Evaluation Title

The ‘Family Man’ Impact Study

Type of evaluation

Data type Qualitative and Quantitative

Evaluation Focus Attitudinal change, Behaviour change, Improved model of delivery

Key indicators Attitudes to parenting, Attitudinal change, Behavioural change, ETE - Education Training Employment, Relationships with families

Project output Structured workshop programme

Model of change Desistance

Methodologies Interviews, Questionnaires

Research limitations Sample size

Summary of evaluation

An Evaluation of the Longer-Term Effectiveness of Safe Ground’s Revised Family Relationships Programme on Prisoner Graduates, their Supporters and Families, this independent study assessed the longer-term impact of the Family Man programme delivered in HMPs Belmarsh, Birmingham, Bristol, Highpoint, Leeds, Parc (Wales) and Wandsworth from 2008-10. It concluded that the ‘Revised Family Man’ had strongly contributed to:

Project description

Family Man (FM) is a seven-week full time family relationships programme, developed in response to increasing numbers of prisoners losing contact with their families and being unable to sustain a job or relationships. Supporters attend 3 workshops, giving them the opportunity to directly contribute to the progression of the offender through and beyond the course.

Key Quote

“There could be little doubt of the enduring impact this programme had made on these men and their families or of its consequent potential to strengthen the social bonds which could contribute to subsequent desistance from crime.”


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