Inform Plus and Inform
These are educational programmes for people who have been involved in, or have been effected by, internet offending.
Inform Plus: The Information Forum for Individuals with Internet Problems
What is Inform Plus?
The Inform Plus programme aims to offer support, advice, and information for those who have been arrested, cautioned or convicted in connection with indecent images of children. The ten-week programme offers a 'safe' group environment in which those who have been arrested for child pornography related offences can explore their behaviour and seek practical advice in order to avoid future re-offending.
Groups usually consist of around 6-8 men, with 2-3 specialists from the Lucy Faithfull Foundation.
What does Inform Plus cover?
- Inform Plus provides an opportunity for you to explore your offending behaviour in a structured but supportive environment, and to devise strategies for avoiding future internet offending.
- The behavioural process involved in this type of offending
- The effects on child victims
- The impact of your behaviour on you and those close to you
- Information about the criminal justice system
- Identifying goals for a positive future lifestyle.
The information you share during the sessions will remain confidential unless:
- It raises concerns about a child at risk
- You disclose previously unreported offences
- It has been agreed in advance to share information about your progress with other agencies.
How long is the course and how much does it cost?
The Inform Plus course runs over 10 weeks with each session lasting 2½ hours. Sessions are currently run in the evening. As a charity, we have to make a charge to help cover our costs. The cost to participants is £700 payable in advance. If this is beyond your means, please let us know and we will try to explore top-up funding from another source.
Where are the courses run?
At present the Inform Plus course is run in the South East, Avon and Somerset, The Midlands and The North. For further information about the location of these courses or whether there may be plans for a course in your area please contact us on the number below.
Help for your family and friends
We also provide a programme for partners, friends and family of those arrested, cautioned or convicted for child pornography related offences. For more details, please refer to the Inform programme below.
Contact us
To discuss the course in more detail, please call Stop it Now! helpline on 0808 1000 900.
If you cannot attend one of our group programmes, it may be possible for us to deliver this programme on a one-to-one basis.
Inform: The Information Forum for Families with Internet Problems
What is Inform?
Inform is an educative course designed to offer information and support to the partners, relatives and close friends of people who have been charged in relation to child pornography accessed via the Internet. Inform aims to provide a ‘safe place’ to which people can bring their issues, problems and questions and discuss them in an understanding and supportive environment. Each Inform group typically has 4-6 members.
What does Inform cover?
- Dispel myths about Internet offending and provide you with the facts
- Explore questions such as:- ‘what made him do it?’ and ‘why didn’t he stop?’
- Consider practical issues including the implications of sentencing outcomes and the Sex Offenders’ Register
- Help you devise practical strategies to plan for the future, including ongoing risk management
- Provide emotional support to help you cope and alleviate feelings of stress and isolation
- Enhance your ability to aid your own, and your family’s, recovery
- The information you share will remain confidential unless it raises concerns about a child at risk.
How much does Inform cost?
As a charity, we have to make a small charge to help cover our costs. The Inform course costs £150 payable in advance. If this is beyond your means, we will try to explore ‘top-up’ funding from another source so please ask us for details.
Who runs Inform?
Course facilitators are all staff of the Lucy Faithfull Foundation, who are trained and experienced in working with family members or close friends of those who have been charged in relation to child pornography offences via the Internet. Each Inform group has two facilitators, who are available for ongoing support via the Stop it Now! freephone Helpline (0808 1000 900).
Don’t worry….
- You won’t have to reveal your full identity to other participants or share personal and relationship details in the sessions.
- The information you share will remain confidential unless it raises concerns about a child at risk.
- Wherever possible we are keen to offer a Programme to your family member or friend to help them to understand their problematic Internet behaviour and learn how to manage it in the future.
- The sessions will provide a ‘safe’ forum for you to ask your own questions and, if you wish, explore issues relating to your own situation.
Contact us
To discuss the course in more detail, please call Stop it Now! helpline 0808 1000 900.
If you cannot attend one of our group programmes, it may be possible for us to deliver this programme on a one-to-one basis.