The West Midlands Young Offenders Project‘Many Young Offenders have poor literacy
and numeracy skills. Just under a third have basic skills deficits.
Nearly three-quarters were excluded from school at some stage,
and 63% were unemployed at time of arrest.’
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Shannon Trust has secured three years of funding from the Paul Hamlyn Foundation to develop a reading network for Young Offenders’ Institutions (YOI’s) in the West Midlands. The aim of the network is to identify and find solutions to the specific issues met when running the Toe by Toe Reading Plan in a YOI. We aim to:
The funding has provided for the part-time position of Project
Manager for which HMYOI Brinsford is the Hub of the Network and initially reaches out to the four main recipients of its young offender transfers – HMYOI Stoke Heath, HMYOI Swinfen Hall, HMYOI Werrington and HMYOI Thorn Cross. The project will identify good practice and facilitate communication
between all those involved. It will help raise awareness of the
Reading Plan as well as collating and analysing relevant data.
We hope to establish the effect that taking part in the Another aspect of the development of the Network is to bring in and involve the Youth Offending Teams and Probation Services to ensure that learners are able to continue the Reading Plan after release. We will also work to raise the profile of the Reading Plan across the Prison Estate by making and maintaining contact with Governors, Resettlement Officers, Regional Offender Managers and Heads of Learning and Skills. We aim to engage with, and track the progress of 600 Young Offenders over the next three years and to roll out the Network firstly across the YOI estate and then into adult establishments. |
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