
"If you hadn’t been there to meet me I really think that I would have killed myself"
Prisoner HMP Eastwood Park
Through our work we are:​
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Working with 80 ex-prisoners and 68 trained volunteer mentors each month
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Mentees we work with have a reoffending rate of just 2.5%, a 95.4% reduction compared to the national average
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Running four community support Hubs
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Working in collaboration with a local businessman to disseminate and deliver the Goal-Setting Workbook at HMP Bristol
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Enabling and supporting churches to be able to help people with a criminal conviction
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Supporting new rehabilitative projects being developed by churches and the local community
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Running annual Gift projects giving over 1,800 prisoners a gift bag of presents and hand-written card at Christmas and Easter time
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Delivering a Constructive Masculinity course (exploring positive masculinity) and Goal-Setting Workbook in HMP Bristol and in the community
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Holding events linking the churches with our partner charities
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Aiding partnership working between our partner charities and beyond
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Openly sharing what with leaders in other parts of the country
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Hosting a Bristol City-Wide Partnership with representatives from organisations working with people in prison and post-release. Chaired by Sixty-One, the group includes senior representatives from local authorities, government, voluntary, and private businesses. Its aim is to establish a joined up approach supporting prison-leavers in the three key areas to enable desistance (accommodation, employment and mentoring).
Impact
