On the latest episode of the Transform Justice Podcast, @eppiesprung.bsky.social discusses why she is open about her past offence and how she came to set up @nextchapterscotland.org.uk.
🎧 Listen to the full episode here: pod.fo/e/39e682
#TransformJusticePodcast #FairChecks #NextChapterScotland
🎧 Listen to the full episode here: pod.fo/e/39e682
#TransformJusticePodcast #FairChecks #NextChapterScotland
April 1, 2026 at 10:28 AM
On the latest episode of the Transform Justice Podcast, @eppiesprung.bsky.social discusses why she is open about her past offence and how she came to set up @nextchapterscotland.org.uk.
🎧 Listen to the full episode here: pod.fo/e/39e682
#TransformJusticePodcast #FairChecks #NextChapterScotland
🎧 Listen to the full episode here: pod.fo/e/39e682
#TransformJusticePodcast #FairChecks #NextChapterScotland
Brilliant news 💛
We’ve been awarded support through the Volunteering Support Fund.
More voices. More support. More hope.
Huge thanks to @impactfunding.bsky.social and @scottishgovernment.bsky.social for backing stigma-free, lived-experience-led support.
#NextChapterScotland #SupportNotStigma
We’ve been awarded support through the Volunteering Support Fund.
More voices. More support. More hope.
Huge thanks to @impactfunding.bsky.social and @scottishgovernment.bsky.social for backing stigma-free, lived-experience-led support.
#NextChapterScotland #SupportNotStigma
November 18, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Brilliant news 💛
We’ve been awarded support through the Volunteering Support Fund.
More voices. More support. More hope.
Huge thanks to @impactfunding.bsky.social and @scottishgovernment.bsky.social for backing stigma-free, lived-experience-led support.
#NextChapterScotland #SupportNotStigma
We’ve been awarded support through the Volunteering Support Fund.
More voices. More support. More hope.
Huge thanks to @impactfunding.bsky.social and @scottishgovernment.bsky.social for backing stigma-free, lived-experience-led support.
#NextChapterScotland #SupportNotStigma
Our team was delighted to be at Wednesday’s Celebrating Recovery event with Lanarkshire Links & Stigma Free Lanarkshire 💛
If you’re running an event and would like our outreach team to attend, we’d love to hear from you.
#NextChapterScotland #SupportNotStigma
If you’re running an event and would like our outreach team to attend, we’d love to hear from you.
#NextChapterScotland #SupportNotStigma
November 14, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Our team was delighted to be at Wednesday’s Celebrating Recovery event with Lanarkshire Links & Stigma Free Lanarkshire 💛
If you’re running an event and would like our outreach team to attend, we’d love to hear from you.
#NextChapterScotland #SupportNotStigma
If you’re running an event and would like our outreach team to attend, we’d love to hear from you.
#NextChapterScotland #SupportNotStigma
Brilliant session today with IRISS reflecting on how to make social work placements stronger, more empowering, and rooted in lived experience.
When we build on the good, we build something better 💛
#NextChapterScotland #Iriss #LearningTogether
When we build on the good, we build something better 💛
#NextChapterScotland #Iriss #LearningTogether
November 13, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Brilliant session today with IRISS reflecting on how to make social work placements stronger, more empowering, and rooted in lived experience.
When we build on the good, we build something better 💛
#NextChapterScotland #Iriss #LearningTogether
When we build on the good, we build something better 💛
#NextChapterScotland #Iriss #LearningTogether
📞 Our helpline will be closed tomorrow (13 Nov) for team training but WhatsApp and voicemail are still open.
Leave us a message and we’ll get back to you as soon as we’re back online.
Thanks for your patience 💛
#NextChapterScotland #SupportNotStigma
Leave us a message and we’ll get back to you as soon as we’re back online.
Thanks for your patience 💛
#NextChapterScotland #SupportNotStigma
November 12, 2025 at 8:58 AM
📞 Our helpline will be closed tomorrow (13 Nov) for team training but WhatsApp and voicemail are still open.
Leave us a message and we’ll get back to you as soon as we’re back online.
Thanks for your patience 💛
#NextChapterScotland #SupportNotStigma
Leave us a message and we’ll get back to you as soon as we’re back online.
Thanks for your patience 💛
#NextChapterScotland #SupportNotStigma
Just dropped: The Scrap Heap | Mark’s next story in the “Life After the Label” series.
Now available in audio format 🎧 for wherever you are.
👉 nextchapterscotland.org.uk/blog/the-scrap-heap
#SupportNotStigma #NextChapterScotland
Now available in audio format 🎧 for wherever you are.
👉 nextchapterscotland.org.uk/blog/the-scrap-heap
#SupportNotStigma #NextChapterScotland
Next Chapter Scotland latest blog
Next Chapter Scotland latest blog
nextchapterscotland.org.uk
November 6, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Just dropped: The Scrap Heap | Mark’s next story in the “Life After the Label” series.
Now available in audio format 🎧 for wherever you are.
👉 nextchapterscotland.org.uk/blog/the-scrap-heap
#SupportNotStigma #NextChapterScotland
Now available in audio format 🎧 for wherever you are.
👉 nextchapterscotland.org.uk/blog/the-scrap-heap
#SupportNotStigma #NextChapterScotland
This week is #TrusteesWeek, and we want to say a huge thank you to our incredible Board. 💛
They guide our work, champion second chances and help shape a fairer future for people rebuilding after conviction.
Thinking of becoming a trustee? There’s no better time.
#NextChapterScotland #SecondChances
They guide our work, champion second chances and help shape a fairer future for people rebuilding after conviction.
Thinking of becoming a trustee? There’s no better time.
#NextChapterScotland #SecondChances
November 5, 2025 at 10:09 AM
This week is #TrusteesWeek, and we want to say a huge thank you to our incredible Board. 💛
They guide our work, champion second chances and help shape a fairer future for people rebuilding after conviction.
Thinking of becoming a trustee? There’s no better time.
#NextChapterScotland #SecondChances
They guide our work, champion second chances and help shape a fairer future for people rebuilding after conviction.
Thinking of becoming a trustee? There’s no better time.
#NextChapterScotland #SecondChances
💌 Every message matters.
Each email we send to someone in prison through "e-mail a prisoner" service costs 68p, small, but life-changing.
Help us keep this vital connection alive. Every 68p keeps hope flowing. 💛
👉 www.nextchapterscotland.org.uk/donate
#NextChapterScotland #HopeInside
Each email we send to someone in prison through "e-mail a prisoner" service costs 68p, small, but life-changing.
Help us keep this vital connection alive. Every 68p keeps hope flowing. 💛
👉 www.nextchapterscotland.org.uk/donate
#NextChapterScotland #HopeInside
Donate | Next Chapter Scotland
Support the work of charity Next Chapter Scotland
www.nextchapterscotland.org.uk
October 22, 2025 at 6:14 AM
💌 Every message matters.
Each email we send to someone in prison through "e-mail a prisoner" service costs 68p, small, but life-changing.
Help us keep this vital connection alive. Every 68p keeps hope flowing. 💛
👉 www.nextchapterscotland.org.uk/donate
#NextChapterScotland #HopeInside
Each email we send to someone in prison through "e-mail a prisoner" service costs 68p, small, but life-changing.
Help us keep this vital connection alive. Every 68p keeps hope flowing. 💛
👉 www.nextchapterscotland.org.uk/donate
#NextChapterScotland #HopeInside
Yesterday one of our student social workers visited the Family Centre at HMP Low Moss 💛
They spoke with families about how we support people in prison.
Every conversation helps break stigma and build hope. 🌿
#NextChapterScotland #JusticeSupport #FamilySupport
They spoke with families about how we support people in prison.
Every conversation helps break stigma and build hope. 🌿
#NextChapterScotland #JusticeSupport #FamilySupport
October 17, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Yesterday one of our student social workers visited the Family Centre at HMP Low Moss 💛
They spoke with families about how we support people in prison.
Every conversation helps break stigma and build hope. 🌿
#NextChapterScotland #JusticeSupport #FamilySupport
They spoke with families about how we support people in prison.
Every conversation helps break stigma and build hope. 🌿
#NextChapterScotland #JusticeSupport #FamilySupport
💚 It’s #OrganDonationWeek.
For us, it’s personal, one of our team donated his kidney to save his dad’s life. A powerful reminder of what donation means: more time, more love, more life.
👉 Learn more: www.organdonation.nhs.uk/get-involved...
#GiftOfLife #NextChapterScotland
For us, it’s personal, one of our team donated his kidney to save his dad’s life. A powerful reminder of what donation means: more time, more love, more life.
👉 Learn more: www.organdonation.nhs.uk/get-involved...
#GiftOfLife #NextChapterScotland
Organ donation Week
Get involved in Organ Donation Week this September to help save lives and support those waiting for transplants, the waiting list has never been higher. Organ Donation Week starts on the 22nd of Septe...
www.organdonation.nhs.uk
September 27, 2025 at 10:15 AM
💚 It’s #OrganDonationWeek.
For us, it’s personal, one of our team donated his kidney to save his dad’s life. A powerful reminder of what donation means: more time, more love, more life.
👉 Learn more: www.organdonation.nhs.uk/get-involved...
#GiftOfLife #NextChapterScotland
For us, it’s personal, one of our team donated his kidney to save his dad’s life. A powerful reminder of what donation means: more time, more love, more life.
👉 Learn more: www.organdonation.nhs.uk/get-involved...
#GiftOfLife #NextChapterScotland
💬 Not a fan of phone calls? We’ve got you.
You can now access our Listening Ear support via Facebook Messenger, a safe non-judgmental space with trained psychology students.
📲 Message us on FB to get started.
#NextChapterScotland #ListeningEar #SupportNotStigma
You can now access our Listening Ear support via Facebook Messenger, a safe non-judgmental space with trained psychology students.
📲 Message us on FB to get started.
#NextChapterScotland #ListeningEar #SupportNotStigma
September 26, 2025 at 8:32 AM
💬 Not a fan of phone calls? We’ve got you.
You can now access our Listening Ear support via Facebook Messenger, a safe non-judgmental space with trained psychology students.
📲 Message us on FB to get started.
#NextChapterScotland #ListeningEar #SupportNotStigma
You can now access our Listening Ear support via Facebook Messenger, a safe non-judgmental space with trained psychology students.
📲 Message us on FB to get started.
#NextChapterScotland #ListeningEar #SupportNotStigma
✨ New week, new Linktree! ✨
Every share helps us reach someone who might need support navigating stigma & the justice system. 💛
👉 linktr.ee/NextChapterS...
#SupportNotStigma #NextChapterScotland
Every share helps us reach someone who might need support navigating stigma & the justice system. 💛
👉 linktr.ee/NextChapterS...
#SupportNotStigma #NextChapterScotland
September 22, 2025 at 7:50 AM
✨ New week, new Linktree! ✨
Every share helps us reach someone who might need support navigating stigma & the justice system. 💛
👉 linktr.ee/NextChapterS...
#SupportNotStigma #NextChapterScotland
Every share helps us reach someone who might need support navigating stigma & the justice system. 💛
👉 linktr.ee/NextChapterS...
#SupportNotStigma #NextChapterScotland
👀 Spot the change?
Our refreshed logo, designed by @mediaco-op.bsky.social, now shows a dark chapter followed by brighter pages. 📖✨
Because there’s always another page and a brighter chapter ahead. 💛
#NextChapterScotland #BrighterChaptersAhead
Our refreshed logo, designed by @mediaco-op.bsky.social, now shows a dark chapter followed by brighter pages. 📖✨
Because there’s always another page and a brighter chapter ahead. 💛
#NextChapterScotland #BrighterChaptersAhead
September 11, 2025 at 4:59 PM
👀 Spot the change?
Our refreshed logo, designed by @mediaco-op.bsky.social, now shows a dark chapter followed by brighter pages. 📖✨
Because there’s always another page and a brighter chapter ahead. 💛
#NextChapterScotland #BrighterChaptersAhead
Our refreshed logo, designed by @mediaco-op.bsky.social, now shows a dark chapter followed by brighter pages. 📖✨
Because there’s always another page and a brighter chapter ahead. 💛
#NextChapterScotland #BrighterChaptersAhead
🎓 Welcome to our new social work placement students from across the west of Scotland! For the next 3 months they’ll be learning alongside us, bringing fresh ideas while seeing the impact of support, hope & lived experience in action. 💛 #NextChapterScotland
August 29, 2025 at 8:04 AM
🎓 Welcome to our new social work placement students from across the west of Scotland! For the next 3 months they’ll be learning alongside us, bringing fresh ideas while seeing the impact of support, hope & lived experience in action. 💛 #NextChapterScotland
💛 Need someone who gets it?
Our Helpline is here for anyone affected by the justice system, whether it’s your conviction, an investigation, or the impact on family.
You deserve support. You deserve to be heard.
#SupportNotStigma #NextChapterScotland
Our Helpline is here for anyone affected by the justice system, whether it’s your conviction, an investigation, or the impact on family.
You deserve support. You deserve to be heard.
#SupportNotStigma #NextChapterScotland
August 25, 2025 at 5:13 PM
💛 Need someone who gets it?
Our Helpline is here for anyone affected by the justice system, whether it’s your conviction, an investigation, or the impact on family.
You deserve support. You deserve to be heard.
#SupportNotStigma #NextChapterScotland
Our Helpline is here for anyone affected by the justice system, whether it’s your conviction, an investigation, or the impact on family.
You deserve support. You deserve to be heard.
#SupportNotStigma #NextChapterScotland
When online “justice” turns to vigilante backlash, whole families can be harmed, not helped.
📘 We’ve created trauma-informed guides & templates to help people respond safely.
🔗 www.nextchapterscotland.org.uk/topic/commun...
#SupportNotStigma #NextChapterScotland
📘 We’ve created trauma-informed guides & templates to help people respond safely.
🔗 www.nextchapterscotland.org.uk/topic/commun...
#SupportNotStigma #NextChapterScotland
Community Backlash & Vigilantes
Community backlash & vigilantes. The fear of many with a criminal record.
www.nextchapterscotland.org.uk
August 8, 2025 at 6:42 AM
When online “justice” turns to vigilante backlash, whole families can be harmed, not helped.
📘 We’ve created trauma-informed guides & templates to help people respond safely.
🔗 www.nextchapterscotland.org.uk/topic/commun...
#SupportNotStigma #NextChapterScotland
📘 We’ve created trauma-informed guides & templates to help people respond safely.
🔗 www.nextchapterscotland.org.uk/topic/commun...
#SupportNotStigma #NextChapterScotland
Shame isn’t justice.
It isolates people long after a sentence ends but it doesn’t have to.
At Next Chapter Scotland, we believe no one should carry that weight alone.
💛 Learn more:
🔗 www.nextchapterscotland.org.uk/topic/shame
#SupportNotStigma #NextChapterScotland
It isolates people long after a sentence ends but it doesn’t have to.
At Next Chapter Scotland, we believe no one should carry that weight alone.
💛 Learn more:
🔗 www.nextchapterscotland.org.uk/topic/shame
#SupportNotStigma #NextChapterScotland
August 5, 2025 at 6:38 AM
Shame isn’t justice.
It isolates people long after a sentence ends but it doesn’t have to.
At Next Chapter Scotland, we believe no one should carry that weight alone.
💛 Learn more:
🔗 www.nextchapterscotland.org.uk/topic/shame
#SupportNotStigma #NextChapterScotland
It isolates people long after a sentence ends but it doesn’t have to.
At Next Chapter Scotland, we believe no one should carry that weight alone.
💛 Learn more:
🔗 www.nextchapterscotland.org.uk/topic/shame
#SupportNotStigma #NextChapterScotland
📝 New Blog: Quiet at Last
Mark explores what it means to live after a wrongful conviction and questions the idea of “policing by consent” when your trust in the system is gone.
🔗 nextchapterscotland.org.uk/blog/quiet-a...
#LivedExperience #NextChapterScotland
Mark explores what it means to live after a wrongful conviction and questions the idea of “policing by consent” when your trust in the system is gone.
🔗 nextchapterscotland.org.uk/blog/quiet-a...
#LivedExperience #NextChapterScotland
August 2, 2025 at 7:16 AM
📝 New Blog: Quiet at Last
Mark explores what it means to live after a wrongful conviction and questions the idea of “policing by consent” when your trust in the system is gone.
🔗 nextchapterscotland.org.uk/blog/quiet-a...
#LivedExperience #NextChapterScotland
Mark explores what it means to live after a wrongful conviction and questions the idea of “policing by consent” when your trust in the system is gone.
🔗 nextchapterscotland.org.uk/blog/quiet-a...
#LivedExperience #NextChapterScotland
🏠 Finding housing after a conviction can be tough, rejection, confusion, judgement.
We’ve pulled together clear info to help you know your rights and get the support you deserve.
🔗 nextchapterscotland.org.uk/information/housing
#SupportNotStigma #NextChapterScotland
We’ve pulled together clear info to help you know your rights and get the support you deserve.
🔗 nextchapterscotland.org.uk/information/housing
#SupportNotStigma #NextChapterScotland
July 14, 2025 at 4:58 PM
🏠 Finding housing after a conviction can be tough, rejection, confusion, judgement.
We’ve pulled together clear info to help you know your rights and get the support you deserve.
🔗 nextchapterscotland.org.uk/information/housing
#SupportNotStigma #NextChapterScotland
We’ve pulled together clear info to help you know your rights and get the support you deserve.
🔗 nextchapterscotland.org.uk/information/housing
#SupportNotStigma #NextChapterScotland
📝 New blog now live: Chasing Myself
From a departure lounge, Mark reflects on grief, identity + the lasting effects of a wrongful conviction.
“I’m chasing someone I’m not sure even exists anymore…”
🔗 www.nextchapterscotland.org.uk/blog/chasing...
#LivedExperience #NextChapterScotland
From a departure lounge, Mark reflects on grief, identity + the lasting effects of a wrongful conviction.
“I’m chasing someone I’m not sure even exists anymore…”
🔗 www.nextchapterscotland.org.uk/blog/chasing...
#LivedExperience #NextChapterScotland
July 11, 2025 at 1:30 PM
📝 New blog now live: Chasing Myself
From a departure lounge, Mark reflects on grief, identity + the lasting effects of a wrongful conviction.
“I’m chasing someone I’m not sure even exists anymore…”
🔗 www.nextchapterscotland.org.uk/blog/chasing...
#LivedExperience #NextChapterScotland
From a departure lounge, Mark reflects on grief, identity + the lasting effects of a wrongful conviction.
“I’m chasing someone I’m not sure even exists anymore…”
🔗 www.nextchapterscotland.org.uk/blog/chasing...
#LivedExperience #NextChapterScotland
🆕 New blog from @NextChapterScotland:
“Mum, can Dad come?”
A powerful look at how ordinary questions carry extraordinary weight for families living under the Sex Offenders Register.
🔗 www.nextchapterscotland.org.uk/blog/mum-can...
📚 New school resources now live too — find them on our site.
“Mum, can Dad come?”
A powerful look at how ordinary questions carry extraordinary weight for families living under the Sex Offenders Register.
🔗 www.nextchapterscotland.org.uk/blog/mum-can...
📚 New school resources now live too — find them on our site.
July 7, 2025 at 3:01 PM
🆕 New blog from @NextChapterScotland:
“Mum, can Dad come?”
A powerful look at how ordinary questions carry extraordinary weight for families living under the Sex Offenders Register.
🔗 www.nextchapterscotland.org.uk/blog/mum-can...
📚 New school resources now live too — find them on our site.
“Mum, can Dad come?”
A powerful look at how ordinary questions carry extraordinary weight for families living under the Sex Offenders Register.
🔗 www.nextchapterscotland.org.uk/blog/mum-can...
📚 New school resources now live too — find them on our site.
🎤 Yesterday we brought together policy makers, academics & lived experience voices to talk justice reform. The stories shared during our Platform were powerful, honest & moving and proof of why change is urgent. More to come 💛
#AmplifyingVoices #NextChapterScotland
#AmplifyingVoices #NextChapterScotland
June 24, 2025 at 10:39 AM
🎤 Yesterday we brought together policy makers, academics & lived experience voices to talk justice reform. The stories shared during our Platform were powerful, honest & moving and proof of why change is urgent. More to come 💛
#AmplifyingVoices #NextChapterScotland
#AmplifyingVoices #NextChapterScotland
We’re building a Next Chapter Music Playlist 🎶💛
What songs lift your spirits when the day’s been tough?
Drop your feel-good favourites below, we’d love to add them!
#NextChapterScotland #CheerUpPlaylist #MusicHeals #SupportNotStigma
What songs lift your spirits when the day’s been tough?
Drop your feel-good favourites below, we’d love to add them!
#NextChapterScotland #CheerUpPlaylist #MusicHeals #SupportNotStigma
June 18, 2025 at 12:53 PM
We’re building a Next Chapter Music Playlist 🎶💛
What songs lift your spirits when the day’s been tough?
Drop your feel-good favourites below, we’d love to add them!
#NextChapterScotland #CheerUpPlaylist #MusicHeals #SupportNotStigma
What songs lift your spirits when the day’s been tough?
Drop your feel-good favourites below, we’d love to add them!
#NextChapterScotland #CheerUpPlaylist #MusicHeals #SupportNotStigma
💛 We’re a small charity with a big mission, to support anyone affected by the justice system in Scotland. Help us keep going. Your donation supports our helpline, peer work & more.
🔗 Donate or learn more: www.nextchapterscotland.org.uk/donate
#SupportNotStigma #NextChapterScotland
🔗 Donate or learn more: www.nextchapterscotland.org.uk/donate
#SupportNotStigma #NextChapterScotland
June 18, 2025 at 9:44 AM
💛 We’re a small charity with a big mission, to support anyone affected by the justice system in Scotland. Help us keep going. Your donation supports our helpline, peer work & more.
🔗 Donate or learn more: www.nextchapterscotland.org.uk/donate
#SupportNotStigma #NextChapterScotland
🔗 Donate or learn more: www.nextchapterscotland.org.uk/donate
#SupportNotStigma #NextChapterScotland