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Interface Magazine

Autumn 2010

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The theme of this edition is how trusts can exert an influence on the criminal justice agenda and the Government's planned reform of sentencing and rehabilition. Two peers and a number of trust chairs give their views.

Inside are in-depth interviews with Michael Spurr, Chief Executive of NOMS, and the outgoing chairman of the Association, Alan Wooderson. His successor, Sebert Cox, outlines his vision for the organisation and the challenges facing the service.

Also featured: Unison's Ben Priestley gives his views on the probation environment; John Steele, Chair of Surrey and Sussex Probation Trust, describes their pilot to test less bureaucratic ways of working; and the Association's Jo Whyte explains her role and her interest in criminal justice.

Winter 2009

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The cover story of this edition provides the latest on the Association's calls for a greater integration of probation performance targets with the localism agenda.

The magazine also carries a feature article on the 50th anniversary of the Association and takes a look at how the skills and experience of the wider membership are utilised via the Association's Future Options Round Table group.

Also inside are in-depth interviews with: David Walton, National Secretary of GMB Scoop, the union for probation chief officers and chief executives; Frances Crook, Director of the Howard League for Penal Reform; Sebert Cox, Chair of Durham Tees Valley Probation Trust (then Durham Probation Board) and the Association's Vision Group; and Nicola Lowit, Head of Strategy and Programme Development in the NOMS Estate Capacity Directorate.

Spring 2009

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The first issue of Interface, the magazine of the Probation Association, includes in-depth articles about developments in the world of probation, a personal view from Jonathan Ledger, General Secretary of the National Secretary of Probation Officers, and profiles of prominent stakeholders and members of the Association team.