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The importance of perseverance

Dave23 — Tue, 14 Mar 2023 17:11:30 GMT

Around 15 years ago I made some bad choices that changed my and others lives and went to prison for 5 years. During my stay at hmp I strived to better myself and take on new challenges. I learned skills in communication and ICT for office and spreadsheets

Self employment for S.O?

JamesZ — Sat, 08 Oct 2022 13:22:34 GMT

Can anyone give ideas of what are the best/most realistic employment ideas for self employment with an S.O please? (I have an S.O for images)

I am thinking of going for a leaflet distribution job I heard someone else had luck with.

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3 Top Tips to Survive Being a 'Sex Offender'

RunningMan — Tue, 11 Jan 2022 22:14:25 GMT

My time on the SOR is now over and life is going well. I have had plenty of time to reflect on all that happened and I thought it might be useful if I posted some practical advice and pointers. This is what I wished I had know when I started out

New job - but a moral dilemma. What would you do?

RunningMan — Mon, 28 Sep 2020 12:32:10 GMT

Hello
After some big battles (e.g. Google effect problems, being unfairly dismissed from a previous role, being refused access to higher education, getting my SOPO discharged early and fighting to get a clean Basic DBS check), I have finally got an am

Success and more

Bachman — Fri, 19 Sep 2014 20:23:04 GMT

I was sent to prison in 2010 and served 16 months of a 2 year 8 month sentence. Throughout my time inside I was told I would struggle to find work, let alone lead a content life on release. On hearing this it made me more determined to prove these doubter

Offered a job

AJW83 — Mon, 19 May 2014 14:03:29 GMT

Some good luck for a change I was offered a job today which I have accepted extremely please obviously, my advice to anyone struggling write to local employers not national ones, some of it is pot luck I had written to about 80 employers and one wa

Honesty was the best policy

Pixie — Sun, 15 Dec 2013 19:37:59 GMT

I came here earlier in the week so worried as my DBS check came back and looked awful, I took the bull by the horns and spoke with my area manager about it and was totally honest about my conviction and she was great, she said she would need

I have my life back

BlueAngel — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 13:36:37 GMT

I was a victim of serious domestic abuse which led to my conviction. I had never done anything wrong in my life, and have never done so since.

I was a highly regarded professional who did something completely out of character due to threats to my