Current news
31 Jan 2012
Further details for Napo's Centenary Conference (Innovation in Probation Practice: Past, Present and Future), have now been published - please click here to view them. Read more
25 Jan 2012
Women in Napo has recently launched a three year strategy to improve women’s representation in Napo leadership and decision-making. We believe that this will help the union to serve you – women members – better. As part of our fact finding and to help us develop the strategy, we are... Read more
20 Jan 2012
Following the ratification process, the Probation Pay Offer 2011-2012 has been accepted by members. Please click on the link below for details: Probation Pay Ratification Results Read more
18 Jan 2012
The Policing and Justice Conference 2012 in London will include Probation and Prisons Minister Crispin Blunt and Napo Assistant General Secretary Ian Lawrence and a range of other speakers. It will address key issues affecting the Probation service such as; Integrated Offender Management, Professional Development for Probation staff, linking up... Read more
18 Jan 2012
Ian Lawrence reports….Following the tremendously successful day of action on November 30th, LGPS unions and Local Government Employer Representatives have reached a joint agreement on the principles and timetable for discussions on the future of the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS in England and Wales). All parties have accepted that... Read more
4 Jan 2012
A study of 80 perpetrators of stalking published last month by Napo the Family Court and Probation Union shows that the reported failure of the criminal justice system to intervene early and deal with stalking means that the behaviour will escalate and result in criminal damage, sexual assault, violence and even homicide. ... Read more
23 Dec 2011
Thousands of prisoners in local jails in England and Wales are remaining inside well beyond their release date because there are insufficient resources to process case files at the Parole Board and Ministry of Justice. Further delay and postponement is caused by paperwork and faxes being routinely lost or misplaced.... Read more
20 Dec 2011
Last nights dramatic meeting at the TUC Public Services Liaison Group (PSLG) considered the outcomes of the latest negotiations in each of the four major public sector pension schemes (Local Government, Health, Teachers and Civil Service).Whilst there was not total unity on the position that was reached following a long... Read more
16 Dec 2011
Download the Probation Pay bulletin below. It provides information about the offer received from the national employers following prolonged and intense negotiations. The formal offer is also attached to this bulletin as are the revised pay bands. The Probation Negotiating Committee is recommending that members accept this offer as the best that will... Read more
2 Dec 2011
A dossier of 33 cases published on 4 December by Napo and PAS exposes shocking use by convicted murders, rapists and stalkers of family and civil court processes to continue to cause fear and alarm to their victims. The briefing details cases of a convicted sex offender applying to the family courts... Read more