ABOUT US:
Pact is a national charity that provides support to prisoners, people with convictions, defendants and their families.
WHY OUR WORK MATTERS:
In the past year we have worked in 58 prisons,supported over 6000 people, provided information ,advice and guidance to 36,952 family members in prison visit centres, supported 116,113 family members to maintain contact with loved ones in prison, supported 20,326 children to visit family members in prison and provided 661 relationship and parenting education programmes to prisoners and their families.
OUR VALUES:
Believe, Listen, Respect, Co-Operate, Learn, Excel, Involve, Connect and Create
OUR AWARDS:
ISO27001 is the national quality standard for information security management. Approved Provider Standard (APS) is the national quality standard designed speciffically for all types of mentoring and befriending projects, and is awarded by the Mentoring and Befriending Foundation.SFJ awards Approved Awards Centre(a subsidary of skills for justice).PACT is proud to be ranked as one of the Sunday Times best NOT-FOR -PROFIT organisations to work for in 2017
THINGS WE ARE PROUD OF:
We are continously improving our services and have a number of innovations that can be commissioned as part of a bespoke service. A "visiting Mum or Dad " project, a "Hear our Voice" project, A children s rights project and a therapeutic play outreach project.
WHAT WE LOOK FOR IN OUR PEOPLE:
Non judgemental volunteers with some time to make a difference.