No Easy Journey – 2025 Families Outside Travel Campaign

In January 2025 Families Outside are launching our travel campaign, No Easy Journey, and they would be delighted to have as many people involved as possible.

Imprisonment creates, sustains and deepens poverty for families across Scotland. Many families trying to maintain meaningful contact with a family member in prison are making significant sacrifices to do so, with many racking up debts to be able to attend visits or relocating to be closer to the prison their family member is in. Local travel services do not effectively and fairly service all prisons, and the only financial support to families for travel doesn’t reach everyone who needs it, and often does not cover costs.

This campaign looks to raise awareness of this significant issue, and Families Outside want to encourage as many voices as possible to be part of the conversation in calling for barriers to be removed for families.

Families Outside would like to invite you to an online session on Wednesday 4 December from 12 – 1.30pm. The session looks to provide an opportunity to discuss the campaign, ask any questions and find out how you can be involved in this work.

Through our No Easy Journey campaign we will be aiming to:

– Raise Awareness of the issues facing families in relation to travel and promote information of the supports available.

– Encourage Behaviour Change – both locally and nationally to advocate for specific changes to support outcomes for families in relation to travel.

– Promote Prison Visitor Centres, and other partners, highlighting the support they can offer.

The campaign will run for a week, starting on Monday 27^th January 2025.

To learn more and to sign up to the session on Wednesday 4 December, click here.

We look forward to seeing you at the session. If you have any questions between now and then, please feel free to get in touch with events@familiesoutside.org.uk.