CASS+

26/08/2026

🌱It was great to meet with young people at HMP Channings Wood Prison yesterday - a valuable opportunity to talk about the support available to help them build a positive future following release.

It was also really encouraging to meet other organisations & services who share our goal of supporting people away from crime & towards a more settled, positive life 🙌



Read Easy UK Citizens Advice Plymouth Harbour Plymouth Improving Lives Plymouth South West Community Chaplaincy
Talk Club Sound Communities CIC

26/08/2026

Highly recommend these online webinars and podcasts for families and professionals alike. Thank you Safer Cornwall for all your hard work.

Let's Talk Safer Families are offering a series of free online sessions about online safety for parents and professionals.

Cameras and microphones are switched off and there is no need to participate. You can also watch the sessions in your own time on You Tube.

To register for the event visit the Let's Talk website https://letstalksaferfamilies.org/events/

You can also find details of more up and coming webinars

25/08/2026

🎧 Well worth a listen: The Great Crime Mystery on BBC Radio 4 is an investigative series hosted by former BBC Home Editor, Mark Easton, exploring why public perception of crime is at odds with the official statistics📊

📉He explores the dramatic fall in crime in England and Wales, down roughly 80% over 30 years. He asks why the public still thinks crime is rising, and why politicians rarely celebrate the long-term decline, fearing they may be seen as ‘soft on crime’.

📣In Devon & Cornwall, we’ll keep working with all our partners to reduce offending by getting people the help they need to address the underlying causes.

Available on the iPlayer: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0030c2z

24/08/2026

🌈Given the right support & opportunities, people can leave the past behind & start again. We're delighted to share some more impact figures for 2025-26✨

Huge thanks to all our volunteers & supporters who have made this possible, along with: The Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner for Devon and Cornwall, AB Charitable Trust, Hadley Trust, Access to Justice Foundation, Improving Lives Plymouth, Ministry of Justice UK, Lloyds Bank Foundation for England & Wales, The Albert Gubay Charitable Foundation, Cornwall Voluntary Sector Forum, Southall Trust, Safer Stronger Cornwall, & Forte Charitable Foundation.

13/08/2026

📣 Need support around a family member’s prison sentence or court hearing?

💙 If you need support before, during or after a family member is sentenced to prison and you live in Cornwall, you can book a free, confidential appointment now - either face-to-face or remotely 🤝

📞 Truro: 01872 274104
📧[email protected]

📞 Bodmin: 01208 78003
📧[email protected]

More information about this pioneering work here👇🏾
🔗 https://www.cassplus.org/breaking-the-cycle-starts-with-supporting-families/

12/08/2026

🌟 Huge thank you to Elaine, our Asda Champion in Newton Abbot. She's been far-sighted enough to donate hats, gloves & socks for the many people we expect to see at court & struggling with the cold this winter (admittedly, that does seem a long we off right now 🫠). Your kindness makes a real difference🙏💙

11/08/2026

🌱Can you nominate a Community Payback Project that will benefit your local community? Make suggestions here👇🏽

https://www.gov.uk/nominate-community-payback-project

🤝🏽 Great example below from The Guardian: cleaning canals in the West Midlands as an alternative to prison:

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/aug/07/offenders-cleaning-canals-west-midlands-prison-overcrowding?CMP=share_btn_url

Nominate a Community Payback project to suggest what unpaid work offenders carry out locally; who to contact and what happens next

10/08/2026

📣 New episodes of Behind the Crime just launched on BBC Radio 4.

Each year, nearly 100,000 people go to prison. But what drives someone to commit a crime, and what can be done to prevent this from happening again?

In Behind the Crime, forensic psychologists, Dr Sally Tilt and Dr. Kerensa Hocken, speak with people who have received court sentences to explore what led them to cause harm, and, crucially, what it takes to break the cycle and prevent this from happening again.

Listen live on BBC Radio 4 or catch up on the iPlayer here 🔽

🎧 https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0019r5c

29/07/2026

🤝 If you know someone going through court, we're here to support through one of life's most difficult moments. We're inside Exeter, Newton Abbot, Plymouth, Bodmin & Truro Magistrates' Courts for both criminal & family cases. 🔎Find your local hub here: https://www.cassplus.org/contact-us/