Pact (Prison Advice and Care Trust)
Charity
National - England
Our objectives
Pact is a national charity that provides support to prisoners, people with convictions, and their families.
Our mission is to support prisoners and their families to make a fresh start, and to minimise the harm that can be caused by imprisonment on people who have committed offences, on families and on communities.
Our activities
Pact provides support to prisoners, people with convictions, and their families through a range of services, including:
- Prison-based family engagement workers.
- Prison visitors’ centres.
- In- prison visitor support, supervised play, catering and enhanced family activities.
- Prison and community based relationship and parenting education programmes.
- Court and community family support.
- ‘Through the Gate’ and community based mentoring and befriending programmes.
- National helpline and digital information service
Causes
Children / families
Criminal justice