FairChecks
@fairchecks.bsky.social
Our criminal records system traps people in the past. It's time for a fresh start. Join us in calling for #FairChecks
FairChecks is a movement led by charities Unlock and @TransformJustice.bsky.social
FairChecks is a movement led by charities Unlock and @TransformJustice.bsky.social
After hundreds of FairChecks supporters wrote to Lord Chancellor David Lammy calling for fairer criminal records checks, we received a response from Lord Timpson.
🔗Read the full letter here - and join the movement, if you haven't already! fairchecks.org.uk/lord-timpson...
🔗Read the full letter here - and join the movement, if you haven't already! fairchecks.org.uk/lord-timpson...
October 22, 2025 at 8:59 AM
After hundreds of FairChecks supporters wrote to Lord Chancellor David Lammy calling for fairer criminal records checks, we received a response from Lord Timpson.
🔗Read the full letter here - and join the movement, if you haven't already! fairchecks.org.uk/lord-timpson...
🔗Read the full letter here - and join the movement, if you haven't already! fairchecks.org.uk/lord-timpson...
A criminal record, even for a minor offence, can hold you back from work opportunities for a long, long time.
We need a more proportionate system - for people with records, for their families, for our society and economy.
Help us secure a fairer future, join our campaign today - fairchecks.org.uk
We need a more proportionate system - for people with records, for their families, for our society and economy.
Help us secure a fairer future, join our campaign today - fairchecks.org.uk
September 1, 2025 at 3:14 PM
A criminal record, even for a minor offence, can hold you back from work opportunities for a long, long time.
We need a more proportionate system - for people with records, for their families, for our society and economy.
Help us secure a fairer future, join our campaign today - fairchecks.org.uk
We need a more proportionate system - for people with records, for their families, for our society and economy.
Help us secure a fairer future, join our campaign today - fairchecks.org.uk
Following heartbreaking insight from Jade, a victim of grooming gangs who was convicted for sexual offences as a child, Paula Harriott explains our campaign for wider change regarding childhood criminal records on Woman's Hour.
🔗Catch up on the full segment here: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
🔗Catch up on the full segment here: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
June 23, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Following heartbreaking insight from Jade, a victim of grooming gangs who was convicted for sexual offences as a child, Paula Harriott explains our campaign for wider change regarding childhood criminal records on Woman's Hour.
🔗Catch up on the full segment here: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
🔗Catch up on the full segment here: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
The brilliant Paula Harriott will be on Woman's Hour (BBC Radio 4) to talk about childhood criminal records, some time between 10am-11am this morning. Tune in to catch her live!
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🎧 www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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June 23, 2025 at 9:00 AM
The brilliant Paula Harriott will be on Woman's Hour (BBC Radio 4) to talk about childhood criminal records, some time between 10am-11am this morning. Tune in to catch her live!
🎧 www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
🎧 www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
The brilliant Paula Harriott will be on Woman's Hour (BBC Radio 4) to talk about childhood criminal records, some time between 10am-11am this morning. Tune in to catch her live!
🎧 www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
🎧 www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC Radio 4 - Woman's Hour, 23/06/2025
Women's voices and women's lives - topical conversations to inform, challenge and inspire.
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June 23, 2025 at 8:43 AM
The brilliant Paula Harriott will be on Woman's Hour (BBC Radio 4) to talk about childhood criminal records, some time between 10am-11am this morning. Tune in to catch her live!
🎧 www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
🎧 www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
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Baroness Casey has asked for gov to wipe the slate clean of criminal records of those who were sexually exploited as children by grooming gangs. Great recommendation. But when they review how to do this can they also look at wiping the slate clean for other childhood offences? www.fairchecks.org.uk
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A fresh start for the criminal records system We’re fighting to ensure that people with criminal records have a fair chance to find work and fulfil their potential. Will you join us? SIGN UP Sign the ...
www.fairchecks.org.uk
June 17, 2025 at 5:58 AM
Baroness Casey has asked for gov to wipe the slate clean of criminal records of those who were sexually exploited as children by grooming gangs. Great recommendation. But when they review how to do this can they also look at wiping the slate clean for other childhood offences? www.fairchecks.org.uk
♾️A lifetime of punishment for one moment in time?
It's time for change, and the best way you can help is to write to your MP and ask to set up a meeting to discuss criminal records reform.
🔗We've made it easy! Take a few minutes to send a quick email here: lnkd.in/euQwFpQH
It's time for change, and the best way you can help is to write to your MP and ask to set up a meeting to discuss criminal records reform.
🔗We've made it easy! Take a few minutes to send a quick email here: lnkd.in/euQwFpQH
May 23, 2025 at 10:11 AM
♾️A lifetime of punishment for one moment in time?
It's time for change, and the best way you can help is to write to your MP and ask to set up a meeting to discuss criminal records reform.
🔗We've made it easy! Take a few minutes to send a quick email here: lnkd.in/euQwFpQH
It's time for change, and the best way you can help is to write to your MP and ask to set up a meeting to discuss criminal records reform.
🔗We've made it easy! Take a few minutes to send a quick email here: lnkd.in/euQwFpQH
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This cyber attack www.theguardian.com/law/2025/may... is one of the worst ever in that apparently people's criminal records have been hacked. These records in the hands of hackers could do terrible damage to people who have long moved on and risk people being subject to blackmail
Legal aid hack: data from hundreds of thousands of people accessed, says MoJ
Data including criminal records downloaded in ‘significant’ cyber-attack at Legal Aid Agency in April, ministry confirms
www.theguardian.com
May 19, 2025 at 12:01 PM
This cyber attack www.theguardian.com/law/2025/may... is one of the worst ever in that apparently people's criminal records have been hacked. These records in the hands of hackers could do terrible damage to people who have long moved on and risk people being subject to blackmail
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FairChecks supporter Steve met with his MP to talk about criminal records reform. 🎥 Hear Steve’s reflections and why he thinks meeting your MP matters ⬇️
💙 Ready to take action? Use our handy tool to send off an email to your MP in a matter of minutes:
🔗https://fairchecks.org.uk/write-to-your-mp/
💙 Ready to take action? Use our handy tool to send off an email to your MP in a matter of minutes:
🔗https://fairchecks.org.uk/write-to-your-mp/
May 13, 2025 at 10:56 AM
FairChecks supporter Steve met with his MP to talk about criminal records reform. 🎥 Hear Steve’s reflections and why he thinks meeting your MP matters ⬇️
💙 Ready to take action? Use our handy tool to send off an email to your MP in a matter of minutes:
🔗https://fairchecks.org.uk/write-to-your-mp/
💙 Ready to take action? Use our handy tool to send off an email to your MP in a matter of minutes:
🔗https://fairchecks.org.uk/write-to-your-mp/
FairChecks supporter Steve met with his MP to talk about criminal records reform. 🎥 Hear Steve’s reflections and why he thinks meeting your MP matters ⬇️
💙 Ready to take action? Use our handy tool to send off an email to your MP in a matter of minutes:
🔗https://fairchecks.org.uk/write-to-your-mp/
💙 Ready to take action? Use our handy tool to send off an email to your MP in a matter of minutes:
🔗https://fairchecks.org.uk/write-to-your-mp/
May 13, 2025 at 10:56 AM
FairChecks supporter Steve met with his MP to talk about criminal records reform. 🎥 Hear Steve’s reflections and why he thinks meeting your MP matters ⬇️
💙 Ready to take action? Use our handy tool to send off an email to your MP in a matter of minutes:
🔗https://fairchecks.org.uk/write-to-your-mp/
💙 Ready to take action? Use our handy tool to send off an email to your MP in a matter of minutes:
🔗https://fairchecks.org.uk/write-to-your-mp/
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💡What motivated the children who were swept up in the riots of summer 2024? And what should have happened to them?
🔗 Read our Insight by @penelopegibbs.bsky.social here:
www.transformjustice.org.uk/news-insight...
🔗 Read our Insight by @penelopegibbs.bsky.social here:
www.transformjustice.org.uk/news-insight...
“I just went to be nosy”: children, punishment and the 2024 riots - Transform Justice
www.transformjustice.org.uk
April 29, 2025 at 1:18 PM
💡What motivated the children who were swept up in the riots of summer 2024? And what should have happened to them?
🔗 Read our Insight by @penelopegibbs.bsky.social here:
www.transformjustice.org.uk/news-insight...
🔗 Read our Insight by @penelopegibbs.bsky.social here:
www.transformjustice.org.uk/news-insight...
How long should a 13-year-old convicted of affray have to disclose their conviction? What about someone given a short prison sentence for possession of ketamine?
Find out what the public thinks in @penelopegibbs.bsky.social's article in @justicegap.bsky.social
www.thejusticegap.com/does-the-pub...
Find out what the public thinks in @penelopegibbs.bsky.social's article in @justicegap.bsky.social
www.thejusticegap.com/does-the-pub...
Does the public want reform of criminal records checks? – The Justice Gap
www.thejusticegap.com
April 7, 2025 at 4:11 PM
How long should a 13-year-old convicted of affray have to disclose their conviction? What about someone given a short prison sentence for possession of ketamine?
Find out what the public thinks in @penelopegibbs.bsky.social's article in @justicegap.bsky.social
www.thejusticegap.com/does-the-pub...
Find out what the public thinks in @penelopegibbs.bsky.social's article in @justicegap.bsky.social
www.thejusticegap.com/does-the-pub...
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Via FOI we'd found out that people who committed childhood offences (under age 18) have to declare them in DBS checks decades later - a 70 year old had to declare obstructing a constable as a teenager & a 67 year old to disclose shoplifting committed before 1973 www.thetimes.com/article/291a...
DBS checks force pensioners to disclose childhood crimes
Call for reform of criminal record disclosures as people who have not transgressed since the 1960s are made to explain minor offences
www.thetimes.com
March 26, 2025 at 7:06 AM
Via FOI we'd found out that people who committed childhood offences (under age 18) have to declare them in DBS checks decades later - a 70 year old had to declare obstructing a constable as a teenager & a 67 year old to disclose shoplifting committed before 1973 www.thetimes.com/article/291a...
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@fairchecks.bsky.social – Judge's Choice Winner (£100,000 - £250,000 category) 🥇
Directed by Jordan Pitt, supported by Criminal Justice Alliance and Crucible Foundation, and Executively Produced by Tolu Stedford:
smileycharityfilmawards.com/films/fairch...
Directed by Jordan Pitt, supported by Criminal Justice Alliance and Crucible Foundation, and Executively Produced by Tolu Stedford:
smileycharityfilmawards.com/films/fairch...
FairChecks
We’re so pleased to share with you our brand new FairChecks short film, highlighting the experiences of those facing the life-long barrier of a criminal…
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March 24, 2025 at 12:00 PM
@fairchecks.bsky.social – Judge's Choice Winner (£100,000 - £250,000 category) 🥇
Directed by Jordan Pitt, supported by Criminal Justice Alliance and Crucible Foundation, and Executively Produced by Tolu Stedford:
smileycharityfilmawards.com/films/fairch...
Directed by Jordan Pitt, supported by Criminal Justice Alliance and Crucible Foundation, and Executively Produced by Tolu Stedford:
smileycharityfilmawards.com/films/fairch...
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🎉What an incredible night at the Smiley Charity Film Awards! We are thrilled to announce that our film won its category! @fairchecks.bsky.social
Fantastic to see the hard work of Jordan, Lee, Tolu and the entire cast & crew recognised and shared.
Watch the film: fairchecks.org.uk/fairchecks-a...
Fantastic to see the hard work of Jordan, Lee, Tolu and the entire cast & crew recognised and shared.
Watch the film: fairchecks.org.uk/fairchecks-a...
March 21, 2025 at 12:43 PM
🎉What an incredible night at the Smiley Charity Film Awards! We are thrilled to announce that our film won its category! @fairchecks.bsky.social
Fantastic to see the hard work of Jordan, Lee, Tolu and the entire cast & crew recognised and shared.
Watch the film: fairchecks.org.uk/fairchecks-a...
Fantastic to see the hard work of Jordan, Lee, Tolu and the entire cast & crew recognised and shared.
Watch the film: fairchecks.org.uk/fairchecks-a...
⚠️Just one week to go until our briefing at the House of Lords. This is a huge opportunity for us to communicate directly with decision-makers - and we need as many MPs in the room as possible!
Will you help by inviting your MP today?
It takes less than 2 minutes⬇️
🔗 fairchecks.org.uk/invite-your-...
Will you help by inviting your MP today?
It takes less than 2 minutes⬇️
🔗 fairchecks.org.uk/invite-your-...
March 20, 2025 at 11:34 AM
⚠️Just one week to go until our briefing at the House of Lords. This is a huge opportunity for us to communicate directly with decision-makers - and we need as many MPs in the room as possible!
Will you help by inviting your MP today?
It takes less than 2 minutes⬇️
🔗 fairchecks.org.uk/invite-your-...
Will you help by inviting your MP today?
It takes less than 2 minutes⬇️
🔗 fairchecks.org.uk/invite-your-...
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A group is absent from the narrative re why people are not in work. 1 in 4 adults of working age in England & Wales has a criminal record, many for minor crimes committed decades ago. Having a record is a huge barrier to getting jobs, or even applying & a driver to ill health www.fairchecks.org.uk
Home - #FairChecks
A fresh start for the criminal records system We’re fighting to ensure that people with criminal records have a fair chance to find work and fulfil their potential. Will you join us? SIGN UP Sign the ...
www.fairchecks.org.uk
March 18, 2025 at 10:50 AM
A group is absent from the narrative re why people are not in work. 1 in 4 adults of working age in England & Wales has a criminal record, many for minor crimes committed decades ago. Having a record is a huge barrier to getting jobs, or even applying & a driver to ill health www.fairchecks.org.uk
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⚠️ In March, we're hosting a briefing to inform MPs and Lords of the issues surrounding criminal records disclosure and how they can help.
Let's make sure we have as many MPs as possible in attendance - can you take two minutes to invite your MP?
🔗➡️ fairchecks.org.uk/invite-your-...
Let's make sure we have as many MPs as possible in attendance - can you take two minutes to invite your MP?
🔗➡️ fairchecks.org.uk/invite-your-...
February 26, 2025 at 4:26 PM
⚠️ In March, we're hosting a briefing to inform MPs and Lords of the issues surrounding criminal records disclosure and how they can help.
Let's make sure we have as many MPs as possible in attendance - can you take two minutes to invite your MP?
🔗➡️ fairchecks.org.uk/invite-your-...
Let's make sure we have as many MPs as possible in attendance - can you take two minutes to invite your MP?
🔗➡️ fairchecks.org.uk/invite-your-...
⚠️ In March, we're hosting a briefing to inform MPs and Lords of the issues surrounding criminal records disclosure and how they can help.
Let's make sure we have as many MPs as possible in attendance - can you take two minutes to invite your MP?
🔗➡️ fairchecks.org.uk/invite-your-...
Let's make sure we have as many MPs as possible in attendance - can you take two minutes to invite your MP?
🔗➡️ fairchecks.org.uk/invite-your-...
February 26, 2025 at 4:26 PM
⚠️ In March, we're hosting a briefing to inform MPs and Lords of the issues surrounding criminal records disclosure and how they can help.
Let's make sure we have as many MPs as possible in attendance - can you take two minutes to invite your MP?
🔗➡️ fairchecks.org.uk/invite-your-...
Let's make sure we have as many MPs as possible in attendance - can you take two minutes to invite your MP?
🔗➡️ fairchecks.org.uk/invite-your-...
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Criminal records have always been a barrier for visitors to USA. Now UK has set up similar barrier. Our new visa waiver scheme asks anyone applying - have you been convicted of a crime in last 12 months? Visitors who've travelled to UK fine until recently are now rejected www.wsj.com/lifestyle/tr...
New Travel Rules Snag Visitors to the U.K.
A new approval process for visitors to the U.K. is tripping up some travelers, especially for those with a prior criminal conviction.
www.wsj.com
February 20, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Criminal records have always been a barrier for visitors to USA. Now UK has set up similar barrier. Our new visa waiver scheme asks anyone applying - have you been convicted of a crime in last 12 months? Visitors who've travelled to UK fine until recently are now rejected www.wsj.com/lifestyle/tr...
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⚠️One week to go until voting for the Smiley Charity Film Awards closes!⚠️
Your vote for FairChecks could make all the difference in helping us advance to the next stage, and reach more people with our message! 🤞
🔗Please take a moment to vote here⬇️
smileycharityfilmawards.com/films/fairch...
Your vote for FairChecks could make all the difference in helping us advance to the next stage, and reach more people with our message! 🤞
🔗Please take a moment to vote here⬇️
smileycharityfilmawards.com/films/fairch...
January 29, 2025 at 3:44 PM
⚠️One week to go until voting for the Smiley Charity Film Awards closes!⚠️
Your vote for FairChecks could make all the difference in helping us advance to the next stage, and reach more people with our message! 🤞
🔗Please take a moment to vote here⬇️
smileycharityfilmawards.com/films/fairch...
Your vote for FairChecks could make all the difference in helping us advance to the next stage, and reach more people with our message! 🤞
🔗Please take a moment to vote here⬇️
smileycharityfilmawards.com/films/fairch...
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Please vote now for @fairchecks.bsky.social #charityfilmawards #TheSmileys #CFA25 #Smiley smileycharityfilmawards.com/films/fairch...
FairChecks
We’re so pleased to share with you our brand new FairChecks short film, highlighting the experiences of those facing the life-long barrier of a criminal…
smileycharityfilmawards.com
January 30, 2025 at 9:03 AM
⚠️One week to go until voting for the Smiley Charity Film Awards closes!⚠️
Your vote for FairChecks could make all the difference in helping us advance to the next stage, and reach more people with our message! 🤞
🔗Please take a moment to vote here⬇️
smileycharityfilmawards.com/films/fairch...
Your vote for FairChecks could make all the difference in helping us advance to the next stage, and reach more people with our message! 🤞
🔗Please take a moment to vote here⬇️
smileycharityfilmawards.com/films/fairch...
January 29, 2025 at 3:44 PM
⚠️One week to go until voting for the Smiley Charity Film Awards closes!⚠️
Your vote for FairChecks could make all the difference in helping us advance to the next stage, and reach more people with our message! 🤞
🔗Please take a moment to vote here⬇️
smileycharityfilmawards.com/films/fairch...
Your vote for FairChecks could make all the difference in helping us advance to the next stage, and reach more people with our message! 🤞
🔗Please take a moment to vote here⬇️
smileycharityfilmawards.com/films/fairch...
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Positive interview @mattdathan.bsky.social with prisons minister pointing out reliability of former prisoners as employees. 1 in 4 people E&W have criminal record. Only some have been imprisoned so we need fairer criminal records checks for ALL www.fairchecks.org.uk www.thetimes.com/article/84bc...
Ex-convicts ‘just as reliable’ as other staff, says prisons minister
Lord Timpson, who has campaigned for radical reform of the prison system, stuck by his belief that two thirds of ex-prisoners should never have been jailed
www.thetimes.com
January 10, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Positive interview @mattdathan.bsky.social with prisons minister pointing out reliability of former prisoners as employees. 1 in 4 people E&W have criminal record. Only some have been imprisoned so we need fairer criminal records checks for ALL www.fairchecks.org.uk www.thetimes.com/article/84bc...
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We know criminal records make it difficult to find work. But the struggle doesn't end there! Criminal records also stop people from maintaining jobs & progressing in their careers.
@nicolacollett.bsky.social discusses her research in our latest podcast episode.
🎧 Listen now: pod.fo/e/2905a0
@nicolacollett.bsky.social discusses her research in our latest podcast episode.
🎧 Listen now: pod.fo/e/2905a0
December 19, 2024 at 2:31 PM
We know criminal records make it difficult to find work. But the struggle doesn't end there! Criminal records also stop people from maintaining jobs & progressing in their careers.
@nicolacollett.bsky.social discusses her research in our latest podcast episode.
🎧 Listen now: pod.fo/e/2905a0
@nicolacollett.bsky.social discusses her research in our latest podcast episode.
🎧 Listen now: pod.fo/e/2905a0