Oct 16, 2024
10 October: HRH The Princess Royal, as Patron of the Butler Trust, visits North Tyneside YJS, to meet staff from the YJS and partner agencies, including recent Butler Trust Award Winner Justin Laidler.
May 5, 2024
Nominations for this year’s Butler Trust Awards are open from 1 May to the end of June...
Mar 19, 2024
This afternoon, HRH The Princess Royal presented the 2023-24 Awards in the glittering settings of St James’s Palace – as she has done on each occasion since the very first Awards in 1986.
Mar 5, 2024
5 March: HRH The Princess Royal visits HMP Aylesbury - her second prison visit as our Patron in two weeks - meeting recent Butler Trust winners and their colleagues, as well as viewing some of the excellent work taking place around the establishment.
Feb 22, 2024
Yesterday (21 February), our Patron, HRH The Princess Royal, visited HMP Doncaster, to tour the establishment and meet staff. At the end of her visit, The Princess addressed the staff to thank them for their service.
Jan 10, 2024
We are delighted to announce the names of our 2023-24 Butler Trust Award Winners and Commendees. As always, the Awards once again reflect some of the most outstanding examples of the dedication, skill, and creativity found throughout the criminal justice system.
Dec 1, 2023
This year’s Kathy Biggar Trophy goes to Sandwell & Dudley Probation for their Women’s Trauma Informed Community Healthcare Project – a truly innovative approach to helping to ensure that women in contact with probation get the healthcare they need.
Nov 17, 2023
Between 20 October and 16 November, The Princess Royal visited HMPs Elmley, Wandsworth and Drake Hall, as our Patron, to meet recent Butler Trust Award Winners, and their colleagues, in their places of work, and pay tribute to them for their service.
Sep 30, 2023
First launched by the Trust, yesterday was the fourth Annual #HiddenHeroes Day – a chance to say thank you to everyone working in UK prisons, probation and youth justice services, for the critical work they do. As in previous years, the day was widely observed, with events held in workplaces across the country.
Sep 14, 2023
The Princess Royal visited Stonnall Rd Approved Premises today to meet recent Butler Trust Award Winner John Holsey and his colleagues – it was The Princess’s first visit to an approved premises and was appreciated by all concerned.
Jul 20, 2023
Our Royal Patron, HRH The Princess Royal, visited HMP Cardiff yesterday, touring the jail and speaking to staff, including recent Butler Trust Award Winner, Matt Hillard. The Princess spent almost 2 hours in the establishment, and briefly addressed staff in Visits before departing for her next engagement.
May 23, 2023
Nominations are now open for this year’s Butler Trust Awards!
May 17, 2023
Last week, our Royal Patron, HRH The Princess Royal, visited HMP Pentonville, to meet recent Award Winners – Natalie Adams, Eve Brotzel, Ricardo Lafuente-Dyer, and Jose Aguiar – and their colleagues, in their places of work. HRH caught up with all four winners and toured the establishment, before addressing staff in the Centre.
Mar 28, 2023
The Butler Trust’s 36th Award Ceremony, hosted as on every previous occasion by HRH The Princess Royal, was held on 27th March, 2023. By gracious permission of His Majesty the King, we were once again back in the wonderful surroundings of St. James’s Palace in London, the senior Palace of the Sovereign – the first time (because of Covid) we had been able to hold the event there since 2019.
Jan 9, 2023
We are delighted to announce the names of our 2022-23 Butler Trust Award Winners and Commendees. As always, the Awards once again reflect some of the most outstanding examples of the dedication, skill, and creativity found throughout the criminal justice system.
Oct 16, 2024
10 October: HRH The Princess Royal, as Patron of the Butler Trust, visits North Tyneside YJS, to meet staff from the YJS and partner agencies, including recent Butler Trust Award Winner Justin Laidler.
May 5, 2024
Nominations for this year’s Butler Trust Awards are open from 1 May to the end of June...
Mar 19, 2024
This afternoon, HRH The Princess Royal presented the 2023-24 Awards in the glittering settings of St James’s Palace – as she has done on each occasion since the very first Awards in 1986.
Mar 5, 2024
5 March: HRH The Princess Royal visits HMP Aylesbury - her second prison visit as our Patron in two weeks - meeting recent Butler Trust winners and their colleagues, as well as viewing some of the excellent work taking place around the establishment.
Feb 22, 2024
Yesterday (21 February), our Patron, HRH The Princess Royal, visited HMP Doncaster, to tour the establishment and meet staff. At the end of her visit, The Princess addressed the staff to thank them for their service.
Jan 10, 2024
We are delighted to announce the names of our 2023-24 Butler Trust Award Winners and Commendees. As always, the Awards once again reflect some of the most outstanding examples of the dedication, skill, and creativity found throughout the criminal justice system.
Dec 1, 2023
This year’s Kathy Biggar Trophy goes to Sandwell & Dudley Probation for their Women’s Trauma Informed Community Healthcare Project – a truly innovative approach to helping to ensure that women in contact with probation get the healthcare they need.
Nov 17, 2023
Between 20 October and 16 November, The Princess Royal visited HMPs Elmley, Wandsworth and Drake Hall, as our Patron, to meet recent Butler Trust Award Winners, and their colleagues, in their places of work, and pay tribute to them for their service.
Sep 30, 2023
First launched by the Trust, yesterday was the fourth Annual #HiddenHeroes Day – a chance to say thank you to everyone working in UK prisons, probation and youth justice services, for the critical work they do. As in previous years, the day was widely observed, with events held in workplaces across the country.
Sep 14, 2023
The Princess Royal visited Stonnall Rd Approved Premises today to meet recent Butler Trust Award Winner John Holsey and his colleagues – it was The Princess’s first visit to an approved premises and was appreciated by all concerned.
Jul 20, 2023
Our Royal Patron, HRH The Princess Royal, visited HMP Cardiff yesterday, touring the jail and speaking to staff, including recent Butler Trust Award Winner, Matt Hillard. The Princess spent almost 2 hours in the establishment, and briefly addressed staff in Visits before departing for her next engagement.
May 23, 2023
Nominations are now open for this year’s Butler Trust Awards!