There is a little coffee shop, where two people arrive and approached the counter.

“Five coffees please. Two for us and three hanging.”

They paid, they took their two coffees and left.

I asked the waiter. 'What’s this about hanging coffees?'

“Wait and you'll see.'

Some more…

Imagine being a victim of FALSE ALLEGATIONS and enduring this kind of graffiti.

If your house has been sprayed like this because of false allegations or mistaken identity, YOU WOULD WASH IT OFF.

Online graffiti is exactly the same.

The internet is not the authentic record…

Time to get creative! If you've got a story to tell about the impact of criminal records on your life, Next Chapter Scotland would love to share it, wherever you are in the UK.

And there's a small prize! ⬇️

📢 The 2024 Prison Survey is here! This survey helps give insight into life in Scottish prisons and Scottish Prison Service want as many responses as possible 📝

Please encourage anyone you are supporting in prison to take part and have their say! 🌟

A reminder about our call for creative writing - you don't have to live in Scotland to participate.
Wherever you live, the emotions are universal.

⏰ Not long left to apply! ⏰

We are looking for a dynamic, motivated individual with a passion to contribute to the governance of an excellent service for families affected by imprisonment to join our Board. 🌟

Find out more and apply here 👇
familiesoutside.org.uk/about-us/recru…

Prison populations continue to grow and remand is still an issue, with around 2,000 people awaiting trial. Remand is an extremely costly, uncertain and stressful time for families, with many spending on average £300 a month to support someone.
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🗣️A call for for creative writing about the impact of yours or a loved one's criminal record.

#WritingHope ✍️⬇️

10-yr-old Alex has a suicidal mum, an absent dad, & a social worker who fights his corner. He can also see demons. The book is a two-hander told from the perspectives of Alex, & his psychiatrist, Anya. Reading to review on the blog, as the p.o.v of a child with a social worker.

X doesn't like people deactivating their accounts so it resets all followers & follows on that account to 0 as a temporary penalty, naughty me.
It's nice to be back, anyway.

Some more fantastic feedback on the Pivotal Recovery course to share with you. Get instant access and start your journey to #recovery today by clicking this link buff.ly/3xwbzbI #sexaddiction #pornaddiction

Voters should care because of:

* Cost to taxpayer
* Human rights violations
* No rehabilitation = higher risk of reoffending
* We lock up more people than any other country in Western Europe

More importantly, voters may one day find themselves in this predicament.

These words by poet Laura Riding touched me today, 'To be nobody-but-yourself — in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make you everybody else — means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight; and never stop fighting.'

At the moment, we're busy posting out flyers to organisations across Scotland to tell people about the work that we're doing.

If you're able to make a donation, we'd love the help with our postage bill ☺️🙏
nextchapterscotland.org.uk/donate

So very true. Comparison is the thief of joy. #mentalwellbeing #recovery #addictionrecovery #InspirationalQuotes

‘Address needs in the community’, we couldn’t agree more.

Writing Hope

Annie Hope, facilitator of the writing group 'Writing Strong', has sponsored a call for for creative writing about the impact of yours or a loved ones criminal record.
Tell your story.
You deserve to be heard.

anniehopewriter.wixsite.com/hope/post/writ…
Vox Liminis Arkbound

'Compulsive, addictive substances and behaviors change the brain in predictable ways. For instance, gray and white matter changes seen in MRI scans occur in drug addiction, and these same changes are associated with compulsive pornography use. In drug addiction, functional MRI…

A real invaluable blog (& thread) by the Prison Reform Trust highlighting the child impact assessment which we use when working with children & young people & the importance of partnership working.

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