NOMS Grants Programme 2014/15
Bettina Crossick
Commissioning Strategies Group, NOMS
February 2014
Today’s agenda
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NOMS Grant Programme 2014/15
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Overview of the projects
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Evidencing outcomes
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Transforming Rehabilitation Programme
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MOJ wider Policy Developments
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Procurement process
NOMS Grants programme
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The National Offender Management Service will continue the Grants
Programme for the next financial year - 2014/15.
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The grants programme has historically funded VCSE organisations to develop
capability, knowledge and good practice and to deliver activity in areas which
reflect the NOMS priorities.
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Maintains funding streams and offers some financial stability for the VCSE
during the mobilisation of the Transforming Rehabilitation Programme
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Maintains NOMS relationship and joint working with the VCSE
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Encouraging innovation and the development of capability are key areas
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Offers opportunity for focused investment in new priority areas
Priority themes for grant investment from 2014
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Maintenance and development of VCSE capability and stability
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Effective partnership working across the public sector, contracted and voluntary
sectors, and across commissioned and co-commissioned activity.
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Innovative ways of reducing reoffending
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Safer custody
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Rehabilitative cultures and the development of positive leadership behaviours
and practitioner-offender engagement skills.
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Improving outcomes for offenders with learning disabilities and other groups with
protected factors
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Reduction of institutional violence
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The value and impact of new technology
Projects
Develop tailored and targeted work with offenders and their partners
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Develop individually tailored parenting work with both offender and the
offender’s partner in the community.
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Focusing on offenders from Staffordshire and HMYOI Brinsford
Develop models and best practice in advocacy for offenders to access
social care
Themes
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Develop guidance on social care advocacy in prisons with relevant partners, e.g.
Public Health England and Local authorities.
Projects
Proof of concept for Virtual Campus online delivery to support
parenting and relationship skills programmes
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Developing alternative and complimentary delivery format; by offering an opportunity to test
the capability of Virtual Campus beyond its current ETE context;
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Offer new and innovative solutions which may be of benefit to offenders and their families,
programme providers; and Community Rehabilitation Companies
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Improve access by offenders to a range of parenting support designed in response to their
needs.
Projects
Develop approaches where offending is related to membership of, or
affiliation to, a gang
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Testing services, interventions and other activities targeted at those whose offending is
related to their affiliation to, or membership of, gangs.
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Developing provider neutral resources to support the development of practice and build
capability for the adoption of promising approaches.
Develop approaches to reduce conflict and/or violence in order to
support development of a safe, decent and rehabilitative environment
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Designing, delivering and testing services, interventions and other approaches to
understand:
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how conflict or violent incidents may be better managed or reduced;
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how they may contribute to the establishment or maintenance of a safe and decent
environment.
Projects
Develop approaches enhancing rehabilitative cultures
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Supporting development, piloting and testing of promising approaches aimed at enhancing
the development of rehabilitative cultures through innovative partnership working with
VCSE organisations.
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Develop an approach that combines work with offenders in the custody and community
and tests how the co-design and development of a rehabilitative culture in custody can
support effective through the gate activity and improve resettlement outcomes.
Projects
Improve outcomes for offenders with communication difficulties
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To improve outcomes for offenders who have difficulties in understanding and being
understood whilst in custody and under supervision in the community
Psychosocial Volunteer support service to high risk, high harm personality
disordered offenders
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To improve the outcomes for high risk high harm Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD)
offenders returning to the community from custody
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Pilot an adapted model of Circles of Support and Accountability (COSA) service in two
regions
Information on projects
For further information on individual projects, please go to the
Contracts Finder.
https://online.contractsfinder.businesslink.gov.uk/
What are we looking for
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Proposals that maximise the existing specialist VCSE skills & expertise
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Well documented pilot/business case
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Project & management plan
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An honest assessment of existing evidence & plans to evaluate impact
& share learning
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Have a clear idea of the costs involved
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Partnerships – research specialists/other VCSEs
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Sustainability
Contact details
Bettina Crossick
Commissioning Strategies Group, NOMS
Bettina.crossick@noms.gsi.gov.uk