Project: Families Affected By Imprisonment (Fabi)
Purpose: To minimise the impact of parental imprisonment on children and families
Funding: Running costs of roughly £500,000 per year from the Scottish Government's Reducing Reoffending Change Fund, Big Lottery Fund, Sodexo and The Robertson Trust
Background: In 2007, Scottish family support charity Circle was commissioned by The Robertson Trust to research the needs of women prisoners at Cornton Vale prison in Stirling. It went on to deliver one-to-one support to mothers and their families and in 2009 gained further funding to work with fathers due to leave Addiewell Prison in West Lothian.
In 2013, Circle was funded by the Scottish Government to provide family support to mothers and fathers in prison as part of two public social partnership mentoring projects - Shine, for women in prison, and New Routes, for prolific male offenders aged between 16 and 25. These projects, combined with Circle's work at Addiewell, make up its Fabi project.
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