Napo HQ Blog

The UCU union will be putting a motion to this year's TUC conference asking them to call a 30-minute workday solidarity stoppage to coincide with the global school student strike on the 20 th September. The UCU says "millions of school students...Read more
03rd Jul 2019
Celebration, diversity, activism, a demonstration — whatever it means to you, Pride in London is back and set to be our biggest yet. Lesbian, trans, genderqueer or otherwise; wherever you identify, Pride in London is about the people, for the people...Read more
03rd Jul 2019
Whilst Napo members will welcome the Government U-turn which will see the transfer of Offender Management work to the NPS England and Wales by April 2021, the evidence against leaving Intervention services to the vagaries of the market are writ...Read more
01st Jul 2019
The Observer yesterday reported on a new research into the effects of TR by Professor Gill Kirton, of Queen Mary University of London, and Dr Cécile Guillaume, of Roehampton University. The findings, published in the journal Work, Employment and...Read more
01st Jul 2019
The TUC launches its #ThisIsNotWorking campaign today. The campaign calls on the government to introduce a new, easily enforceable preventative duty that would require employers to take all reasonable steps to prevent social harassment in the...Read more
01st Jul 2019
Another challenging issue for Napo at the moment is the position of our members who are called to give evidence to Coroners Inquests in increasing numbers. A meeting took place with Sonia Crozier recently to see how we could encourage the employer...Read more
25th Jun 2019
Work continues on the programme for this year's AGM, 11th and 12th October, in the St Davids Hall, Cardiff. We now have a nearly full programme of lunchtime and early evening workshops and fringe meetings planned. There will be a chance to hear from...Read more
22nd Jun 2019
The Justice Select Committee continues to look at the Probation Service, following the publication of it's comprehensive report into TR. Most recently the committee took evidence from the new Justice Minister, Robert Buckland. They also questioned...Read more
22nd Jun 2019
There are still a few spaces left at the H&S reps training event which will take place on Monday 8th July to Wednesday 10th July and will be held in Room GW1 in the PCS Head Office, 160 Falcon Road, London, SW11 2NY (a couple of minutes walk...Read more
22nd Jun 2019
Lord Farmer’s second review looks at strengthening family and other relational ties across both custody and the community through the lens of female offenders. It finds that supporting women to build and maintain healthy relationships is key to...Read more
22nd Jun 2019

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