A north east charity, Nepacs, celebrated the 25th anniversary of the official opening of the visitors’ centre at HMP Northumberland (formerly HMP Acklington and HMYOI Castington) with a celebration event on Monday 30 April 2018. Nepacs has worked across the north east for over 135 years to help support a positive ...
On 21 May 2018 five members of our Nepacs team based at HMP Holme House (Selina Royal, Sarah Stokes, Sandi Long, Sam Clark and Mary Barnard) and a member of the CRC Through the Gate team (Ruth Bibbings) will take to the dizzy heights of Wales in aid of Nepacs. They are ...
Nepacs is currently seeking new volunteers to help support families and children of prisoners at HMP Northumberland near Morpeth. We have a fantastic team of volunteers working across the region, but are particularly keen to recruit more volunteers at HMP Northumberland located at Acklington near Morpeth. HMP Northumberland is a category ...
Have you visited a north east prison recently (including HMP Durham, Deerbolt, Frankland, Holme House, Kirklevington Grange, Low Newton and Northumberland)? We want to hear your views on the services you receive during your visit and the support you have received from Nepacs or the prison. Please take a few minutes to ...
If you are visiting a north east prison, we would like to invite you to an event in March to have your say on how family ties could be placed at the heart of prison reform in the north east. The Visitors' Voice event will take place on Tuesday 6 March ...
Over the one hundred and fifty years of Nepacs history its fortunes have waxed and wained, often as a result of changes in criminal justice legislation and/or the economic climate. After a period of stagnation in the 1960/70s, the early 1980s saw a regeneration of Nepacs and a significant growth ...
We are holding our annual general meeting and public meeting on Thursday 9 November 2017 at Durham Marriott Hotel Royal County, Old Elvet, Durham DH1 3JN. We are a long standing charity which works across the north east region to help support a positive future for prisoners and their families. Our ...
Professionals working with prisoners, ex-prisoners or those sentenced to community punishments have been presented with awards for their efforts to reduce reoffending by long standing north east charity Nepacs. This is the 13th year of the awards, which are presented by Nepacs to individuals, teams or organisations in the north east ...
On Tuesday 19 September 2017, professionals working with prisoners, ex-prisoners or those sentenced to community punishments in the North East will be presented with awards for their efforts to reduce re-offending. The awards for helping people resettle in the community and rebuild their lives have been given annually by Nepacs - ...
We are giving anyone interested in volunteering the chance to come along to the Volunteer Open Days on: Sunday 24 September 2017 between 10am to 1pm at a coffee shop in Barnard Castle Sunday 1 October 2017 between 11am to 4pm at the visitors centre, HMYOI Deerbolt Monday 9 October 2017 from 1pm ...
