Top Tips for employers and people with convictions: disclosure
‘It doesn’t matter whether you’ve stolen a penny sweet or killed someone…we won’t take people with convictions.’ Imagine hearing those words when you’ve done your… Read More
Join Our Big Conversation about Second Chances
The Longford Blog is an all-year-round conversation – about, amongst other things, prison, the criminal justice system, and what a difference education can make in turning (prison) sentences into degrees as our Longford scholars are all doing. This Blog page is an opportunity for our scholars (like Gavin, pictured above) who are at the heart of what we do - as well as our mentors and others involved in the scholarship programme - to share first-hand experiences and ideas for change.
If you have something you’d like to say, find out how at office@longfordtrust.org
Not just another brick in the wall
This week prisons and the justice system have been in the news. Firstly, a joint justice inspectors’ report found recovery from the pandemic at ‘unacceptable… Read More
Aiming high: keeping hope alive in prisons
In November last year, social justice commentator George the Poet gave a thought-provoking speech to Longford supporters, scholars and mentors. He talked about the game… Read More
Turning a sentence into a degree: one scholar’s remarkable story
Turning a prison sentence into a university degree is what Longford scholars do. Second chances and a personal approach are at the heart of what… Read More