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WE ARE HIRING: HEAD OF INFLUENCING
Deadline - Tuesday 2nd December
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We are looking for someone to build on our fantastic progress shifting policy and perceptions – such as our most recent work influencing government policy on recall. #ReshapeRelease
Deadline - Tuesday 2nd December
switchbackworks.info/head-of-infl...
We are looking for someone to build on our fantastic progress shifting policy and perceptions – such as our most recent work influencing government policy on recall. #ReshapeRelease
November 13, 2025 at 2:38 PM
WE ARE HIRING: HEAD OF INFLUENCING
Deadline - Tuesday 2nd December
switchbackworks.info/head-of-infl...
We are looking for someone to build on our fantastic progress shifting policy and perceptions – such as our most recent work influencing government policy on recall. #ReshapeRelease
Deadline - Tuesday 2nd December
switchbackworks.info/head-of-infl...
We are looking for someone to build on our fantastic progress shifting policy and perceptions – such as our most recent work influencing government policy on recall. #ReshapeRelease
Calling all videographers!
Switchback is seeking a creative videographer/editor whose values echo and align with ours to help bring an upcoming campaign to life.
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#FreelanceVideographer #LondonVideographer #CreativeLondon #CreativeJobs
Switchback is seeking a creative videographer/editor whose values echo and align with ours to help bring an upcoming campaign to life.
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#FreelanceVideographer #LondonVideographer #CreativeLondon #CreativeJobs
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September 24, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Calling all videographers!
Switchback is seeking a creative videographer/editor whose values echo and align with ours to help bring an upcoming campaign to life.
switchback.org.uk/wp-content/u...
#FreelanceVideographer #LondonVideographer #CreativeLondon #CreativeJobs
Switchback is seeking a creative videographer/editor whose values echo and align with ours to help bring an upcoming campaign to life.
switchback.org.uk/wp-content/u...
#FreelanceVideographer #LondonVideographer #CreativeLondon #CreativeJobs
We're recruiting Trustees! Are you passionate about supporting young Londoners leaving prison? Do you want to use your finance or fundraising experience to make a difference? You might be just the person we are looking for. Find out more and apply here: switchbackworks.info/trustee-recr...
August 18, 2025 at 1:59 PM
We're recruiting Trustees! Are you passionate about supporting young Londoners leaving prison? Do you want to use your finance or fundraising experience to make a difference? You might be just the person we are looking for. Find out more and apply here: switchbackworks.info/trustee-recr...
It's encouraging to see Parole Board Chair, Caroline Corby supporting the need to reform the prison recall system in the @financialtimes.com
July 22, 2025 at 9:54 AM
It's encouraging to see Parole Board Chair, Caroline Corby supporting the need to reform the prison recall system in the @financialtimes.com
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How to solve the prison recall crisis
@switchbackldn.bsky.social guest blog on their research into prison recalls.
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@switchbackldn.bsky.social guest blog on their research into prison recalls.
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How to solve the prison recall crisis
Switchback guest blog on their research into prison recalls.
www.russellwebster.com
July 7, 2025 at 5:48 AM
How to solve the prison recall crisis
@switchbackldn.bsky.social guest blog on their research into prison recalls.
www.russellwebster.com/how-to-solve...
@switchbackldn.bsky.social guest blog on their research into prison recalls.
www.russellwebster.com/how-to-solve...
"Jamie regrets that he did not have a relationship with his probation officer, as his officer had changed multiple times during his licence."
Our Prison Recall Report 2025, created in partnership with our Experts by Experience Board includes stories such as Jamie and Kareem's.
Our Prison Recall Report 2025, created in partnership with our Experts by Experience Board includes stories such as Jamie and Kareem's.
June 18, 2025 at 11:29 AM
"Jamie regrets that he did not have a relationship with his probation officer, as his officer had changed multiple times during his licence."
Our Prison Recall Report 2025, created in partnership with our Experts by Experience Board includes stories such as Jamie and Kareem's.
Our Prison Recall Report 2025, created in partnership with our Experts by Experience Board includes stories such as Jamie and Kareem's.
✍️ Lance's story
Switchback recently published The Prison Recall Report 2025, created in partnership with our Experts by Experience Board (EBE).
Switchback recently published The Prison Recall Report 2025, created in partnership with our Experts by Experience Board (EBE).
June 10, 2025 at 1:30 PM
✍️ Lance's story
Switchback recently published The Prison Recall Report 2025, created in partnership with our Experts by Experience Board (EBE).
Switchback recently published The Prison Recall Report 2025, created in partnership with our Experts by Experience Board (EBE).
📢 Big news: Switchback and our Experts by Experience Board have launched the Prison Recall Report 2025. This participatory action research offers 7 key recommendations to urgently address the recall crisis and its role in prison overcrowding. switchbackworks.info/Prison-Recal...
The Prison Recall Report 2025 in partnership with our Experts by Experience
The Prison Recall Report was a piece of participatory action research that demonstrates seven key findings and provides seven key recommendations for urgent change. It forms a part of Switchback’s...
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June 4, 2025 at 1:33 PM
📢 Big news: Switchback and our Experts by Experience Board have launched the Prison Recall Report 2025. This participatory action research offers 7 key recommendations to urgently address the recall crisis and its role in prison overcrowding. switchbackworks.info/Prison-Recal...
Switchback CEO Sian Williams and barista & former Switchback Trainee Cyril appear in this @channel4news.bsky.social film about why effective resettlement after prison is so important. www.youtube.com/watch?v=_YZ1...
May 14, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Switchback CEO Sian Williams and barista & former Switchback Trainee Cyril appear in this @channel4news.bsky.social film about why effective resettlement after prison is so important. www.youtube.com/watch?v=_YZ1...
Justice sector friends! Our Policy & Public Affairs Lead Daniel Rajan Mills is co-hosting a workshop at the Criminal Justice Alliance research symposium on Thursday 8th May around 'Prisons and alternative interventions'. You can register here: www.criminaljusticealliance.org/symposium-20...
Criminal justice research symposium | Criminal Justice Alliance
Criminal justice research symposium
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April 15, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Justice sector friends! Our Policy & Public Affairs Lead Daniel Rajan Mills is co-hosting a workshop at the Criminal Justice Alliance research symposium on Thursday 8th May around 'Prisons and alternative interventions'. You can register here: www.criminaljusticealliance.org/symposium-20...
Our wonderful Head of Delivery, Charmaine Best, is speaking on a panel for Debt Free Advice next Wednesday. She'll be part of an important discussion around simplifying debt advice for those who most need it, like prison leavers. Get your ticket here! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/debt-free-...
April 15, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Our wonderful Head of Delivery, Charmaine Best, is speaking on a panel for Debt Free Advice next Wednesday. She'll be part of an important discussion around simplifying debt advice for those who most need it, like prison leavers. Get your ticket here! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/debt-free-...
WE ARE RECRUITING - UP TO 6 NEW MENTOR ROLES
Deadline: 10am on Monday 28th April 2025
As a Switchback Mentor, you will play a vital role in transforming the lives of young prison leavers.
Deadline: 10am on Monday 28th April 2025
As a Switchback Mentor, you will play a vital role in transforming the lives of young prison leavers.
April 3, 2025 at 2:32 PM
WE ARE RECRUITING - UP TO 6 NEW MENTOR ROLES
Deadline: 10am on Monday 28th April 2025
As a Switchback Mentor, you will play a vital role in transforming the lives of young prison leavers.
Deadline: 10am on Monday 28th April 2025
As a Switchback Mentor, you will play a vital role in transforming the lives of young prison leavers.
A future free from homelessness starts now. Join the Crisis campaign to urge the UK Government to build more social homes, fix our support systems and prevent homelessness before it starts. That's how we can end homelessness, once and for all.
www.crisis.org.uk/get-involved...
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A future free from homelessness starts now | Crisis UK
Join us to urge the UK Government to build more social homes, fix our support systems and prevent homelessness before it starts. This will help end homelessness once and for all.
www.crisis.org.uk
March 12, 2025 at 1:51 PM
A future free from homelessness starts now. Join the Crisis campaign to urge the UK Government to build more social homes, fix our support systems and prevent homelessness before it starts. That's how we can end homelessness, once and for all.
www.crisis.org.uk/get-involved...
www.crisis.org.uk/get-involved...
Thank you @bobbywdean.bsky.social for raising a question in the House of Commons today on supporting and investing in effective resettlement for prison leavers #ReshapeRelease
March 11, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Thank you @bobbywdean.bsky.social for raising a question in the House of Commons today on supporting and investing in effective resettlement for prison leavers #ReshapeRelease
What Switchback has been up to recently ✨
1. Switchback Trainee George on shift at our real work training partner The Dusty Knuckle
1. Switchback Trainee George on shift at our real work training partner The Dusty Knuckle
March 10, 2025 at 2:14 PM
What Switchback has been up to recently ✨
1. Switchback Trainee George on shift at our real work training partner The Dusty Knuckle
1. Switchback Trainee George on shift at our real work training partner The Dusty Knuckle
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Impact of Recall Survey
If you or someone you work with has experienced prison recall, please think about spending 10 minutes on this @switchbackldn.bsky.social survey
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If you or someone you work with has experienced prison recall, please think about spending 10 minutes on this @switchbackldn.bsky.social survey
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Impact of Recall Survey
Thank you for your interest in our survey for people with experience of probation in the UK; this survey should only take 10 to 15 minutes to complete.
This survey has been made by a group of young pr...
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March 7, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Impact of Recall Survey
If you or someone you work with has experienced prison recall, please think about spending 10 minutes on this @switchbackldn.bsky.social survey
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
If you or someone you work with has experienced prison recall, please think about spending 10 minutes on this @switchbackldn.bsky.social survey
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
⭐We are hiring - Philanthropy & Development Officer ⭐
We are looking for a go-to person who has a keen eye for detail and can tailor messaging to different audiences.
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We are looking for a go-to person who has a keen eye for detail and can tailor messaging to different audiences.
switchbackworks.info/philanthropy...
February 26, 2025 at 1:39 PM
⭐We are hiring - Philanthropy & Development Officer ⭐
We are looking for a go-to person who has a keen eye for detail and can tailor messaging to different audiences.
switchbackworks.info/philanthropy...
We are looking for a go-to person who has a keen eye for detail and can tailor messaging to different audiences.
switchbackworks.info/philanthropy...
Have you been on probation? Help us to make the recall system fairer and complete our survey: switchbackworks.info/switchback-s...
February 19, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Have you been on probation? Help us to make the recall system fairer and complete our survey: switchbackworks.info/switchback-s...
We were proud to appear on @itvnews.bsky.social last night to support the Black Equity Organisation's work on racial discrimination in post-release GPS tagging practice, and how this impacts effective resettlement for those tagged.
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February 19, 2025 at 10:40 AM
We were proud to appear on @itvnews.bsky.social last night to support the Black Equity Organisation's work on racial discrimination in post-release GPS tagging practice, and how this impacts effective resettlement for those tagged.
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Switchback responds to Independent Sentencing Review’s initial findings:
Please read our full statement here: switchback.org.uk/switchback-r...
Please read our full statement here: switchback.org.uk/switchback-r...
February 18, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Switchback responds to Independent Sentencing Review’s initial findings:
Please read our full statement here: switchback.org.uk/switchback-r...
Please read our full statement here: switchback.org.uk/switchback-r...
6,600 people were recalled to prison in 2023 for 14 or 28 days, often the result of unmet support needs, not reoffending.
Read Catch22's
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February 12, 2025 at 11:34 AM
6,600 people were recalled to prison in 2023 for 14 or 28 days, often the result of unmet support needs, not reoffending.
Switchback is working with Charity People to find a new Chair of the Trustee Board.
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Switchback will be hosting a Q&A webinar session where we will share further insights of the charity and role, as well as answers to any additional questions you may have.
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Switchback will be hosting a Q&A webinar session where we will share further insights of the charity and role, as well as answers to any additional questions you may have.
February 6, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Switchback is working with Charity People to find a new Chair of the Trustee Board.
switchbackworks.info/Chair-of-Tru...
Switchback will be hosting a Q&A webinar session where we will share further insights of the charity and role, as well as answers to any additional questions you may have.
switchbackworks.info/Chair-of-Tru...
Switchback will be hosting a Q&A webinar session where we will share further insights of the charity and role, as well as answers to any additional questions you may have.
We've partnered with the incredible Charity People to find a compassionate and experienced leader to become our new Chair of Trustees.
Please click this for details on how to apply: switchbackworks.info/Chair-of-Tru...
Please click this for details on how to apply: switchbackworks.info/Chair-of-Tru...
January 27, 2025 at 12:26 PM
We've partnered with the incredible Charity People to find a compassionate and experienced leader to become our new Chair of Trustees.
Please click this for details on how to apply: switchbackworks.info/Chair-of-Tru...
Please click this for details on how to apply: switchbackworks.info/Chair-of-Tru...
Switchback is proud to be part of the @london.gov.uk New Deal for Young People, providing life-changing mentoring support for over 100,000 young Londoners.
Mentoring can be life-changing for a young person, building their confidence and supporting them to achieve their potential.
Funding from City Hall and @london-vru.bsky.social has reached 100,000 young people most in need of support and helped divert them away from exploitation and harm.
Funding from City Hall and @london-vru.bsky.social has reached 100,000 young people most in need of support and helped divert them away from exploitation and harm.
Mayor hails impact of mentor provision for 100,000 young Londoners
The mayor admitted there is still ‘a huge amount’ he wants to do to ensure all young Londoners ‘can grow up to fulfil their potential’
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January 15, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Switchback is proud to be part of the @london.gov.uk New Deal for Young People, providing life-changing mentoring support for over 100,000 young Londoners.
Great work from our friends StandOut @penny-parker.bsky.social in their letter to The Times responding to the news that 11 new employment councils will connect prisons and probation services with businesses, and what that means in practice.
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January 13, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Great work from our friends StandOut @penny-parker.bsky.social in their letter to The Times responding to the news that 11 new employment councils will connect prisons and probation services with businesses, and what that means in practice.
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...