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Following up on the previous blog, Dr Rachel Gibson talks us through working with two prisons to develop their culture, using a Participatory Action Research (PAR) approach, and what this research suggests for prisons wanting to use PAR to develop their culture.

At an upcoming Insights event, Sarah McKnight, Deputy Director for Employment, Skills and Education in HMPPS and Marie-Elise Howells, Deputy Director for​ Volunteering and​ Tackling Loneliness at the Department for Culture Media and Sport (DCMS),​ will ​talk us through why it is very important that we consider how loneliness and its negative effects may be exacerbated for people serving time in prison or on community sentences.

Mike Wheatley, Head of Drug and Alcohol Group in HMPPS, reflects on our hugely successful, interesting and informative event on 5th March.  

Mike Wheatley talks us through what this means for HMPPS and our partners and invites you to register for our exciting panel event on 5th March with Keynote Speaker Professor David Best Ph.d., which delves deeper into the issues and supporting evidence.  

A welcome from Nic Bellamy, Head of Insights, HMPPS Evidence and Insights 

Robin Moore, Head of Research at HM Inspectorate of Probation talks us through how the inspectorate supports use of evidence and research and offers some top tips.

Chris Holmes from HMPPS Evidence & Insights Team and Andrea Hood, Volunteering Lead at MoJ Commercial, reflect on a day well spent at HMP Send.

Dr Rachel Gibson talks us through her recent work with Flora Fitzalan Howard, and Dr Helen Wakeling to better understand how to change prison culture.

An invitation from Nic Bellamy, Head of Insights Team, HMPPS Evidence and Insights  to celebrate Insights23

Heather Ross reflects on this event exploring the experiences of women working in justice and the support available for their development, and how HMPPS currently supports women in prison.