Unlocking potential through inclusive employment

With UK prisons at capacity and less than 20% of people with convictions securing work within a year of release, the cycle of reoffending remains a major challenge. But employment changes lives and we believe people professionals are part of the solution.

We are passionate about helping people with convictions gain the skills, confidence and opportunities they need to succeed in the workplace. We also support organisations in creating fairer, more inclusive hiring and workplace practices.

We offer the following opportunities for people professionals to support people with convictions into work:

If you’re interested in working with us to support more people with convictions into work, we’d love to hear from you.

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About the New Futures Network

The New Futures Network brokers partnerships between prisons and employers. These partnerships help employers fill skills gaps and provide work for serving prisoners and prison leavers.

New Futures Network brokers three types of partnership:

1. Prison industries: when businesses set up commercial workspaces in prisons, staffed by serving prisoners. These range from construction to carpentry, coding to call centres and more.

2. Release on Temporary Licence (ROTL): when risk-assessed prisoners leave prison each day to work for employers in the community. This can be for a full working week, over an extended period.

3. Employment on release: when employers offer opportunities to prison leavers. This can be after seeing a prisoner work in a prison workshop, or in a workplace on ROTL.