While the Butler Trust's Annual Awards are for outstanding individuals - the Trust's Ruth Mann Trophy is for notable custodial-based initiatives, which have brought significant benefits locally, and could be rolled out more widely.
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[Kilmarnock (2022)]
Ruth Mann Trophy submission: a 12-session educational programme, aimed at perpetrators of Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) who are not eligible for an accredited domestic violence programme in Scotland. [More about the Ruth Mann Trophy ].
Keywords: families, domestic violence
[Swaleside (2022)]
Ruth Mann Trophy submission: a mentoring programme bringing prisoners and staff together in forums of up to 25 people, intended to break down barriers, change perceptions, and build relationships between prisoners and staff. [More about the Ruth Mann Trophy ].
Keywords: staff-prisoner relationships
[Liverpool (2022)]
Ruth Mann Trophy submission: 35-bed wellbeing unit, housing people with a range of complex needs, including mental health issues, chronic self-harm, drug issues, and trauma. [More about the Ruth Mann Trophy ].
Keywords: health, mental health, complex needs
[Thameside (2022)]
Ruth Mann Trophy submission: a 10-week equine prison programme, leading to a level 2 qualification, aimed at especially challenging and hard to reach young adults, with the aim of improving their engagement as well as their behaviour. [More about the Ruth Mann Trophy ].
Keywords: education, complex needs
[Manchester (2022)]
Ruth Mann Trophy submission: a 75-bed unit designed to support recovery from substance misuse, with all residents working to achieve a shared goal of promoting an environment that supports positive change. [More about the Ruth Mann Trophy ].
Keywords: substance misuse, healthcare
[Thorn Cross (2022)]
Ruth Mann Trophy submission: a programme to make OMU “the hub of the prison,” with Peer Assistants giving advice and guidance, as well as taking applications and assisting staff at a weekly drop-in service. [More about the Ruth Mann Trophy ].
Keywords: resettlement, employment, peer support
[New Hall (2022)]
Ruth Mann Trophy submission: monthly visits by volunteers from the local Mothers Union, who spend the day with residents, help them cook, etc, with a particular focus on women on the Personality Disorder Pathway. [More about the Ruth Mann Trophy ].
Keywords: personality disorder, catering
[Warren Hill (2022)]
Ruth Mann Trophy submission: modelled on Approved Premises, the Willow Unit offers an experience that replicates principles of normality in order to best prepare prisoners for their progression or release. [More about the Ruth Mann Trophy ].
Keywords: resettlement, progression
[Nottingham (2022)]
Ruth Mann Trophy submission: a programme of family visits, held in the prison’s Bistro, which gives prisoners an ‘out of prison’ experience: sitting down and eating a meal with their families. [More about the Ruth Mann Trophy ].
[Wealstun (2022)]
Ruth Mann Trophy submission: a range of catering-related projects, including: a staff mess, a “commercial catering” programme, and an advice and guidance programme on healthy eating. [More about the Ruth Mann Trophy ].
