Circles of Support and Accountability - Interim report [PDF ... - Quakers

Acknowledgements
The staff of Thames Valley Circles of Support and Accountability would like to thank David
Marshall and the team at the Thames Valley Project; Andrew Bates, Principal Psychologist for
Thames Valley Probation who helped formulate the evaluation plan; Thames Valley Police Sex
Offender Registration Officers Colin Steel, Corrine Greenall and Roger Kent; Thames Valley
Probation Hostel staff, in particular Sheila Perry, Liam Yapp and Herman Marais, and Case
Managers Lesley Powell and Pam Welch and Ann Hills, NVQ development and centre manager,
for her help in the development of NVQs for Circles volunteers.
Thank you to all the staff at the National Probation Directorate and staff at Friends House and to
all those who sit on the National Circles steering group. A special mention to our colleagues Dick
Foot at the Lucy Faithfull Foundation and Phil Collins at the Hampton Trust for all your work,
support and ideas.
We would also like to thank the Religious Society of Friends for all their help over the past
eighteen months, in particular a special thanks to Richard Thompson in Oxford, Rodney Mahon in
Reading and Eva Barton in Milton Keynes.
Thank you to all the volunteers and people who have given their time, belief and commitment to
Circles of Support and Accountability.
Chris Wilson and Rebekah Saunders
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