Informal Gate Mentoring for offenders
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Breaking the cycle of re-offending
The Challenge
Offenders and prisoners face a high degree of social exclusion. Returning to society can be a big challenge
Although in the community there are organisations with offer practical support for offenders in terms of seeking housing, employment, mental health treatment, drug and alcohol abuse, there is little support to help ex-offenders tackle the issues of institutionalisation, learned helplessness, lack of access to positive social networks.
Offenders on release from prison need support to deal with the challenges they carry through institutionalisation and learned helplessness. Offenders need support to develop empowerment in order to access services available to them and positive social network.
Offenders and prisoners face a high degree of social exclusion. Returning to society can be a big challenge
Although in the community there are organisations with offer practical support for offenders in terms of seeking housing, employment, mental health treatment, drug and alcohol abuse, there is little support to help ex-offenders tackle the issues of institutionalisation, learned helplessness, lack of access to positive social networks.
Offenders on release from prison need support to deal with the challenges they carry through institutionalisation and learned helplessness. Offenders need support to develop empowerment in order to access services available to them and positive social network.
HOT NEWS
November meeting
1st partnership meeting held at Lisbon
3-4th November, 2011
1st partnership meeting held at Lisbon
3-4th November, 2011
Meet us
Project partners Cementafuture will be at the
European Employment
Forum
22-23 November 2011
The Square, Brussels
Project partners Cementafuture will be at the
European Employment
Forum
22-23 November 2011
The Square, Brussels
Welcome to the European Network for Informal Gate Mentoring
supporting offenders from prison
to sustainable resettlement in the community.
to sustainable resettlement in the community.
The EU Network
EU Grundtvig funding has allowed partners in England, Estonia, Lithuania, Portugal and Romania to work together to develop training strategies and materials to support the development of pools of informal mentors together with a pan european support netowrk for the resettlement of offenders from one EU memberstate to another.
EU Grundtvig funding has allowed partners in England, Estonia, Lithuania, Portugal and Romania to work together to develop training strategies and materials to support the development of pools of informal mentors together with a pan european support netowrk for the resettlement of offenders from one EU memberstate to another.
The Solution
Being able to access an informal mentor, someone who would be able to chat prior to release, support "through the gate" and give informal mentoring in the community, is invaluable. A friend at the prison gate (instead of the friendly drug dealer), someone to be able to talk to when need, a friend to help the offender build their confidence and self esteem
Being able to access an informal mentor, someone who would be able to chat prior to release, support "through the gate" and give informal mentoring in the community, is invaluable. A friend at the prison gate (instead of the friendly drug dealer), someone to be able to talk to when need, a friend to help the offender build their confidence and self esteem