The Club’s charity, City in the Community (CITC), has released a new video for it's prison mentoring programme, City Ready.
Focusing on real prison inmates, the video captures the experiences of participants who share the impact of ‘City Ready’ in their own words.
City in the Community and HMP Hindley staff - who collaborated on the video - also explain the aims and objectives of the programme, which was launched in 2021.
Commenting on the release, Mentoring Manager, Jason El-Kaleh, said:
“City Ready empowers healthier people by creating real change at a critical moment in a person’s life. Too often, adults leaving custody face stigma, limited opportunities, and the risk of falling back into old patterns.
“Through this programme, CITC combine multi-agency working with consistent mentoring and tailored support, ensuring each individual has someone to walk alongside them as they rebuild their confidence and skills.
“We are proud to have created this video alongside the HM Prison and Probation Service, with participant safeguarding front of mind.”
City Ready, which sits under the ‘Healthy People’ 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 them 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 it’s support of the City Ready programme.
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