Access to Learning Programme (360G-EssexCF-A507094)
Funding Organization
£4,250
Recipient Organization
To support prisoners from Essex by providing access to distance learning courses, whilst serving a custodial sentence
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Grant Details
| Amount Applied For | 4250 |
| Amount Awarded | 4250 |
| Award Date | 2019-03-28T00:00:00+00:00 |
| Beneficiary Location: Country Code | GB |
| Beneficiary Location: Geographic Code | E01021627 |
| Beneficiary Location: Geographic Code Type | LSOA |
| Beneficiary Location: Name | Chelmsford 010E |
| Grant Programme: Code | 2018/19 |
| Grant Programme: Title | Christopher Holmes Charitable Fund |
| Impact Category | Improve life skills, education, employability and enterprise |
| Last Modified | 2021-04-29T00:00:00+00:00 |
| Planned Dates: Duration (months) | 12 |
| Planned Dates: End Date | 2020-03-01T00:00:00+00:00 |
| Planned Dates: Start Date | 2019-03-01T00:00:00+00:00 |
| Primary age group | All Ages |
| Primary beneficiary | Ex-offenders/offenders/At risk of offending |
| Primary ethnicity | All Ethnicities |
| Primary issue | Offending/At risk of offending |
| Recipient Org: Charity Number | 1084718 |
| Recipient Org: Description | Prisoners’ Education Trust (PET) provides distance learning courses and related advice and guidance to over 2,500 men and women in prison every year. Prison provided education focuses on basic literacy, numeracy and skills for employability, with limited opportunities for prisoners to progress educationally. Founded in 1989, PET provides access to over 150 distance learning courses including GCSEs, A-Levels and Open University modules, and offers advice and guidance as to the courses most relevant for career plans and personal aspirations. Distance learning works because it enables prisoners to study at levels and in subjects that would otherwise be unavailable to them, places little additional demand on already over-stretched prison staff, and provides a focus and constructive activity for prisoners during the long hours locked in cell. In prisons that are increasingly challenging places to live, education can provide a vital lifeline, offering purpose and improving well-being. Our provision is proven by the Ministry of Justice to reduce re-offending by over 25% (in comparison to a matched control group), and to increase the likelihood of employment on release by 25% (in comparison to a matched control group). |
| Recipient Org: Web Address | https://www.prisonerseducation.org.uk/ |