Key4Life prison rehabiliation programme HMP/YOI Portland (360G-SomersetCF-A430481)

£3,000
Recipient Organization

Prison rehabilitation programme

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Grant Details

Amount Applied For 5000
Amount Awarded 3000
Award Date 2017-02-08T00:00:00+00:00
Beneficiary Location: Country Code GB
Beneficiary Location: Geographic Code E01029019
Beneficiary Location: Geographic Code Type LSOA
Beneficiary Location: Name Mendip 013A
Grant Programme: Code December 16
Grant Programme: Title Grants to Groups
Impact Category Improve life skills, education, employability and enterprise
Last Modified 2017-10-26T00:00:00+00:00
Planned Dates: Duration (months) 12
Planned Dates: End Date 2018-01-25T00:00:00+00:00
Planned Dates: Start Date 2017-01-26T00:00:00+00:00
Primary age group Young Adults (19 – 25)
Primary beneficiary Ex-offenders/offenders/At risk of offending
Primary ethnicity Other Mixed Ethnicity
Primary issue Crime and safety
Recipient Org: Charity Number 1152426
Recipient Org: Description Key4Life was set up in 2012 to reduce youth re-offending through the delivery of an innovative rehabilitation programme to young people age 18-25 who are in prison, or at risk of going to prison. Key4Life's head office is in Somerset with other hubs in Bristol and London. We exist because 61% of young offenders re-offend and return to prison within one-year of release, it costs £37,000 p.a. to keep a young offender in prison and only 15% secure employment 1-year post-release. Our experience shows Key4Life participants join the programme facing multiple disadvantage; 75% left school pre-16; 64% didn’t have contact with their fathers growing up; 30% are young fathers themselves; 28% have been in care. Key4Life unlocks the potential of young people committed to change, breaking the cycle of offending and supporting their entry into the workforce. This is achieved through a 7-Step model, underpinned by 3 pillars: -> Unlocking negative behaviours and building coping strategies to deal with future set-backs -> One-to-one employability support to secure a job -> On-going support for sustainable change and to maintain employment in the long-term For every £1 invested, Key4Life generates a staggering £17.06 in social value over 3 years. Key4Life is the proud recipient of two previous grants from the Somerset Community Foundation; the first helped us set up a robust training programme to match volunteer mentors with Key4Life participants, the second has enabled us to support young men from Somerset to resettle into the community post release from prison. Both these grants have had a significant impact on the charity's operations in Somerset. Having now proved that the model works to rehabilitate ex-offenders, with a robust framework to sustain a successful mentoring programme, the charity is now seeking to expand its delivery to focus on prevention to more effectively target those who are 'At Risk'. In the past 12 months, Key4Life have undertaken a significant research study with independent researchers thepeoplepartnership and Bean Research, specialising in qualitative and quantitative research respectively. Researchers from thepeoplepartnership analysed Key4Life participants with the goal of enabling the charity to tailor the programme to individual needs. Young offenders and those at risk of offending have many issues in common but - beyond this - they are quite different. These can now be segmented into four characteristics: 1) ‘Leaders’ – often worked before either legally or illegally, aspirational, need to feel that rehabilitation process will lead to something which is adequately stimulating and rewarding. 2) ‘Followers’ - have often got caught up in a friendship group which has led them down the wrong track, want to belong, easiest to engage and rehabilitate. 3) ‘Juveniles’ - often no work experience, often still living at home with parent(s), may have unrealistic work and other expectations, need to grow up. 4) ‘Vulnerables’ - often have not worked, displaying addictive behaviours and often suffering from severe mental health issues, focus should be on achieving mental balance in order to be able to move forward with their lives. All members of the 2016-17 Somerset 'At Risk' cohort were assessed to be, at least partially, in the Vulnerable segment. This meant that the focus of the programme needed to be on building emotional resilience, with employment skills being introduced at a pace/time to suit individual needs. Key4Life will use this knowledge to deliver a further Somerset 'At Risk' preventative programme in 2018.
Recipient Org: Web Address http://Key4Life.org.uk