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Salter present awards at offender's training employment award ceremony
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Martin Salter, MP for Reading West, hosted National Grid’s Offender Training and Employment Programme Awards Ceremony in the Houses of Parliament last week.
The programme which originated in Reading Prison, has, as a result of its success, spread nationwide, and this reception was a celebration of its remarkable results and an opportunity to congratulate some of the most high achieving young men who have completed the programme and are now in full-time employment. The Awards Ceremony took place on Wednesday afternoon and was attended by Sir John Parker, Chairman National Grid, Dr Mary Harris, Director Offender Training and Employment Programme led by National Grid, and a selection of cross-party MPs all offering their support and admiration for its success. The scheme led by National Grid, which initially started training and employing young offenders for the gas industry, has a reoffending rate of less 7% compared with a national average of over 70%. Over 80 companies are engaged in the programme, which provides industry specific job training, sustainable employment on release and mentoring support. Martin Salter said: “I was delighted to host this reception and present awards to the most high achieving young men on the training and employment programme. "It is a real pleasure to see these young men who often lack any self-esteem or confidence when they are first recruited onto the scheme turn into hard working, tax payers who are making a positive and worthwhile contribution to society and industry. "And when you consider that to reconvict an offender costs over £230,000 and then to keep them in prison costs £37,000 every year, this programme is successful in so many ways.” He added: “A reduction in reoffending from 70 to 7% for the National Grid led Programme is a remarkable achievement, and I am delighted that the success of the pilot project in Reading has meant that the programme has now been rolled out across the country to over 20 prisons, incorporating 80 companies covering 6 industry sectors. "As a member of the Home Affairs Select Committee we have been considering the problems of overcrowded prisons and this National Grid led Programme, which saw it’s origins in Reading, is an example of a successful initiative that can help to solve this problem.” Sir John Parker, Chairman, National Grid said: “We believe we have found a formula that can provide hundreds of jobs for offenders. In working with other companies we are pleased to pass on our successful experiences and help them tap into a skilled motivated workforce.” 25/04/07 |
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