people in prison.

Consumer groups urge insurers to back law reform

We are part of a group of consumers groups that are pushing for changes to insurance law, which was featured in this article in the Financial Times.

Barclays opens up to prisoners reaching the end of their sentence

We’ve contributed to a really positive article which featured in todays Mail on Sunday, looking at the work that Barclays are doing, with our support, in opening bank accounts for people in prison before they are released.

Update – 28th September

This has been followed by an article in the Guardian today, and we also took part in a BBC Manchester radio discussion yesterday (which you can listen to below)

Radio 4 Money Box discussion – Access to bank accounts for people in prison

We contributed to a discussion on Radio 4’s Money Box about the progress being made on access to bank accounts for people in prison