'Unique opportunity' | CIPD announces plan to boost HR aid for prison leavers

The CIPD has announced a new collaboration that will see HR professionals boost support for prison leavers.

The CIPD Trust is conducting the scheme as part of a new partnership with New Futures Network, which will ensure that the people profession has a valuable voice and consistent representation on prison boards across the UK.

The CIPD Trust aims to grow the CIPD’s social impact, extending its charitable works and building diversity within the people profession. It is teaming up with New Futures Network, which supports UK employers to work with prisons and recruit prison leavers, to identify and engage senior people professionals to join Employment Advisory Boards (EABs).

HR support for EABs will include practical advice and guidance for people in prisons around recruitment and skills, creating closer links between prisons and local employers, sharing the challenges employers face so there’s a deeper level of understanding within prisons, and mentoring for Prison Employment Leads.