﻿<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"><channel><title>theForum » General Information » Welcome to theForum - Lets be sociable!  Introduce yourself  » Latest Topics</title><generator>InstantForum 2016-2 Final</generator><description>theForum</description><link>https://forum.unlock.org.uk/</link><webMaster>theForum</webMaster><lastBuildDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2026 17:25:17 GMT</lastBuildDate><ttl>20</ttl><item><title>Small intro + SHPO advice</title><link>https://forum.unlock.org.uk/FindPost27803.aspx</link><description>Basically I am on the SOR for the next 7.5 years (10 year order) and I am under SHPO restrictions, I was charged for "making" of indecent images which in my opinion is wrong as technically it should be possession, but due to my solicitors not giving me an</description><pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2020 04:15:24 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>xDanx</dc:creator></item><item><title>Hello</title><link>https://forum.unlock.org.uk/FindPost27932.aspx</link><description>Hi,&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Just a quick note to say hello, i'm from Manchester but i've recently moved away.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;I had no convictions until 2015 when I was arrested and charged with x18 images, I was convicted in 2016 i had a 2 year community order and a shp</description><pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2020 03:26:39 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>jcdmcr</dc:creator></item><item><title>Hi , looking to get information on the mystery list of sympathetic employers I have heard about.</title><link>https://forum.unlock.org.uk/FindPost26711.aspx</link><description>&lt;br/&gt;Hello&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;My name for this forum is Jack, have a current conviction (suspended) for posession of indecent images.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Hope some of you are having better luck with employment, as someone in an IT field I'm struggling.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;I've read in a</description><pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2020 01:53:32 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>ImJack</dc:creator></item><item><title>Employment</title><link>https://forum.unlock.org.uk/FindPost26564.aspx</link><description>Good morning all,&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;I was released from prison 6 months ago and have moved to a new area just south of Manchester. I am desperately looking to find work and will do anything, however my conviction for sexual offences is providing a real barrier, al</description><pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2020 01:51:01 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Hockerill</dc:creator></item><item><title>Waiting</title><link>https://forum.unlock.org.uk/FindPost27917.aspx</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Hi I feel I need to talk to someone about what I'm currently going through with my partner. I want to gain some advice and insight from other SO in how to prepare for the future.... I'll try and explain as briefly as possible. My partner has been inves</description><pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2020 11:24:01 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>dragonfly4</dc:creator></item><item><title>Hi I need advice please</title><link>https://forum.unlock.org.uk/FindPost27729.aspx</link><description>I was convicted of a sex crime 4 years ago did the time finished my licence. Now ,obviously on the register, police monitors me every so often.&lt;br/&gt;Now, as I have been fighting deportation and now the home office is booting me back to Europe. My question </description><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2020 10:55:45 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Bravelass</dc:creator></item><item><title>Hello, I am new to the forum</title><link>https://forum.unlock.org.uk/FindPost27711.aspx</link><description>Hello all&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;I am Caroline, I live in Scotland. I was served with my deportation order in 2017 and have fought deportation ever since.&lt;br/&gt;Would anyone know if a UK deportation order can be revoked from France please?&lt;br/&gt;Thank you&lt;br/&gt;Caroline</description><pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2020 09:31:05 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Bravelass</dc:creator></item><item><title>2020 Thailand travel</title><link>https://forum.unlock.org.uk/FindPost27313.aspx</link><description>Hi,&lt;br /&gt;I am on the sex offenders register for another 6 yrs following a conviction for historical offence.My wife is Thai and married for 11 yrs.&lt;br /&gt;My question is can I go to Thailand for a holiday.I have spoken to my local ppu who have said I am low</description><pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2020 12:13:03 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Popeye</dc:creator></item><item><title>Where can I share my story?</title><link>https://forum.unlock.org.uk/FindPost26316.aspx</link><description>Hi, I just received a conviction and I'm looking for ideas of which organisations I can share my story with?&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;I am a recent engineering graduate with a masters degree and autism. I basically received a conviction for harassing someone online even </description><pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2020 16:39:13 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>alexh07</dc:creator></item><item><title>Removal of a Court Order</title><link>https://forum.unlock.org.uk/FindPost27293.aspx</link><description>Hi&amp;nbsp;&lt;br/&gt;New to the form so not quite sure how this goes. I'm sure I will be guided in the right direction if not.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;I have recently requested to have my order discharged and I contacted the court directly to see if I could do this on my own. I</description><pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2020 15:23:33 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Jake</dc:creator></item><item><title>Good evening - Newbie</title><link>https://forum.unlock.org.uk/FindPost27222.aspx</link><description>Evening all.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;I would like to introduce myself to the forum.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;I recently found this forum whilst searching online, after recieving a conviction for a SO. I have since been dealt with for sentencing and today went to my first Pr</description><pubDate>Mon, 24 Feb 2020 16:25:16 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Dean91</dc:creator></item><item><title>Hello and I have some questions</title><link>https://forum.unlock.org.uk/FindPost27122.aspx</link><description>Hi&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;I found Unlock and theForum after I was arrested last year and it's been a great source of information to date however I do have some questions for people who have been through what I'm going through at the moment. Prior to being arrested I ha</description><pubDate>Sun, 16 Feb 2020 08:01:54 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>lotsofquer</dc:creator></item><item><title>Convictions a very long time ago</title><link>https://forum.unlock.org.uk/FindPost27110.aspx</link><description>Hi All&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;I had convictions over 45 years ago. Since then I have been law abiding and volunteering for the police for over 15 years. I have always signed in as a visitor and all has been okay. I somehow slipped through the vetting as I am part of th</description><pubDate>Thu, 13 Feb 2020 10:13:15 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Oceansized</dc:creator></item><item><title>Greetings Folks!</title><link>https://forum.unlock.org.uk/FindPost26695.aspx</link><description>Hi everyone,&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Long listener, first time caller.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;I'm not really sure how to introduce myself but lets start with the offence, I guess.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;I'm currently awaiting sentencing for possession of indecent images and the whole thing has jus</description><pubDate>Thu, 13 Feb 2020 07:23:00 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>khafka</dc:creator></item><item><title>SEX OFFENDERS REGISTER - BEING ADDED</title><link>https://forum.unlock.org.uk/FindPost26847.aspx</link><description>Hi everyone and I'm wondering if theres anyone out there can offer me some advice.&lt;br/&gt;I was convicted of a sex offence in the US, sentenced to 42 months and served my sentence in Federal prison. Part way through, I was able to transfer back to the UK und</description><pubDate>Wed, 22 Jan 2020 12:58:40 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Tim</dc:creator></item><item><title>Getting cautions or convictions expunged</title><link>https://forum.unlock.org.uk/FindPost26787.aspx</link><description>Hi all

I’m new to the Forum but 7 years ago I was arrested at a tube station by BTP I believe wrongly.
I was out for work drinks and I did get v drunk, prob had 2 bottles of wine or more so I admit to 
being v drunk.  After leaving the restaurant I got o</description><pubDate>Tue, 07 Jan 2020 10:22:47 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>coco98</dc:creator></item><item><title>Will it show on DBS?</title><link>https://forum.unlock.org.uk/FindPost26790.aspx</link><description>Hi guys further to my topic on getting my caution i need to know if it will show up on a DBS check. I work in the financial sector in a non management admin role. My simple spent caution for drunk and disorderly and assaulting a police officer while execu</description><pubDate>Tue, 07 Jan 2020 09:03:24 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>coco98</dc:creator></item><item><title>Hello everyone here is my story</title><link>https://forum.unlock.org.uk/FindPost26794.aspx</link><description>&lt;table class="i-table if-topic"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr id="ctl00_ctlContentPlaceHolder_ctl00_ctl00_ctlTopic_ctl00_ctlPanelBar_ctlTopicsRepeater_ctl01_trRow2"&gt;&lt;td class="i-col-light if-post-col-left" id="ctl00_ctlContentPlaceHolder_ctl00_ctl00_ctlTopic_ctl00_ctlPanelB</description><pubDate>Tue, 07 Jan 2020 08:41:39 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>coco98</dc:creator></item><item><title>New job</title><link>https://forum.unlock.org.uk/FindPost26737.aspx</link><description>Hi I just wanted to share a story with a happy ending. I have some spent convictions from 17 years ago. Due to so many jobs requiring standard and enhanced dbs checks I ended up becoming self employed. Which worked well for several years until I decided I</description><pubDate>Fri, 20 Dec 2019 18:35:13 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Angelwings</dc:creator></item><item><title>PVG Disclosure Scotland</title><link>https://forum.unlock.org.uk/FindPost26608.aspx</link><description>Hi All,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In 2006 I was sent to prison for 2 years for cannabis cultivation. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Recently I have started doing voluntary work for a charity which I am really enjoying and things are going well. Last week my support worker asked me to appl</description><pubDate>Tue, 26 Nov 2019 15:11:16 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Sicknote</dc:creator></item><item><title>Hi</title><link>https://forum.unlock.org.uk/FindPost26582.aspx</link><description>Hi everyone&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;I have been following this site for sometime and finally built up the courage to get involved.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;I have recently&amp;nbsp; been convicted of attempted sexual communication with a child, prior to this I was happily married, de</description><pubDate>Mon, 18 Nov 2019 22:02:06 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>newstart</dc:creator></item><item><title>Hi</title><link>https://forum.unlock.org.uk/FindPost26556.aspx</link><description>Hi to everyone who takes the time to read this post.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;I have been resident in the UK for 17 years now, originally from South Africa. I am now 52.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br/&gt;I was sentenced to 2 years imprisonment in 2010 for GBH and served a year and 10 days. &lt;br/</description><pubDate>Tue, 12 Nov 2019 08:59:29 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Saffer</dc:creator></item><item><title>CRIMINAL RECORD</title><link>https://forum.unlock.org.uk/FindPost26401.aspx</link><description>Hello guys.&lt;br/&gt;l was convicted by court on 26th June 2015. My offence was having care of ill treat/wilfully neglect a person without mental capacity and I received a community sentence of 120 hours with a fine. Now l want to renew my SIA badge and apply </description><pubDate>Tue, 03 Sep 2019 11:31:56 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>DavidO</dc:creator></item><item><title>Hello</title><link>https://forum.unlock.org.uk/FindPost26398.aspx</link><description>Greetings all,&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;I have been meaning to check this forum more. I set up an account around the time I received my conviction. I have served (as of today) my suspended sentence but still making a life for myself after some bad decisions. I just want </description><pubDate>Tue, 03 Sep 2019 09:49:49 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>conaty</dc:creator></item><item><title>New and looking for information on driving instructing.</title><link>https://forum.unlock.org.uk/FindPost26194.aspx</link><description>Hi, I’ve joined to find out if anyone with a previous conviction has ever became a driving instructor. I currently work as a dental nurse and have done for many years, however I had to disclose my conviction with my employer when the PVG check was introdu</description><pubDate>Thu, 22 Aug 2019 08:49:03 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>TartanLass</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>