Project
London Prisons Visiting Service
Funding
Around £950,000 a year over four years from the National Offender Management Service to run the service in eight prisons
Background
Children with family members in prison are more likely to struggle at school, have behavioural problems and suffer the impact of family breakdown. From September 2011, children's charity Spurgeons started running centres in London prisons specifically to support this vulnerable group during visits. "It's an incredibly stressful time when family members are in prison, and can make or break some families," says chief executive Ross Hendry. "This was about running a service to support these families and respond to children's needs."
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