skills4reform
London
Skills4Reform is a Social Enterprise and our aim is to provide employability
skills training, support and guidance to prisoners and ex-offenders of any age.
We work with prisons to identify individuals due to be released within 3 months
who genuinely wish to change and work. Upon completion of the programme we help
them find meaningful employment or apprenticeship placements, through our
partners and networks. Our objective is to reduce re-offending, rebuild lives
and rebuild communities and we do this by adopting the following core
principles: Building confidence Empowerment & Accountability Support through
mentoring Training With high unemployment rates in the UK, the statistics for
ex-offenders finding employment are bleak. According to government figures, 46%
of adult prisoners re-offend within a year of release, costing UK taxpayers
£13bn a year. Skills4Reform has started to establish and build itself nationally
with a network of supporters with its roots based at HMP Thameside, London
operated by Serco Group Plc. Skilled facilitators deliver structured sessions
and over the last three years Skills4Reform have: Developed and designed a
programme which covers a number of topics such as: - Building Confidence -
Communication Skills - CV & Interview skills - Presentation & Networking Skills
- Money Skills
