StartHere - a 'no-brainer organisation'

StartHere – a ‘no-brainer organisation’

Posted March 18, 2011

Very busy day on Wednesday attending the Revolving Doors Agency conference – excellent day which has helped MJW focus on its next enquiry in July, which is around mental health. Then went to a House of Common reception for StartHere. Anyone who doesn’t know what they do should check them out: www.starthere.org They are what I call a no-brainer organisation. The government just put money into this now because we badly need them. With all the cuts and resources being stretched, those most in need must be able to access services which continue to exist for them. StartHere will show them where to go.

Roma Hooper

Roma has worked in and around the criminal justice system since 1992, when she was asked to help set up Britain’s first prison radio station at Feltham Young Offenders’ Institution. She has a Masters in Criminal Justice Policy from the London School of Economics, is Chair of the Griffins Society (supporting women in the criminal justice system), Vice-Chair of the Foundation Training Company (which runs a series of prison and community based resettlement and development programmes) as well as Chair and Founder of the Prison Radio Association. In 2010 she launched Make Justice Work, a campaign to highlight the cost of short-term prison sentences and to improve public confidence in community sentences.