The Hardman Trust

• Community Support
• Education and Employment
• Income, Finance and Cost of Living

We offer personalised support to people who have served 10 or more years in prison. We help each person to plan and prepare for life on release, we follow up with the financial support to turn that plan into a reality, and we offer ongoing support to stay on track once back in the community.
Working with each person’s unique goals, skills and circumstances, our work is tailored to the individual, and makes a lasting difference.

Once someone has a plan in place, we offer the practical and financial support to turn the plan into reality. We offer grants of up to £1000 to people currently on long prison sentences, who are preparing for release. This money can go towards training or educational courses, the tools required to help gain employment, materials needed for activities that improve health and wellbeing, or other practical solutions that support positive resettlement.

Grant criteria

• Has served 10 years or more in prison, and is still in prison
• Is due to be released within the next 2 years
• Is seeking the following:
  – The cost of training or educational courses
  – Tools / clothing for work
  – Materials for activities related to health and wellbeing
  – Practical requirements to support resettlement

Grant process

• Person in prison completes an application form for financial support. Application is given to the Prison Liaison staff member, to be scanned and sent to Hardman Trust.
• A Hardman Trust representative meets with the applicant to discuss the application, by phone or in person.
• The Hardman Trust decision committee meets quarterly to allocate grants.
• Grants are made. The Hardman Trust will either pay for the course or materials directly, or issue funds to the prison or probation.

The Hardman Directory

The Hardman Directory is the ‘Yellow Pages’ of the prison world. It brings together the support services that can help people plan their life after prison.

It includes funding opportunities, training courses, mentoring programmes and practical information to consider when being released.

In the Directory, you’ll find details of financial support available to people leaving prison. Soon, we’ll be adding details of support services available to people in prison and in the wider community – stay tuned for updates.