Explore our seven calls to action for the new Government to integrate children who use EAL.
Last month the prison education system was brought into sharp focus, with the publication of the final report from the House of Commons Education Committee. Following the inquiry, ‘Education: Are Prisoners Being Left behind?’, to which The Bell Foundation submitted evidence, the much-anticipated report has called for an ‘overhaul’ of the current system. The report … Continued
The Bell Foundation is excited to be seeking new grant partnerships in 2022. Following the launch of the groundbreaking research series Language Barriers in the Criminal Justice System, The Bell Foundation is launching a new funding round to address the key issues facing speakers of English as a second or additional language in the criminal … Continued
A new report, Language barriers in the criminal justice system, carried out by Victim Support, the Institute for Crime & Justice Policy Research (ICPR), the Centre for Justice Innovation and funded by The Bell Foundation, found victims who speak English as a second or additional language (ESL) often struggled to communicate important information to law … Continued
The latest lockdown is affecting the daily lives of every adult, young person and child in the UK. However, life for prisoners is an even greater lockdown as they are currently confined to their cells for up to 23.5 hours a day limiting access to education, rehabilitation, exercise or communications with family. As the Chief … Continued
I am writing this as we enter our next three-week period of lockdown. Most of us have adapted to remote working and Zoom meetings both of which are rapidly becoming the new normal. Having had a case of Covid-19 in our household, we can now finally leave our 14-day isolation period and are allowed out … Continued
The Bell Foundation, Learning and Work Institute and De Montfort University have, today, published a report which investigates the needs of prisoners with English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) in the secure estate and how to improve identification of, and support for, these prisoners. The report ‘Improving Language, Improving Lives: Supporting ESOL in the … Continued