Christopher Stacey’s blog

Excited and proud

I am incredibly excited and proud to have become the new Chief Executive of Prisoners Abroad. After being offered the position…

Reflections on my first 100 days at Clinks

My first three months at Clinks have flown by, and as I pass the 100-day mark as Director of Support and Development I wanted to look back on my early days, share some reflections, and look towards some of the challenges and opportunities ahead.

A momentous day for tens of thousands of people with old and minor criminal records

“People like me are shackled with old records they cannot get deleted” Join the movement to reform the criminal…

Reflecting on my time as a trustee of Helplines Partnership

Geoffrey boycott, knighthoods and criminal convictions

Council sacks a woman with a criminal record that is nearly two decades old because they say she is a substantial…

The answer to Oxfam’s safeguarding problems is not enhanced DBS checks

Is ‘sealing’ criminal records the best way to help people turn their lives around?