How You Can Help? Part 2
- Ella Cohen
- Dec 8, 2022
- 4 min read
Updated: Dec 9, 2022
Be That Change. Make That Difference
There are several ways you could help the rehabilitation and well-being of our prisoners in the UK.
Key4Life
One way is through the amazing work Key4Life does with young people.
Key4Life helps “build resilience and unlock negative behaviours through a powerful blend of music, football, equine therapy, NLP (Neuro-linguistic programming) and emotional release sessions” through rehabilitation programs.
They work through a 7-stage program in their two main programmes:
Source - Key4Life
Exiting the programmes the participants are “four times more likely to be employed, a year after their release, than their peers” (Key4Life 2022)
The money spent on the ‘At Risk’ programme “outweighs the cost of putting the young men through prison and all other related costs (police, courts etc)” (Key4Life 2022)
How can Corporates Help?
Key4Life’s simply would not be able to complete their work without the help of corporate partners.
Whether this is hosting a 3-day work taster, leading an employability workshop, employing anyone from their programs or simply raising funds for Key4Life. YOU could make a difference.
“Without the amazing support from our extraordinary partners, we would not be able to do all the work we carry out with our young men” (Key4Life 2022)
For more information about how your business could make a difference in reducing the
re-offending rate in the UK click here
Or approach your boss about the possibility to do so.
Mentoring
You may still be thinking well, how can I get involved?
By becoming a mentor for Key4Life you can serve as possibly the first active role model for these young people. To ensure you can have the biggest impact, you would go through a matching process and receive intensive training. You’ll be helping to reduce the reoffending rate in young people and help them turn their life around. To find out more click here
Outside of Key4Life
As an Employer:
Diversify your workforce
Increase Inclusivity
Work Towards the SDG’s objectives.
Become a role model for young people.
Be the person who is open to change because without it, the UK workforce cannot be sustained. Give people the opportunity to succeed by not discriminating and assisting them in reaching their goals. Because you might change that one individual's life.
For some people, leaving prison is a frightening experience and employers who refuse to recruit people who have just left the Criminal Justice System are not helping.
According to 2010 CIPD survey “only 12% of employers had employed somebody with a criminal record in the previous three years”, (Coates 2016) although this was taken in 2010 that is astonishing. There is this stereotypical opinion that exists within society that ex-offenders are lazy and fail to get jobs but how can they when one in five employers (19%) had “deliberately excluded those with a criminal record when recruiting” (Coates 2016).
In order to accomplish the four SDG’s, I have spoken about in these two blogs we need to work together because without one the others will fail.
Be that change. Make the Difference.
Recap on the STG's:
Good Health and Wellbeing
Quality Education
Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
Decent work and Economic Growth.
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