Blockley’s appointment is part of a wider UK government New Futures Network initiative, designed to create 91 Employment Advisory Boards (EABs), to connect employers with resettlement prisons. Spearheaded by James Timpson through the Timpson Foundation, each Board has appointed a local business expert to act as chair, as well as offer advice and guide prisons on the local employment landscape.

Blockley’s portfolio at Impellam includes the Guidant Global, Comensura and Flexy brands and provides a diverse range of digitally-enabled, multidisciplinary work-force solutions to organisations around the world.

With his appointment, Brockley joins two other Impellam leaders working with the prison system: Hoa Ngo, managing director of Comensura UK is chair of the EAB for HMP and YOI Drake Hall, a progressive resettlement prison that promotes a culture of hope and aspiration to the women it serves; Joscelin Conrad, Impellam’s group director of investments and innovation, is a board adviser at Downview Women’s Prison and YOI in Surrey.

One of the first initiatives Blockley will oversee, in collaboration with Rebecca Coughlan, prison employment lead at Chelmsford Prison, is an employer engagement event, taking place on 11 May to help create links between HMP Chelmsford and the local business community to provide a better future for ex-offenders. To find out more and register please visit here.

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