ReachOut
The aim of ReachOut is to:
• Effect labour market
entry of those with a history of custody;
• To impact on mainstream policy;
• To influence policy makers in the targeting of resources;
and
• A further aim is to build a ‘second stage’
employability model by constructing an interface between the
employability measures pioneered by the PPS project (EQUAL Call
1) currently mainstreamed by the NI Prison Service and the needs
of employers with ‘hard to fill’ vacancies.
As employers’ attitudes
to the beneficiary group are potentially discriminatory the programme
will work with Business in the Community and other employer groupings
to engage employers in customised training which reduces the full
range of barriers within the demand side of the labour market
and ensures the fullest realisation of equal opportunities and
social inclusion.
Furthermore the DP will develop
and deliver a peer mentoring scheme that will build on beneficiaries
own experience of ‘coming through the gate’ and offer
them a real opportunity to give something back to society through
the support of project beneficiaries.
Development Partnership
Members:
- NIACRO
- Probation Board for Northern Ireland
- Northern Prison Service
- Business In The Community
ReachOut is
a member of the workout
Transnational Partnership which also includes partners in:
- Latvia
- Republic of Ireland
Contact:
Olwen Lyner
NIACRO
Amelia House
4 Amelia Street
Belfast
BT2 7GS
Tel: +44.(0)28.9032 0157
Fax: +44.(0)8704.321 415
E-mail: olwen@niacro.co.uk
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