Please can domestic visitors of HMP Birmingham follow the link below and complete this survey. The survey is only short, consisting of 7 questions. Thanking you in advance. https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/52TNQXK
HALOW
(Birmingham)
- Contact Halow
- 0121 707 1008
Welcome to HALOW (Birmingham)’s website. The charity has a long history of supporting the needs or prisoners, their children, families and significant others in the Midlands.
We currently operate the Visitors’ Centre (Family Pathway Centre) and family services at Oakwood Family Pathway Centre.
You will also find information about visitors’ and family services previously operated by HALOW (Birmingham) at HMP Birmingham Visitors’ Centre and HMP Five Wells.
The national Prisoner’s Families Helpline located at https://www.prisonersfamilies.org offers up to date information through their website ans Freephone 0808 808 2003; opening hours Monday to Friday 9am to 8pm, Saturday & Sunday 10am to 3pm.
Really nice and friendly staff, approachable and understanding to peoples’ situation; always smiling
(HMP Birmingham Visitor 2018)
Staff are brill; go above and beyond
(HMP Birmingham Visitor 2018)
Keep up the good work ladies!
(HMP Birmingham Visitor 2018)
Sandra – wonderful friendly lady. Look forward to seeing her every visit
(HMP Oakwood Visitor 2018)
The whole day was fantastic and the best part was that my husband could play and walk around with his daughter.
(HALOW (Birmingham))
The success of the charity is down to the dedication and hard work of all our staff teams.
(Vice Chair of HALOW (Birmingham))
Thank goodness for HALOW staff. It is reassuring to ring with questions as it is very difficult to get through to the main prison switchboard
(HMP Birmingham Visitor 2018)HALOW Case Studies & News
A family from the travelling community has been attending Homework Club at HMP Oakwood FPC each Tuesday evening for 12 months; within the family are two boys aged 5 and 3. The elder boy would enter the centre initially quite boisterous, running in and out of the play area, around the tables where people eat, pushing his little brother around on a
A young mother was observed with two small children. The eldest (2 years old) was seen to be running around, letting himself out of the doors, taking toys from other children and not responding to his mothers requests. The Children’s Worker (CW) talked with the mother and found out the child had autism – she explained he struggled wit
The Staff and visitors at HMP Oakwood Family Pathway Centre rasied a total of £253 during our Macmillan cake and coffee afternoons, “thank you for your support to a good cause”. for more information visit Macmillan’s website: www.macmillan.org.uk
Over the last few weeks, the children have been creating their own tree decorations for the HMP Oakwood Family Pathway Christmas Tree. Once dressed, the FPC tree took part in a Christmas Tree Festival at a local church near to Stafford. Over 40 trees were exhibited in the church over the weekend of the 2nd to the 4th December 2016. The FPC tree was
Over the past few weeks the children have been making and personalising their own stockings to display next to the Oakwood fire place in the Family Pathway Centre, create a warm relaxing display.
HALOW BIRMINGHAM is grateful for support from
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