Join us for an immersive strategy day with the Coming Home Project – a lived-experience led organisation working with women in the justice system. Our workshops reduce reoffending, foster stability, and build the bridges between community, employers, and policy. This one-day interactive event brings together VCSE partners, commissioners, practitioners, and women with lived experience to shape a future where rehabilitation means stability, safety, and community.
Who Should Attend
- Commissioners and policy leads
- Employers and HR professionals
- VCSE partners and grassroots organisations
- Academics, researchers, and students
- Women with lived experience of the justice system
What to Expect
🔹 Scene-Setting - The Legacy of Holloway and what women's imprisonment really meansReflections from the film and the voices of women - why the conversation must now move from awareness to action.
🔹 Collaboration Mapping"Breaking silos - who’s already doing what, and where are the gaps?"
🔹 Innovation in Women’s Services"From prevention to reintegration - designing new pathways that reduce custody,"
🔹 Funding Futures"How do we resource alternatives to prison? Exploring grants, commissioning, and cross-sector partnerships,"
🔹 Scoping Tangible Alternatives"What could replace custody? Co-designing viable models for housing, support, and community justice." A look at the Problem Solving Courts research.
🔹 Roundtable & Next StepsCommitments, partnerships, and a roadmap for action beyond the Strategy Day.
Outcomes
By the end of the Strategy Day, you’ll:
✅ Gain a shared understanding of the current women’s justice landscape.
✅ Identify opportunities for joint working and innovation across sectors.
✅ Explore funding streams and commissioning models that can resource alternatives.
✅ Contribute to the co-design of tangible, community-based alternatives to custody.
✅ Build lasting partnerships across VCSE, statutory, academic, and lived-experience sectors.
Guest speakers to be announced*
Breakfast pastries and coffee and a light lunch will be provided*
