Social Impact Report 2024 - Flipbook - Page 12
Starting Fresh has so far placed 567
prison leavers into employment
within six weeks of release...
...equivalent to £13,760,523 in social economic value and 701
into employment within six months of release.
STARTING
FRESH
CREATING EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES
FOR PEOPLE WITH CRIMINAL CONVICTIONS
SOCIAL IMPACT PEOPLE
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We invested in Starting Fresh in 2023 to encourage and provide
guidance for businesses – including our own – to further
proactively recruit skilled and quali昀椀ed prison-leavers.
This programme enables businesses to 昀椀ll skills gaps with
a largely untapped pool of talent, and provides valuable
employment opportunities for people leaving prison, driving
social mobility and helping to reduce reo昀昀ending rates.
There is an information hub on our website including case
studies; information on skills training and quali昀椀cations in our
prisons; a downloadable toolkit; FAQs and other useful details
for potential employers.