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“It is difficult to know all the answers to prayer but we do have evidence and we know God answers,” says Padma Amliwala, a Prison Fellowship Volunteer in a video interview published today on www.prisonfellowship.org.uk .
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Changes brought in from the London Intervention Strategy by the National Offender Management Service (NOMS) has made London prisons a particular challenge according to Gita Paton, Prison Fellowship (PF) Regional Coordinator for London.
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Prison Fellowship (England and Wales) www.prisonfellowship.org.uk is appealing for more people to volunteer to help in the prison service as Prisons Week (www.prisonsweek.org) continues (20-26 November).
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When the victim of a crime is telling a group of prisoners how it felt, you can hear a pin drop – says Ciaran Nagle, a Prison Fellowship Sycamore Tree (ST) tutor, in an interview published this morning on the Prison Fellowship website (www.prisonfellowship.org.uk) to mark Prisons Week 2011 (www.prisonsweek.org).
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Attempting to reduce the number of children incarcerated in UK prisons is a key aim of Prison Fellowship (www.prisonfellowship.org.uk) as Prisons Week (www.prisonsweek.org) continues.
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“It is difficult to know all the answers to prayer but we do have evidence and we know God answers,” says Padma Amliwala, a Prison Fellowship Volunteer in a video interview published today on www.prisonfellowship.org.uk .
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Prisoners value the contribution of volunteers because they see people doing something to help others for no financial gain – according to Terry Brown, Prison Fellowship (PF) Regions Manager.
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The Bishop of Repton, Humphrey Southern, will be resident Tweeter for the Charity Prison Fellowship (England and Wales) over the next 7 days during Prisons Week 2011 (20-26 November www.prisonsweek.org).
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Getting involved in prison ministry at a time when the British penal system is under enormous pressure is the challenge being issued by Prison Fellowship (England and Wales) next month during Prisons Week (20-26 November).
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Prison Fellowship (England & Wales) are calling on Christians of all denominations to pray for all prisoners, their families, prison staff and governors as prison numbers reached a record high in England and Wales last week.
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HTB will be hosting a variety of people involved in all areas of the prison system and resettlement of ex-offenders in the community, and this year the focus will be on the work at the grassroots.
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Prison Fellowship Conference, 9th - 11th March 2012
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Prison Fellowship (England & Wales) has embarked on a fundraising campaign to raise an extra £200,000 to match the increasing need for its ministry.
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Londoners interested in volunteering in a wide range of local prison programmes are invited to attend a Prison Fellowship Volunteer Day at St Paul’s Church, Finchley, London on Saturday 2 July (10.00am-4.00pm).
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Natalie Cronin, Chief Executive Prison Fellowship (England & Wales), will run a workshop in Toronto, Canada, at the end of this month (28 June) focusing on ways of ensuring an effective Christian presence into all prisons.
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Prison Fellowship and Liverpool Alpha in Prisons Project www.alpha.org/prisons will be hosting a Prison Ministry and Prayer Event at the Emmanuel Church, Fazakerley, Liverpool on Saturday 11 June (10.00-15.30).
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Getting involved in working with prisoners and their families is a great way of showing how volunteers can make a difference, according to Delia, a Prison Fellowship volunteer.
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The Chaplain General to H.M. Prisons, William Noblett, last night paid tribute to the work of volunteers throughout Prison Fellowship England and Wales at a Reception at Europe House, central London, to mark National Volunteers’ Week 2011 (www.volunteersweek.org.uk 1st-7th June).
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More Christians need to volunteer to work with prisoners – according to Revd Malcolm Carter, who worked as a Chaplain in Walton Jail on Merseyside for two decades.
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The Revd Shawn Verhey, Coordinating Chaplain of HMP/YOI Thorn Cross, believes that volunteers have never been more essential in the current climate affecting all those within the prison service.
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Prison Fellowship www.prisonfellowship.org.uk is launching a drive for Christian volunteers to support its extensive work in England and Wales prisons as part of National Volunteers Week 2011 (1st-7th June ).
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Prison Fellowship has expanded its Angel Tree programme this year by allowing prisoners to send a card and present to their Mums for Mothering Sunday.
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An Awareness Day aimed at local Christians who are interested in volunteering with Prison Fellowship will be held at the Bridge Centre, Stoke on Trent, on Saturday 21 May (9:30-12:00pm).
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Solicitor and former Prison Service worker Gita Paton has taken up the challenge of spearheading the work of Prison Fellowship across London.
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Remembering the needs and concerns of prisoners across England & Wales will be the focus of Christmas for many volunteers and supporters of Prison Fellowship over the next few days.
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Prison Fellowship’s restorative justice programme Sycamore Tree achieves a milestone today (14th December) when the 1000th programme is completed.
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Natalie Cronin, Chief Executive of Prison Fellowship in England and Wales, has welcomed the Government’s Green Paper on Prisons, Breaking the Cycle, and called for more volunteers to help reduce reoffending.
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Prison Fellowship (England & Wales) will be giving a presentation of their work at the Chester Diocesan Prisons Week service at St Peter’s Church, Chapel Street, Congleton on Wednesday (24th November) at 7.30pm.
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One of Prisons Fellowship’s groups in Norfolk is to host an Open Morning at Sheringham’s St Andrew’s Methodist Church on Saturday 20th November (10am – 12pm).
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More volunteers are being recruited to help run Prison Fellowship’s restorative justice programme Sycamore Tree as work in prisons becomes even more reliant on trained volunteers.
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The Bishop of Liverpool and Bishop to Prisons, James Jones, believes that the current economic situation provides new opportunities for the churches to get more involved in prison ministry.
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A campaign for new volunteers launched last month by Prison Fellowship England and Wales (www.prisonfellowship.org.uk) to support Britain’s 87,000 prisoners is focusing on recruiting more volunteers in the East of England.
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A call for the student body of 2010-11 to support and help prison ministry has been launched today by Prison Fellowship (England and Wales) www.prisonfellowship.org.uk.
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A nationwide campaign to raise more volunteers to work in prisons in the North West is attracting lots of interest because of the energy and commitment of existing volunteers – according to regional co-ordinator Stephen Hawkins.
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A campaign to provide extra volunteer support to Britain’s 87,000 prisoners is launched today by Prison Fellowship (England & Wales) (www.prisonfellowship.org.uk). The charity has supporters in most parts of the country as well as volunteers facilitating a wide range of projects including the highly successful Sycamore Tree Restorative Justice programme (www.prisonfellowship.org.uk/sycamore-tree.html.)
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Prison Fellowship England and Wales will be hosting a Fun Day for volunteers in the North East on Saturday 11 September in the English Martyrs Hall, York, from 10am – 4pm.
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Prison Fellowship England and Wales is holding a regional prayer day in Milton Baptist Church, Weston-Super-Mare, on Friday 23rd July from 11am (until 3pm).
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An important volunteer programme of Letter Writing to UK prison inmates has been re-launched by Prison Fellowship England & Wales.
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Putting the work of Prison Fellowship on the map across the Diocese of Guildford was at the top of the agenda of Prison Fellowship Chief Executive Natalie Cronin when she addressd a meeting of the Guildford Diocesan Synod on Saturday 19th June.
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Prison Fellowship England and Wales will be at the Christian Community Action Exhibition at Celebrate Norwich & Norfolk this Friday 11 June (from 9am).
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The massive contribution made by an increasing number of volunteers to the work of Prison Fellowship England & Wales is celebrated in the latest edition of its monthly newsletter Voices –published this week.
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Volunteers are being recruited from across Derbyshire by Prison Fellowship England and Wales to work with prisons across the county.
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Prison Fellowship England and Wales is giving its full backing to this year’s National Volunteers’ Week (1 – 7 June) (www.volunteersweek.org.uk)
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Prison Fellowship supporters from across the Midlands are invited to a special meeting at Elim Ministry of Love Church, Winson Green, on Wednesday 19th May (7.30pm)
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The issue of prisoners and their victims has already played a part in this election campaign and will probably do so again in the final straight. As a Christian community, Prison Fellowship urges churches across the UK to reflect prayerfully on this area.
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A report of Prison Fellowship England & Wales recent conference features on the front page of Global Link, Prison Fellowship International's newsletter.
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An interactive, online archive celebrating 30 years of Prison Fellowship England and Wales was launched at a recent PFEW conference at Swanwick, Derbyshire.
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Natalie Cronin, Chief Executive of Prison Fellowship England & Wales, this weekend urged the organization to be “ridiculously ambitious�? in trying to touch the lives of every prisoner in England and Wales in future years.
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The Kendal branch of Prison Fellowship England and Wales are hosting a “Restorative Justice�? evening on Thursday 18th March (7.30pm) in Kendal Town Hall.
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Have you booked your place? As well as talks from guest speakers including Krish Kandiah and Bishop James Jones, we have a range of exciting workshops and a 30th birthday celebration for Prison Fellowship England & Wales.
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We are delighted to announce the publication of the 2009 Hallam Centre for Community Justice “Evaluation of the Sycamore Tree Programme�?, based on an analysis of Crime Pics II data, by Simon Feasey and Patrick Williams.
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Join us for our Conference on 12-14 March 2010 at The Hayes, Swanwick, where we will be celebrating over 30 years of PFEW.
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Prison Fellowship England and Wales, the largest provider of restorative justice/victim awareness programmes in prisons, today announces the appointment of Natalie Cronin as Chief Executive Officer.
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