St Giles Trust – Jimmy’s story
From long term drug addict, to voluntary adviser of prisoners, to management, to the 2012 Olympics. St. Giles Trust supported Jimmy in his first steps away from a life of offending that had spanned 20 years.
Jimmy was one of the first prisoners trained by St Giles to NVQ3 in Advice and Guidance.
Read the full success story on the St. Giles Trust website – Real life cases : Jimmy’s story
Getting results at Laude Abbey
Teams of supervised ex-offenders have been working in the 14 acre gardens at Launde Abbey, a residential retreat house on the rural border between Leicestershire and Rutland.
For the last 18 months the men and women on Probation have undertaken ground clearance work and general gardening in the grounds of the Tudor house.
In Leicestershire and Rutland supervised men and women completed more than 160,000 hours of unpaid community reparation work in a 12 month period for local charities, schools, church trusts, faith groups and Local Authorities.
Sean Reynolds, Assistant Chief Officer with Leicestershire and Rutland Probation Trust, said: “We are delighted at how this on-going project is progressing. It is essential that our range of work covers both urban and rural projects. We provide supervised teams to work at a number of religious sites and it is important to provide programmes of work that are meaningful and worthwhile.”
Tim Blewett of Laude Abbey added: “The work undertaken is of real benefit and our community is delighted to be able to support the work of the Probation Service, and to help individuals to feel valued again by society and reach their true potential as individuals.”
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