National Family Support services

Children of Prisoners – Maintaining Family Ties

Children of Prisoners - Maintaining Family Ties (opens in a new tab)

Produced by the Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE), provides information about resources and research for anyone who works indirectly or directly with families with a parent in prison.

Partners of Prisoners and Families Support Group (opens in a new tab)

Offenders’ Family Helpline: 0808 808 2003 (Line open: weekdays 9am – 8pm & weekends 10am – 3pm)

Prison Service (opens in a new tab)

Information on keeping in contact with someone in prison; visiting someone in prison and getting help with travel costs to prison.

Prisoners Advice and Care Trust (PACT) (opens in a new tab)

Information and advice to families affected by imprisonment, including on visiting family in prison, kinship care, research and links to organisations and resources.