Invisible Walls works in partnership with Local Authorities’ family support services and social care, to deliver tailored packages of pre- and post-release support for the whole family. The service is a key provider of Hidden Sentence training to partner agencies and organisations across Hampshire and the surrounding area, helping them to understand the impact of having a family member in prison. Invisible Walls also has well-established links with local universities and community organisations through which the service recruits and trains a large cohort of volunteers to help support prisoners’ families. Family Support Spurgeons is an experienced provider of services for families with multiple needs. They deliver a range of programmes to achieve positive change for families and clear outcomes for commissioners. Spurgeons provide cost effective high quality planned programmes in order to meet the needs of troubled families. They provide planned programmes to meet the complex needs of troubled families including key issues such as substance misuse, mental health and offending. Their programmes provide holistic support, co-ordinating multi-agency work around the family unit. They recognise that one of the most effective ways to reach vulnerable young people is by working with them in their own community. By establishing dialogue with children and young people most at risk of deprivation, Spurgeons can better understand them and better help their community to find solutions to the challenges they face. The aim is to facilitate them in doing this through training, support and skills-enhancement. These activities are designed to help people to deal with issues like inter-generational breakdown and anti-social behaviour and can help to build stronger families and healthier and more cohesive communities. Spurgeons provides activities such as parenting support, youth and children's activities, community events and homework clubs. They also offer child contact services. Contact centres are meeting places where children from separated families can enjoy contact with one (or both) parents and/or other family members in a comfortable and safe environment. Visits are tailored around the needs of each child. It is estimated that 2,000 children in the UK use Child Contact Centres each week. Independent visitors services is another service Spurgeons provides through family support. Children and young people being looked after by the local authority can benefit from the friendship and advice offered by a Spurgeons volunteer. All volunteers are fully trained to mentor and befriend a looked after child or young person. References External links Spurgeons website