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Podcast series from the Diocese of Gloucester. We share various series, including justice and sentencing -focussed series, mental health, discussions around social media, faith, life and leadership. In conversation with Bishop Rachel Treweek and senior leaders as well as a diverse range of people from organisations across the diocese and the UK, as we explore the experiences of others, the challenges, the good times, the struggles and the inspirational stories. 

  1. Holding the key, Episode #12 ~ Sarah Burrows, founder of Children Heard and Seen, with Bishop Rachel

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    Holding the key, Episode #12 ~ Sarah Burrows, founder of Children Heard and Seen, with Bishop Rachel

    Bishop Rachel, the Bishop of Gloucester and Anglican Bishop for Prisons in England and Wales, is joined in conversation by Sarah Burrows, founder and CEO of the charity Children Heard and Seen. Together they explore the often-overlooked impact of parental imprisonment on children, particularly those living in the community who may have little or no relationship with the parent in prison.  Sarah emphasises that support systems leave many children invisible, unsupported, and unable to process feelings of shame, stigma, grief, or confusion. The conversation highlights how children’s experiences vary widely — even within the same family. Both argue for policy reform, better training for schools, and a more curious, compassionate public response — one that recognises children as innocent parties experiencing what Sarah describes as an “invisible punishment”, and that listens carefully to what children themselves say they need.

    29분
  2. Holding the key, Episode #11 ~ Junior Smart, founder of SOS Project, with Bishop Rachel

    2025. 08. 27.

    Holding the key, Episode #11 ~ Junior Smart, founder of SOS Project, with Bishop Rachel

    Bishop Rachel (Anglican Bishop for HM prisons) in conversation with Junior Smart.  Junior Smart is a youth violence consultant, trainer, and someone with lived experience of the Criminal Justice System. He's the founder of SOS Project, which began in a prison cell and grew to become one the UK's most recognised interventions, tackling violence.

    37분
  3. Holding the key, Episode #10 ~ Kate Fraser of Women in Prison, with Bishop Rachel

    2025. 05. 20.

    Holding the key, Episode #10 ~ Kate Fraser of Women in Prison, with Bishop Rachel

    Bishop Rachel (Anglican Bishop for HM prisons) in conversation with Kate Fraser, (Head of Practice for Women in Prison). Kate says, "We know that all pregnancies in prison are high risk, three babies have died in a women's prison in the past five years, and it's absolutely outrageous that we're sending pregnant women to prison."  She goes on, "The idea that a teenager can give birth on the concrete floor of a cell with no support, no medical help, nobody with her in a women's prison ... I don't think most taxpayers expect anything like that to happen when a woman is sent to prison, I think it's absolutely shocking." Bishop Rachel says, "Surely in the big picture we want to create stronger communities, and yet we still are obsessed with this idea of punishment."

    35분
  4. Holding the key, Episode #9 ~ David Shipley with Bishop Rachel

    2025. 05. 01.

    Holding the key, Episode #9 ~ David Shipley with Bishop Rachel

    Bishop Rachel talks to David Shipley about his experiences and specific suggestions for ways that the criminal justice system could be transformed. David Shipley has worked as a consultant for HM Inspectorate of Prisons and Probation, and has lived experience of being in prison himself. He says, “While I was in prison, I became radicalised. I think by the state of the prison system, by the way that it wastes time and lives, and ruins and destroys instead of healing and building, and changing in a positive way. So I promised myself that after I was out, I would speak up, campaign, write about it.”

    38분
  5. Holding the key, Episode #8 ~ Dilys Alam interviews Bishop Rachel

    2025. 04. 15.

    Holding the key, Episode #8 ~ Dilys Alam interviews Bishop Rachel

    Bishop Rachel (Anglican Bishop for HM prisons) in conversation with Dilys Alam (Home Affairs policy advisor at the Archbishops’ Council) – Taking the politics out of sentencing.In this eighth podcast in the series of 'Holding the Key: Unlocking the door to doing prison differently', Bishop Rachel finds herself in the interview seat as Dilys Alam asks a series of questions to find out more about Bishop Rachel's role with the Justice System.

    29분
  6. Holding the key, Episode #7 ~ Vicky Fobel

    2024. 10. 27.

    Holding the key, Episode #7 ~ Vicky Fobel

    The Anglican Bishop for HM Prisons, the Right Revd Rachel Treweek, in conversation with Vicky Fobel, Head of the Better Justice Partnership.

    30분
  7. Holding the key, Episode #6 ~ Edwina Grosvenor on Hope Street

    2024. 10. 22.

    Holding the key, Episode #6 ~ Edwina Grosvenor on Hope Street

    The Anglican Bishop for HM Prisons, the Right Revd Rachel Treweek, in conversation with Edwina Grosvenor, a philanthropist and criminologist who has worked in and around the prison system in England and Wales for 25 years. In this sixth podcast in the series of 'Holding the Key: Unlocking the door to doing prison differently', Edwina tells us, "If we are looking to bring people out [of prison], let's look at the people who shouldn't be there in the first place. Lots of women who are in prison in the female estate; they really don't pose a risk to the public, most of them pose a risk to themselves." Talking about the vision for Hope Street, a secure accommodation project for women leaving prison, she said "I sat down with a team of people to see if we could design the gold-standard, replicable, scalable-model, for women to be able to be sentenced to the community, that would work with probation, the police, the judiciary, children's services, drug and alcohol services. We thought if you really mapped all that - we should see if we could possibly create it. So we did." "We designed the building, it's now operational with the staff in it. We have beds for 24 women and their children, but then crucially we have a housing pathway, so they have step-down accommodation so they can move on and start living more independently." Bishop Rachel responds, "It's fantastic to see how you've inhabited that vision. It's also utterly fulfilling everything we've been saying. Not only do we think it's a good idea, but the evidence supports that. And you've made that happen -if you hadn't pushed for this and are now producing more evidence to show that it works, this would not have happened." Bishop Rachel says, "There should be an equivalent for Hope Street in every county."

    33분
  8. Holding the key, Episode #5 ~ John Podmore on transforming our approach to sentencing

    2024. 10. 10.

    Holding the key, Episode #5 ~ John Podmore on transforming our approach to sentencing

    The Anglican Bishop for HM Prisons, the Right Revd Rachel Treweek, in conversation with John Podmore. In this fifth podcast in the series of 'Holding the Key: Unlocking the door to doing prison differently', John tells us, "We should be locking up people we’re scared of, not mad at." John was a prison governor and inspector of prisons, and now acts as consultant with a particular interest in human rights and prison anti-corruption. Bishop Rachel and John discuss potential ways to change the approach to using prisons and sentencing; "We don’t have prison problems, we have community problems."

    36분
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Podcast series from the Diocese of Gloucester. We share various series, including justice and sentencing -focussed series, mental health, discussions around social media, faith, life and leadership. In conversation with Bishop Rachel Treweek and senior leaders as well as a diverse range of people from organisations across the diocese and the UK, as we explore the experiences of others, the challenges, the good times, the struggles and the inspirational stories. 

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    Diocese of Gloucester
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    2020년 - 2026년
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