This month, CITC spoke with a participant turned mentor form its prison-based project City Ready.
In the interview the participant discusses the constructive impact the course has on people within the prison and the development of positive relationships it enables them to create.
They said: “The course is very good; it gave the lads something to look forward to every week.
“It helped the lads build really positive relationships with staff in the prison and also with other prisoners.”
City Ready, which sits under the ‘Healthy Communities’ pillar, is delivered in HMP Hindley on a weekly basis with further targeted mentoring sessions taking place on release.
A non-judgemental approach is taken to help build strong, trusted relationships with young adults.
CITC’s City Ready sessions utilise a blended approach to support, delivering a combination of classroom-based group workshops and outdoor physical activity sessions to educate participants in areas such as mental wellbeing and employability.
Alongside this provision inside the prison, participants are also offered 12-weeks of bespoke mentoring with our specialist mentors, which aims to support their reintegration into communities across Greater Manchester.
The mentors support individuals with re-settling into the community, as well as helping to guide them towards employment opportunities, providing a platform to build on.
City in the Community would like to thank SOCIOS for its support of the City Ready Programme.
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