Hiring someone for what they can do, rather than what they’ve done.

Interview with Bonnie Ashton, General Manager of Future Generation and our CEO Amelia Pickering on the barriers women face after incarceration.

Employment is usually one of the first conversations about life after incarceration. But the job is rarely the first hurdle.

Stable housing. ID documents. Transport. Confidence. Someone in your corner.
Employment becomes realistic once those things are in place.

That's where most of our work sits.

9 in 10 women who enter in prison have experienced violence and abuse. That history doesn't end when a sentence does, and it's part of why leaving prison can leave a woman more vulnerable, not less.

Our CEO Amelia Pickering and Bonnie Ashton from Future Generation Women talk through what that looks like in practice, and the opportunity this creates for employers when they hire based on what someone can do rather than what they've done.

We're grateful to Future Generation Women, whose partnership supports women leaving prison to build the skills and connections they need to find sustainable work.

Ten minutes, and worth the time.