In 2002 the Social Exclusion Unit published  the influential  report “Reducing re-offending by ex-prisoners”.  It observed that:

“For some prisoners, self-employment on release may present the most practical way of successfully re-entering the labour market.”

How this site helps

It raises relevant issues and tries to resolve them.  It presents a survey of front-line practitioners.  This which shows that there is a great need for more links and collaboration between those supporting the efforts of ex-offenders to make a success of self-employment.  We need more networking to promote best practice and provide much needed continuous professional development of teachers delivering enterprise skills to offenders.

First we look in detail at  the needs revealed by the survey.  They are analysed in the context of the current issues.  Then:

The members area

The Learning Journey offers a response to those needs through a members' resource centre to help deliver enterprise skills.  There is a library of teaching resources, personal space for members to add their own contributions and a Common Room for professionals to share and discuss.  

Members can add to a public news service potentially offering anything, from new projects to job opportunities, or a holiday cottage somewhere nice.  There is similar access to an events calendar.   Members need no more expertise than word-processing to reach out to the whole community.  As you can see from the button below there is plenty of opportunity to participate. 

So join our membership now.