British Society of Criminology
(May 2002)
£2,000
To pay for funding to provide subsidised places to enable participation by victim and other charitable bodies in a major national conference 'Justice Through Sentencing' on sentencing policy.
www.britsoccrim.org

Catholic Agency for Social Concern
(July 2001)
£3,475
To pay for conference costs and publicity for a Restorative Justice Conference. The conference provided information about restorative justice schemes, and how Christian denominations could support these.

Centre for Crime and Justice Studies
(Dec 2001)
£2,025
To pay for a contribution towards an explanatory seminar of relevant statutory, non-governmental organisations and academics, to discuss establishing an Institute of Mediation and Restorative Justice. The aim being to promote research, teaching and public awareness of mediation, including theory, ethics, public policy and good practice.
www.kcl.ac.uk/ccjs

Centre for Crime and Justice Studies
(May 2003)
£7,300
To pay for a UK Criminal Justice Weblog. The Weblog will provide specialist and the general public with daily news and information on criminal justice issues, and provide links to further information, and promote debate.
www.ukcjweblog.org.uk

Children Law UK
(Sept 2001)
£6,000
To pay for some of the costs of a European Conference to discuss and compare European Youth Justice systems.
www.childrenlawuk.org

Children Law UK
((Sept 2001)
£1,000
To pay for some of the costs of a Reducing Custody seminar bringing together 30-40 experts to discuss ways of safely reducing the use of penal custody for children.
www.childrenlawuk.org

Children's Rights Alliance for England
(July 2003)
£1,000
To pay for the cost of a legal opinion to check the compatibility of the Antisocial Behaviour Bill with the Human Rights Act.
www.crae.org.uk

The Diocese of Winchester
(Jan 2003)
£3,000
To pay for the 'Cost of Crime-Who Pays?' seminar, which aims to challenge assumptions, stimulate debate about the criminal justice system and help engage churches with criminal justice issues.
www.winchester.anglican.org

Essex Restorative Justice Group
(June 2002)
£6,000
To pay for the design, establishment and maintenance costs of the 'Essex Restorative Justice Website' project. The website will aim to promote understanding and acceptance of restorative justice within Essex and to encourage community participation in restorative justice initiatives.

Howard League for Penal Reform in Scotland
(Jan 2003)
£4,623
To pay for a lecture series to increase general public awareness, and encourage non-professionals to become informed and involved in criminal justice issues. RCP funding will also contribute towards measures to increase the League's accessibility.
www.howardleaguescotland.org.uk

Legal Action Group
(Dec 2002)
£9,800
To pay for a series of high profile seminars 'Reconciling rights within the criminal justice system'. The seminars will aim to promote debate on the relationship between the rights of defendants and of victims and the impact of changing that relationship on the criminal justice system.
www.lag.org.uk

NACRO - the crime reduction charity
(Sept 2002)
£9,950
To pay for the 'Out for Good' campaign, to include a joint (NACRO, Big Issue & Prison Reform Trust) fringe meeting at the main party conferences in September & October 2002 and a high level specialist seminar in 2003, to address the issues and problems around ex-prisoners and homelessness.
www.nacro.org.uk

NCH Scotland
(Jan 2003)
£10,000
To pay for an Inquiry into youth crime policy in Scotland. The 'Where's Kilbrandon Now' Inquiry will review the continuing relevance of the Kilbrandon principles and the Hearing System to working with young people who offend, and to make recommendations regarding the future.
www.nch.org.uk

NCH Scotland
(Dec 2003)
£3,000
To pay for the production and publication costs of the report and recommendations of the 'Kilbrandon Now' Inquiry into youth crime policy and review of the Children's Hearing System in Scotland.
www.nch.org.uk

The Open University
(March 2003)
£10,000
To pay for 'The Persistent Prison? International Perspectives' conference in Dec 2003. The aim of the conference will be to discuss why penality has developed in the way that it has over the last two centuries and to highlight contemporary international variations. RCP funds will contribute to the conference costs and the publication of a post conference paperback book.
www.open.ac.uk

Payback
(July 2001)
£9,800
To pay for a part-time broadcast liaison officer and other specialist researchers to build relationships with broadcasters and build the foundations for improved diversity and accuracy of TV and radio programmes about crime and sentencing.

Penal Affairs Consortium
(July 2003)
£10,000
To pay for the production of a set of key criminal justice policy briefing papers. Each to cover a distinct element of the functioning of the UK criminal justice system.

Prison Advice & Care Trust (formerly The Bourne Trust)
(July 2001)
£9,080
To pay for the design and production costs of the Prisoners' Sunday parish pack which raises awareness of the needs of prisoners and prisoners' families and informs a more humane debate on crime and punishment amongst the Christian community.
www.prisonadvice.org.uk

Prison Advice and Care Trust (formerly The Bourne Trust)
(Dec 2002)
£3,000
To pay for the design, production and distribution of a 'What Can I Do' information pack. The pack will raise awareness of the opportunities for volunteering within the criminal justice sector and the benefit of volunteers to this sector.
www.prisonadvice.org.uk

Powys Challenge Trust
(March 2003)
£10,000
To pay for volunteer training, development and promotional costs towards the 'Challenge For Change' programme. The initiative aims to develop awareness and understanding of crime and the criminal justice system in Powys, and encourage participation through volunteering within local communities and schools.
www.powyschallenge.org.uk

Revolving Doors Agency
(Aug 2003)
£3,617
To pay for costs towards the establishment of a Policy and Communications Unit, to help raise the profile of those with mental health problems in contact with the criminal justice sector. The grant will pay for additional funding for recruitment for the Head of Communications post.
www.revolving-doors.co.uk

Salvation Army United Kingdom Territory HQ
(April 2002)
£3,000
To pay for costs of Birmingham University, to chair 12 sessions of the Community Chaplaincy National Advisory Board

Scottish Council Foundation
(May 2003)
£10,000
To pay for project costs towards the 'Criminal and Youth Justice: the Public Interest' programme, to promote a closer alliance between members of the public and justice professionals and to create practical proposals for criminal and juvenile justice in the future in Scotland.
www.scottishcouncilfoundation.org

South Bank University
(July 2001)
£7,500
To pay for the costs of a Punishment Conference to improve understanding about attitudes to punishment and ways of shaping attitudes.

University of Central England
Prison Film Project 2004
(Aug 2002)
£3,000
To pay for initial proposal development costs for a prison film season, which aims to use prison films to stimulate localised public debate about the nature of imprisonment in contemporary society, to raise the profile of RCP, and publicise the penal reform agenda.
www.theprisonfilmproject.com

University of Luton
(Dec 2003)
£1,500
To pay for a comparative study of responses to serious and persistent young offenders in Finland and England. The study will help improve our understanding of how non-custodial policies can be developed, and responses consolidated within professional practice.

Victim Support London
(Dec 2002)
£1,500
To pay for a conference on Restorative Justice and disseminate the findings regarding the importance to victims of the restorative justice processes.
www.vslondon.org

Winchester RJ International Conference Committee
(March 2003)
£10,000
To pay for a Restorative Justice (RJ) Press/Media Officer. The post will work closely with the Committee and other RJ organisations and will help to promote and publicise restorative justice through the media to the public, opinion formers and criminal justice professionals.

YMCA England
(Dec 2002)
£9,950
To pay for some of the costs towards the 'Access All Areas' project for young people. The project will use the YMCA Youth Parliament in Prague '03 to stimulate young people's ideas about crime & punishment, prison, and alternatives to prison, and allow comparisons to be made with other European countries.
www.ymca.org.uk


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