Criminal Justice Champions CLI’s directors Peter Atherton and Matthew Kidd were overwhelmed when it was announced they had won the Howard League for Penal Reform’s inaugural “criminal justice champion” award. The Howard League is a national charity working for less crime, safer communities and fewer people in prison. Peter and Matthew won their award based…

Investors In People CLI are proud to announce we have achieved the IIP (Investors In People) standard for people management. The IIP standard defines what it takes to lead, support and manage people well for sustainable results. Successful accreditation is the sign of a great employer, an outperforming place to work and a clear commitment…

CLI Land 5 Ways to Wellbeing Grant CLI are proud to announce a new project to boost our service user’s wellbeing. Launched on the back of a successful bid, the grant from Tameside Council’s five ways to wellbeing fund will support the growth of the “recovery community” In Tameside. This will enable people in recovery…

CLI helps Tameside residents champion recovery A grant from the Tameside community learning fund has helped some our service users take those first key steps towards being volunteers with CLI. The “positive futures” course explores how people express and control their own emotions and understand and respond to the emotions of others. This helps our…

New Project to Change Lives CLI, Aqua Steam Clean UK and Manchester College have joined forces on a new venture to transform the lives of people who thought they had been written off. Many of CLI’s service users are motivated to prove themselves in the world of work and create a brighter future for themselves.…

On the 21st October, CLI attended at Cambridge University’s Institute of Criminology to view the second film created by Ruth Armstrong and Kip Loades.  This was followed by a question and answer session with a panel consisting of the CLI team, Ruth, Kip and Sir Anthony Bottoms.  Overall it was a fantastic 2 days and…