PROJECT
Breaking Barriers
FUNDING
Funding one senior practitioner costs a minimum of £55,000. Funding comes from a range of trusts, foundations, police and crime commissioners and local and national grant-giving bodies such as BBC Children in Need, which recently donated £105,000
BACKGROUND
Suffolk-based charity Ormiston Families' work with prisoners made the organisation aware of the "hidden sentence" served by children with a family member in prison. It went on to develop a number of projects under the Breaking Barriers umbrella.
ACTION
Breaking Barriers provides support for five- to 16-year-olds early on in their parent's or caregiver's imprisonment. It aims to improve communication with the imprisoned family member and ensure children continue to engage with school.
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