News and events

APF and its members work hard to keep the impact of imprisonment on the families of prisoners and the work of our members in the newspapers, in magazines, on websites, television and radio.  You can read our most recent press release and past press releases, letters to the press, articles and comments through the links on the left hand side of this page.   

160,000 children ignored by government.  APF, as part of an alliance of prison charities, told MPs that the government is failing in its duty of care for them.  Download the Agenda for Action  below to read more.

Latest news articles:

Free Forum for APF Members - 19 November 2008: 
' What You Should Know' - APF's forum on December 11- will clarify issues around sentence calculation and MAPPA. Contact sophie@actionpf.org.uk

Longford Prize for Lucy Gampell - 13 November 2008: 
Lucy Gampell, Director of Action for Prisoners' Families, has won the Longford Prize. This Lifetime Achievement Award was presented by Antonia Fraser at a ceremony in London. Lucy is the second person ever to have won this prestigious award - the other person being the pioneering human rights lawyer Sir Louis Blom-Cooper.

APF Announces New Director - 13 October 2008: 
Debbie Cowley, formerly of Parenting UK, is to join APF as our new director.

Fairer prices for prisoners' phone calls - 23 September 2008: 
Prisoners to pay fairer price for family calls. 

Women Beyond Bars APF's 2008 AGM and Conference - 11 September 2008: 
Sign up for APF's AGM and Conference 4 November, London

Research Forum at Institute of Criminology, Cambridge - 24 July 2008: 
APF's first research forum looks at how research on prisoners' families informs government policy.

National Consumer Council challenges prison phone call costs - 24 June 2008: 
The National Consumer Council today launched a super complaint against the high cost of prison phone calls. 

Solar-powered boat voyage starts to raise funds for Helpline - 24 June 2008: 
Civil Servant sails on solar-powered Thames journey for Prisoners’ Families Helpline

Rising imprisonment creating increasing need for Helpline - 09 June 2008: 
Need for help rockets as prisoners' families left to cope.

Prisoners' Families Helpline - 09 June 2008: 
A recent external evaluation of the Prisoners' Families Helpline found that more than 90% of its callers received the information and support they wanted.

'I just wanted to write and say thank you to you and your team for such an excellent conference last week. It was great to hear the stories of those who have experienced the system first hand'.