Welcome to The Butler Trust
The Butler Trust is an independent charity which recognises excellence and innovation by people working with offenders in the UK.
Through its Annual Award Scheme and Development Programme, the Trust helps to develop effective care for offenders by:
• identifying and promoting excellence and innovation by Prison and Probation Service and criminal justice social work staff, contractors and volunteers;
• developing and disseminating best practice in the care and resettlement of offenders throughout the UK;
• providing professional and personal development opportunities for award-winning staff.
Another bumper year for nominations!
The deadline for nominations for the 2009 Award Scheme has now closed. This year we received 304 nominations from 130 different locations. Take a look at where nominations for 2009 Awards came from.
Prison Nominations
England & Wales: 196
Scotland: 19
Northern Ireland: 15
Total: 230
Probation Nominations
England & Wales: 59
Northern Ireland: 2
Criminal Justice Social Work Nominations
Scotland: 9
Total: 70
Noms or Criminal Justice Authorities Partnerships Nominations
England & Wales: 3
Scotland: 1
Total: 4
Find out who won a 2008 Butler Trust Award on the award winners page.
Registered Charity No. 291762
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