HMPPS Grant Funding Programme 2020-22

Grant Funding Stakeholder Event HMPPS Grants Programme 2020-22 Evaluation & National Research Council process Application process and using online application platform – Government Procurement Service Q & A

Policy Context We are shortly inviting applications for one-off grants for 2020–2022 to support offender rehabilitation Open to voluntary sector organisations with the purpose of piloting new services, approaches or extending/developing current programmes Supports Ministerial/Agency priorities Meets identified gaps in existing provision Supporting better outcomes is important, and to achieve this, it is essential that a diverse market and mixed economy is in place To enable VCS organisations to develop and test out approaches which complement core provision and enhance outcomes for service users

Grant Scheme Value Total value of grant scheme is up to £2.5m over 2 years: 2020 -22 Grants will be awarded from £50,000 - £250,000 over 2 years Grant awards run from 1 April 2020 to 31 March 2022, to include set up, delivery of the project, and delivery of all outputs including the completed evaluation, toolkit etc. Evaluation expected by 30 June 2022

Do’s & Don’ts Grants are available for activity taking place in any prison, with any National Probation Client and/or within the Youth estate Activity may be limited to one prison, one probation area/office or cover multiple sites for example a prison, or group and an NPS area/office The grant can’t be used for activity taking place within Community Rehabilitation Companies (CRCs). Grant funding can’t be used to deliver core services which HMPPS should deliver

Eligibility The voluntary sector organisation(s) or consortium receiving the grant from HMPPS, should be a registered charity, an exempt charity (as per the Charities Act 2011, Schedule 3) or social enterprise. The successful recipients will be: A single organisation which will deliver the Funded Activities or A lead organisation working with other voluntary sector organisations (this can include partnerships with Universities) developing elements of the work or An umbrella consortium formed from a number of organisations with shared objectives and agreed arrangements for leadership and governance.

Scope of the programme What projects are we looking for? We welcome project designs which try out ways of improving outcomes for those in our care under the following themes: Improving support for families and significant others Improving outcomes for those with protected characteristics Improving health and well-being Improving safer custody across the prison estate

Improving support for families and significant others Evidence shows us that strong family relationships can play a key role in reducing the likelihood of re-offending. Imprisonment can have a significant impact on the family and children in the community. Projects may include: developing family and significant other relationship (that may not be traditional family ties) orientated services or interventions in prison and probation settings - initiatives to work with the families of those identified as being at risk of suicide or self-harm and/or involvement in violence. Link ideas to the aspirations contained within Lord Farmer’s review and his follow-up review.

Key findings from the HMPPS Annual Offender Equalities Report 2017/18 Age The trend in the ageing population continued. Between 2012 and 2018, there was an increase in the number of older prisoners (those aged 50 and over) of 42%. Ethnicity In March 2018, prisoners from the White ethnic group comprised 73% of the prison population in England and Wales. Prisoners who declared their ethnicity as Black, Asian or Minority Ethnic (BAME) represented 27% of all prisoners, in comparison to 13.1% of the population being from a BAME background. Gender Reassignment There were 139 prisoners currently living in, or presenting in, a gender different to their sex assigned at birth and who have had a local transgender case board. This is up from 125 in the previous year.

Improving outcomes for those with protected characteristics There are a number of groups in the prison estate or in statutory contact in the community that are disadvantaged in comparison to others and require a tailored approach that recognises and responds to the reality of their experience. £250,000 has been ringfenced For an organisation to identify and manage other VCSE organisations to deliver a programme of activity across multiple sites and settings Other lower value bids for this theme will also be considered HMPPS have identified the following groups and topics for specific attention and would like to focus in particular on robustly evaluated work with:

Older people Long Term Prisoners Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender & intersex (LGBTI) people People with learning disabilities and/or physical disabilities Muslim men and women Black and minority ethnic men and women and any intervention that can provide a response to concerns raised through the Lammy Review in respect of Prison and Probation Services. People with experience of the care system (former looked after children) Foreign National offenders Women Children under 18 in custodial settings People from traveller communities

Improving health and well-being People in the criminal justice system often suffer from significant health inequalities. There is a high incidence of mental health problems, taking into account personality disorders, substance misuse including new psychoactive substances, smoking, long-term medical conditions and more. HMPPS want to explore how the involvement of the voluntary sector can support new diverse innovation to address health inequalities and improve wellbeing. Any proposal should not duplicate existing commissioned services and should describe links with such services and emerging programmes such as Reconnect and the Community Sentence Treatment Requirements Programme if relevant.

Improving safer custody across the prison estate HMPPS continues its commitment to tackling violence in prisons and reducing the number of self-inflicted deaths and self-harm incidents. It recognises the need to embed an inclusive approach in order to create a successful and relevant way of addressing violence in custody. It welcomes applications that focus on identifying and supporting those most at risk, reducing self-harm and suicide and measures to improve wellbeing more generally across the prison population that will contribute to a reduction of violence.

HMPPS Grant Team: Bettina Crossick - Head of Third Sector and Grants Programme Victoria Baldwin - Senior Grants Manager Martin Poole - Senior Grants Manager Natasha Sawhney – Grants Manager Grant email address: Nomsgrants@justice.gov.uk