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Prison Leavers is a new project to improve the social inclusion of people leaving prison, and reduce reoffending
The Prison Leavers Project
Prison Leavers is a new project to improve the social inclusion of people leaving prison, and reduce reoffending. It has received £20million funding from the HMT Shared Outcomes Fund, which supports innovative approaches to complex challenges which ‘cut across’ multiple departments.
When people leave prison they face a wide range of inclusion challenges, such as securing employment and financial security; improving and maintaining their physical and mental health; obtaining safe and stable accommodation; and building positive relationships with family, friends and the wider community. These issues are complex, and many individuals will have multiple, connected needs.
A huge number of departments, agencies, local authorities, charities and others play important roles in delivering services to prison leavers, but often these services are not as joined-up as the challenges they seek to address. If we cannot address prison leavers’ overall needs – recognising that they may also be job seekers, patients in treatment, or sleeping rough – we risk a cycle of missed opportunities, social exclusion and reoffending.
The Prison Leavers Project recognises that to solve such intractable and interconnected challenges, we need to work in new ways. It adopts a systems-led approach, bringing together more than 30 organisations including government departments, local authorities, police and charities, to establish joint ownership of the problems and solutions for people leaving prison. By building a better understanding of the entire system, we aim to identify key points of leverage where interventions might have a wider ripple effect, and adopt new approaches which address the barriers which people face on release, increasing their ability to participate and feel included in their communities. In doing so, we will improve the experience and outcomes for our service users, and support key Government priorities such as reducing reoffending, ending rough sleeping, supporting people to enter work and enhancing social mobility.
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Contact: Joanna.Southerden@justice.gov.uk
Deadline by 5pm on Wednesday 16th June.