Cornton Vale Meet at the Gate Project

In April 2007 Circle undertook a piece of research in Cornton Vale Prison. The report ‘What Life After Prison? Voices of Women of Cornton Vale’ was launched in August 2007. Following on from this, Circle has begun a pilot project offering services to women being released from the prison who have children affected by parental drug and alcohol use, using our existing Harbour Project service in Edinburgh as well as our services in West Lothian and North and South Lanarkshire. The project will also support a number of women returning to Glasgow East. The project aims to develop parenting capacity and minimise the risk to children through parental drug and alcohol use and imprisonment.

A Circle worker based in Cornton Vale is responsible for identifying women who are eligible for the service and will co-ordinate a handover to the Circle worker in the community as well as offer direct support herself in some cases.

Supported by The Robertson Trust.

The project's 2009 annual report is available below in PDF format :

  Report Circle Throughcare for Female Offenders 9-09.pdf  290 Kb