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Our Opening Doors Forum with BITC

We were delighted to invite friends of the FCBA movement to join us on Tuesday July 16th at 2pm for a lively one-hour Opening Doors Forum on employing people with criminal records, co-hosted with our friends and partners at Business in

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Partnerships

Partnership news: Summer 2024

After several months of due diligence and focused discussion, we have invited nGAGE (the BridgeOfHope.careers portal people) to be our partner in showcasing Fair Chance Employers’ jobs, as well as offering Fair Chance Candidates resources to aid their search and applications.

Bridge of Hope was built on co-founder and CEO Michael Corrigan’s previous business, Europe’s largest recruitment platform for people with criminal records. He says, “We’re excited and are looking forward to partnering with Fair Chance Business Alliance to provide a jobs board solution for employers and people with disadvantageous personal histories. The vital nature of this work is underpinned by the base statistics of both ex-offender employment (less than one in five are in work within six months of leaving prison) and unemployment generally being at ongoing record lows despite nearly one million job vacancies!”

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Havas Village Building Exterior, 3 St Pancras Square, King's Cross.
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Get ready: we’re going LIVE in October

We have pushed our Go Live date back to October 2nd to avoid becoming entangled in the General Election. And we’re thrilled to invite employers and potential members to join us for this exciting event at which we will unveil our mission, our founding members, and our tantalising plans for the future…

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Portrait of Keith Jones, who chairs our Strategic Advisory Board.
Resources

A message from our Chair, Keith Jones

I’m often asked: “Why do we need an Alliance and Employment Charter focused on people with criminal records?” There are some fantastic voluntary sector organisations and brilliant businesses who do amazing things to support people with criminal records, and specifically

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Group photo showing the seating area at Havas Village, with Keith Jones (Chair) and Neil Wood (Founder and COO) presenting.
Events

Soft Launch: a review!

FCBA’s successful Soft Launch took place on 22nd May at Havas Village London. The event was well attended from across sectors, with huge thanks due to our contributors: Carolyn Bundy (Toyota GB) Sally Hopper (Hertfordshire County Council) Anne Fox (Clinks)

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Havas Village Building Exterior, 3 St Pancras Square, King's Cross.
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Join the Fair Chance movement!

If you’ve been a co-creator of our employment charter, an active member of the pilot group or you’re still exploring how best to make a Fair Chance part of your intentional inclusion agenda, we’re looking forward to welcoming you to

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