Vicki Cardwell
@vickihcardwell.bsky.social
CEO at Spark Inside.
Focused on unlocking potential and talent in prisons.
Formerly Criminal Justice Alliance, Revolving Doors Agency & T2A Alliance.
Focused on unlocking potential and talent in prisons.
Formerly Criminal Justice Alliance, Revolving Doors Agency & T2A Alliance.
Reposted by Vicki Cardwell
✨ We're hiring a Deputy Head of Service Delivery ✨
Status: Full time, permanent role
Hours: 35 hours per week
Salary: £43,500
Deadline: Monday 23 June
Find out more ➡️ www.sparkinside.org/were-hiring
Please SHARE to help us find the newest member of our growing Spark Inside team!
Status: Full time, permanent role
Hours: 35 hours per week
Salary: £43,500
Deadline: Monday 23 June
Find out more ➡️ www.sparkinside.org/were-hiring
Please SHARE to help us find the newest member of our growing Spark Inside team!
May 28, 2025 at 12:28 PM
✨ We're hiring a Deputy Head of Service Delivery ✨
Status: Full time, permanent role
Hours: 35 hours per week
Salary: £43,500
Deadline: Monday 23 June
Find out more ➡️ www.sparkinside.org/were-hiring
Please SHARE to help us find the newest member of our growing Spark Inside team!
Status: Full time, permanent role
Hours: 35 hours per week
Salary: £43,500
Deadline: Monday 23 June
Find out more ➡️ www.sparkinside.org/were-hiring
Please SHARE to help us find the newest member of our growing Spark Inside team!
I am raising 2 boys. A few years ago wrote down my aim on paper: "Confident, resilient young men, happy/comfortable in themselves & able to make a positive contribution"
NB exam results & money don't feature top.
If you have a vision, write it down. Helps when you need to stick to hard decisions!
NB exam results & money don't feature top.
If you have a vision, write it down. Helps when you need to stick to hard decisions!
March 19, 2025 at 1:31 PM
I am raising 2 boys. A few years ago wrote down my aim on paper: "Confident, resilient young men, happy/comfortable in themselves & able to make a positive contribution"
NB exam results & money don't feature top.
If you have a vision, write it down. Helps when you need to stick to hard decisions!
NB exam results & money don't feature top.
If you have a vision, write it down. Helps when you need to stick to hard decisions!
This week I am very proud of my colleagues.
@sparkinside.bsky.social value in play this week 'Stickability' which we define as:
"When the going gets tough, we stick with our participants, our projects & our commitments"
@sparkinside.bsky.social value in play this week 'Stickability' which we define as:
"When the going gets tough, we stick with our participants, our projects & our commitments"
March 14, 2025 at 10:32 AM
This week I am very proud of my colleagues.
@sparkinside.bsky.social value in play this week 'Stickability' which we define as:
"When the going gets tough, we stick with our participants, our projects & our commitments"
@sparkinside.bsky.social value in play this week 'Stickability' which we define as:
"When the going gets tough, we stick with our participants, our projects & our commitments"
Reading raw accounts of #restorativejustice without fail stops me in my tracks, feels painful, but always inspires hope.
If you read anything today, let it be this.
www.theguardian.com/stage/2025/m...
If you read anything today, let it be this.
www.theguardian.com/stage/2025/m...
March 2, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Reading raw accounts of #restorativejustice without fail stops me in my tracks, feels painful, but always inspires hope.
If you read anything today, let it be this.
www.theguardian.com/stage/2025/m...
If you read anything today, let it be this.
www.theguardian.com/stage/2025/m...
Reposted by Vicki Cardwell
This week our team of coaches are delivering Hero's Journey to a full house at HMP Standford Hill - Spark Inside's first open prison!
Pictured are Service Delivery Managers Sophie Wood and Lanre Hameed alongside coaches Milca Morat and Mark Bixter.
Pictured are Service Delivery Managers Sophie Wood and Lanre Hameed alongside coaches Milca Morat and Mark Bixter.
February 26, 2025 at 10:03 AM
This week our team of coaches are delivering Hero's Journey to a full house at HMP Standford Hill - Spark Inside's first open prison!
Pictured are Service Delivery Managers Sophie Wood and Lanre Hameed alongside coaches Milca Morat and Mark Bixter.
Pictured are Service Delivery Managers Sophie Wood and Lanre Hameed alongside coaches Milca Morat and Mark Bixter.
When 80 per cent of offending is reoffending then “clearly something is going wrong,” - spot on from Prisons Minister James Timpson.
New analysis from @crest-advisory.bsky.social finds cost of reoffending now £23.6 billion a year in England and Wales.
www.thetimes.com/uk/crime/art...
New analysis from @crest-advisory.bsky.social finds cost of reoffending now £23.6 billion a year in England and Wales.
www.thetimes.com/uk/crime/art...
Cost of reoffending rises to more than half total impact of crime
Analysis for The Times has revealed that a failure by the justice system to rehabilitate criminals has led to a £23.6 billion-a-year bill to the economy
www.thetimes.com
February 15, 2025 at 3:34 PM
When 80 per cent of offending is reoffending then “clearly something is going wrong,” - spot on from Prisons Minister James Timpson.
New analysis from @crest-advisory.bsky.social finds cost of reoffending now £23.6 billion a year in England and Wales.
www.thetimes.com/uk/crime/art...
New analysis from @crest-advisory.bsky.social finds cost of reoffending now £23.6 billion a year in England and Wales.
www.thetimes.com/uk/crime/art...
Reposted by Vicki Cardwell
"‘Basic lack of decency’ driving self-harm in women’s prisons, report says".
Published today, read more about @hmiprisonsnews.bsky.social's report 'Time to care: what helps women cope in prison?' here:
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Published today, read more about @hmiprisonsnews.bsky.social's report 'Time to care: what helps women cope in prison?' here:
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
‘Basic lack of decency’ driving self-harm in women’s prisons, report says
Inspectorate points to challenges including ban on using washing machines for knickers and difficulties with family contact
www.theguardian.com
February 5, 2025 at 8:58 AM
"‘Basic lack of decency’ driving self-harm in women’s prisons, report says".
Published today, read more about @hmiprisonsnews.bsky.social's report 'Time to care: what helps women cope in prison?' here:
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Published today, read more about @hmiprisonsnews.bsky.social's report 'Time to care: what helps women cope in prison?' here:
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Reposted by Vicki Cardwell
📈 Yesterday's Ministry of Justice statistics show a staggering 42% increase in recalls since 2023.
7 out of 10 people released from prison are recalled - compared to 2 in 10 in 2012. Fewer than 25% have committed new offences.
The situation is desperate. What needs to change? tinyurl.com/34k83y33
7 out of 10 people released from prison are recalled - compared to 2 in 10 in 2012. Fewer than 25% have committed new offences.
The situation is desperate. What needs to change? tinyurl.com/34k83y33
January 31, 2025 at 1:11 PM
📈 Yesterday's Ministry of Justice statistics show a staggering 42% increase in recalls since 2023.
7 out of 10 people released from prison are recalled - compared to 2 in 10 in 2012. Fewer than 25% have committed new offences.
The situation is desperate. What needs to change? tinyurl.com/34k83y33
7 out of 10 people released from prison are recalled - compared to 2 in 10 in 2012. Fewer than 25% have committed new offences.
The situation is desperate. What needs to change? tinyurl.com/34k83y33
Insightful day at Women & Justice conference yesterday, hosted by Weavers Co. & Clinks.
Its now 18 years since Baroness Corston report.
More thoughts here www.linkedin.com/posts/vicki-...
Loved hearing women's expertise, voice & power 🔥🔥🔥 and catching up with sector colleagues
Its now 18 years since Baroness Corston report.
More thoughts here www.linkedin.com/posts/vicki-...
Loved hearing women's expertise, voice & power 🔥🔥🔥 and catching up with sector colleagues
January 31, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Insightful day at Women & Justice conference yesterday, hosted by Weavers Co. & Clinks.
Its now 18 years since Baroness Corston report.
More thoughts here www.linkedin.com/posts/vicki-...
Loved hearing women's expertise, voice & power 🔥🔥🔥 and catching up with sector colleagues
Its now 18 years since Baroness Corston report.
More thoughts here www.linkedin.com/posts/vicki-...
Loved hearing women's expertise, voice & power 🔥🔥🔥 and catching up with sector colleagues
www.gov.uk/government/n...
The new Women's Justice Board met today for 1st time.
We are pleased to see focus on young women. Look forward to sharing our evidence on #coaching young adult women in prison.
Women’s Justice Board begins plans to send fewer women to prison
Cutting crime and reducing the number of vulnerable women being sent to prison is top of the agenda at the first meeting of the Women’s Justice Board.
www.gov.uk
January 21, 2025 at 6:21 PM
www.gov.uk/government/n...
The new Women's Justice Board met today for 1st time.
We are pleased to see focus on young women. Look forward to sharing our evidence on #coaching young adult women in prison.
Reposted by Vicki Cardwell
Reducing incarceration rates to W European average would save £2.5 billion a year and cutting to Scandinavian level would give Treasury £5.5 billion a year - fascinating economic analysis by @publicfirst.bsky.social for @thetimes Crime and Justice Commission www.thetimes.com/uk/crime/art...
Reducing prisoner numbers to European levels could save £2.5bn a year
The prison population in England and Wales has doubled over the past 30 years. But are cost-saving measures, including open prisons and tagging, feasible?
www.thetimes.com
January 13, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Reducing incarceration rates to W European average would save £2.5 billion a year and cutting to Scandinavian level would give Treasury £5.5 billion a year - fascinating economic analysis by @publicfirst.bsky.social for @thetimes Crime and Justice Commission www.thetimes.com/uk/crime/art...
📢 We are hiring!
Two Service Delivery Manager roles in London & SE prisons
£37,850
FT at 35 hours per week (offer of PT available)
Mainly based in prisons with occasional office time & home working available
www.sparkinside.org/were-hiring
Two Service Delivery Manager roles in London & SE prisons
£37,850
FT at 35 hours per week (offer of PT available)
Mainly based in prisons with occasional office time & home working available
www.sparkinside.org/were-hiring
We’re Hiring | Spark Inside
www.sparkinside.org
January 9, 2025 at 4:02 PM
📢 We are hiring!
Two Service Delivery Manager roles in London & SE prisons
£37,850
FT at 35 hours per week (offer of PT available)
Mainly based in prisons with occasional office time & home working available
www.sparkinside.org/were-hiring
Two Service Delivery Manager roles in London & SE prisons
£37,850
FT at 35 hours per week (offer of PT available)
Mainly based in prisons with occasional office time & home working available
www.sparkinside.org/were-hiring
We @sparkinside.bsky.social are recruiting soon for two new Service Delivery managers in London prisons! 👀
Ad to come out this week and deadline not til 27 January.
Amazing roles that don't come up often!
If you don't want to miss it, follow @sparkinside.bsky.social and follow us on LinkedIn too.
Ad to come out this week and deadline not til 27 January.
Amazing roles that don't come up often!
If you don't want to miss it, follow @sparkinside.bsky.social and follow us on LinkedIn too.
December 17, 2024 at 3:55 PM
We @sparkinside.bsky.social are recruiting soon for two new Service Delivery managers in London prisons! 👀
Ad to come out this week and deadline not til 27 January.
Amazing roles that don't come up often!
If you don't want to miss it, follow @sparkinside.bsky.social and follow us on LinkedIn too.
Ad to come out this week and deadline not til 27 January.
Amazing roles that don't come up often!
If you don't want to miss it, follow @sparkinside.bsky.social and follow us on LinkedIn too.
A brilliant evening on Tuesday as @sparkinside.bsky.social shared some of the power of coaching.
We are so grateful to have reached 94%of our Big Give target to reach more young people in prison and on release.
Could you help us over the line? donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...
We are so grateful to have reached 94%of our Big Give target to reach more young people in prison and on release.
Could you help us over the line? donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...
December 6, 2024 at 1:38 PM
A brilliant evening on Tuesday as @sparkinside.bsky.social shared some of the power of coaching.
We are so grateful to have reached 94%of our Big Give target to reach more young people in prison and on release.
Could you help us over the line? donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...
We are so grateful to have reached 94%of our Big Give target to reach more young people in prison and on release.
Could you help us over the line? donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...
Deadline extended to now 17 January 🙌
committees.parliament.uk/work/8678/re...
Great focus! Incl health & wellbeing of people in prison, principles of desistance, trauma informed practice & effective resettlement.
Timing poor for those working in prisons. December is important time! Deadline 10 January.
Great focus! Incl health & wellbeing of people in prison, principles of desistance, trauma informed practice & effective resettlement.
Timing poor for those working in prisons. December is important time! Deadline 10 January.
Rehabilitation and resettlement: ending the cycle of reoffending - Committees - UK Parliament
The Justice Committee has launched its inquiry into Resettlement and Rehabilitation, which is centred around investigating the cycle of reoffending. HM Prison and Probation Service aims to reduc...
committees.parliament.uk
December 6, 2024 at 1:17 PM
Deadline extended to now 17 January 🙌
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
1 in 4 people of working age in the UK have a criminal conviction.
1 in 4!
Let that sink in.
While details of this unclear, this was a spent conviction from over a decade ago.
1 in 4 people of working age in the UK have a criminal conviction.
1 in 4!
Let that sink in.
While details of this unclear, this was a spent conviction from over a decade ago.
Transport secretary Louise Haigh quits after fraud offence revealed
Haigh's departure is the first cabinet resignation under Sir Keir Starmer's government.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 30, 2024 at 7:22 AM
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
1 in 4 people of working age in the UK have a criminal conviction.
1 in 4!
Let that sink in.
While details of this unclear, this was a spent conviction from over a decade ago.
1 in 4 people of working age in the UK have a criminal conviction.
1 in 4!
Let that sink in.
While details of this unclear, this was a spent conviction from over a decade ago.
committees.parliament.uk/work/8678/re...
Great focus! Incl health & wellbeing of people in prison, principles of desistance, trauma informed practice & effective resettlement.
Timing poor for those working in prisons. December is important time! Deadline 10 January.
Great focus! Incl health & wellbeing of people in prison, principles of desistance, trauma informed practice & effective resettlement.
Timing poor for those working in prisons. December is important time! Deadline 10 January.
Rehabilitation and resettlement: ending the cycle of reoffending - Committees - UK Parliament
The Justice Committee has launched its inquiry into Resettlement and Rehabilitation, which is centred around investigating the cycle of reoffending. HM Prison and Probation Service aims to reduc...
committees.parliament.uk
November 27, 2024 at 1:32 PM
committees.parliament.uk/work/8678/re...
Great focus! Incl health & wellbeing of people in prison, principles of desistance, trauma informed practice & effective resettlement.
Timing poor for those working in prisons. December is important time! Deadline 10 January.
Great focus! Incl health & wellbeing of people in prison, principles of desistance, trauma informed practice & effective resettlement.
Timing poor for those working in prisons. December is important time! Deadline 10 January.
Very excited about our @sparkinside.bsky.social new trustees joining soon!
Lynn, Fionnuala, Jazz & Heather bring wealth of experience inc finance, charity leadership, law, lived & learned experience of prison.
Smlies at induction training.
Happy to share process & ongoing learning. DM me.
Lynn, Fionnuala, Jazz & Heather bring wealth of experience inc finance, charity leadership, law, lived & learned experience of prison.
Smlies at induction training.
Happy to share process & ongoing learning. DM me.
November 26, 2024 at 9:11 AM
Very excited about our @sparkinside.bsky.social new trustees joining soon!
Lynn, Fionnuala, Jazz & Heather bring wealth of experience inc finance, charity leadership, law, lived & learned experience of prison.
Smlies at induction training.
Happy to share process & ongoing learning. DM me.
Lynn, Fionnuala, Jazz & Heather bring wealth of experience inc finance, charity leadership, law, lived & learned experience of prison.
Smlies at induction training.
Happy to share process & ongoing learning. DM me.
Reposted by Vicki Cardwell
Today, we are excited to launching a new report about our Black Hero's Journey Programme, which showcases powerful, and often unheard, stories of identity affirmation, resilience and transformation.
November 19, 2024 at 8:57 AM
Today, we are excited to launching a new report about our Black Hero's Journey Programme, which showcases powerful, and often unheard, stories of identity affirmation, resilience and transformation.
First post feels weird. But, surely a big topic here will be the Sentencing Review. I'm here for it.
If alliance between Justice Sec & No10 holds, we might see real change. Never seen in 15+ years.
Be bold, be brave. Once in generation opportunity. www.gov.uk/guidance/ind...
If alliance between Justice Sec & No10 holds, we might see real change. Never seen in 15+ years.
Be bold, be brave. Once in generation opportunity. www.gov.uk/guidance/ind...
Independent Sentencing Review 2024 to 2025
Former Lord Chancellor and Justice Secretary, the Rt Hon David Gauke, and an expert panel are carrying out an independent review of sentencing.
www.gov.uk
November 19, 2024 at 7:20 AM
First post feels weird. But, surely a big topic here will be the Sentencing Review. I'm here for it.
If alliance between Justice Sec & No10 holds, we might see real change. Never seen in 15+ years.
Be bold, be brave. Once in generation opportunity. www.gov.uk/guidance/ind...
If alliance between Justice Sec & No10 holds, we might see real change. Never seen in 15+ years.
Be bold, be brave. Once in generation opportunity. www.gov.uk/guidance/ind...