A group of young ex-offenders from Slough are creating a website to help others who have recently been released from prison to find work. Twenty-three-year-old Jodie is employed as a groundworker through the Blue Sky rehabilitation scheme, but others are not so lucky. They realise that people in their position are in danger of reoffending […]
A call to arms to employers to take on ex-offenders This film made by film maker Emmanuelle Purdon aims at promoting employment for ex-offenders to help prevent future re-offending. An external evaluation has shown that services supporting prison leavers provided by the St Giles Trust reduce re-offending by an additional 40%. Introduced by Sir Richard […]
150 young people from 27 EU Member States join Minister Frances Fitzgerald & EU Commissioner Androulla Vassiliou at Conference in Royal Hospital Kilmainham Unemployment emerges as the biggest challenge to the social inclusion of young people Conference marks culmination of consultations with 11,000 young people across 27 EU member states. Frances Fitzgerald […]