About The Butler Trust
What is the Butler Trust?
The Butler Trust gets its name from "RAB" Butler (Lord Butler of Saffron Walden), a reforming former Home Secretary.
The Trust is an independent charity, set up in 1985, which aims to celebrate, support and share good practice in UK correctional settings.
Annual Awards
The Butler Trust Annual Awards recognise outstanding dedication, skill and creativity on the part of those working in correctional settings across the UK.
Awards and Commendations are given for work which, over a sustained period (generally of at least 12 months duration), has brought benefits in one or more of the following areas:
- effective care of offenders;
- health and well-being of staff;
- crime / public safety;
- other public benefits.
Read more about our Award Scheme (inc. what marks it out from other awards).
Development & Dissemination
Beyond the glitz and celebration of the Awards Ceremony we work with Award Winners and Commendees, together with the correctional services themselves, to develop and disseminate their work more widely, through:
- our accredited training course in "developing & disseminating good practice";
- on-going mentoring and support to our Award Winners and Commendees;
- our online directory of Award Winners' and Commendees' work.
Read more about our Development & Dissemination Programme.
Annual Report
Download a copy of our latest Annual Report
Equal Opportunities
The Butler Trust is committed to promoting equality, fairness and respect and will not tolerate any behaviour on the part of a member of staff (employee or secondee), volunteer (including Trustees and Awarding Panel Members) or other person working with or on behalf of the Trust which conflicts with this, including:
- unfair discrimination on the grounds of gender, marital status, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, disability, religion or belief, sexual orientation, age or any other irrelevant factor; or
- any form of harassment or insulting or abusive behaviour.
