Delivering ‘Free to Be’ courses for women in prison, working with them to address underlying issues around offending behaviour, helping reduce re-offending. Improving self-confidence, self-esteem and feelings of low self-worth. Developing tools and skills to empower women to change their life path
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Over 6000 women go to prison annually, 31% have spent time in care, 53% suffered emotional, physical, or sexual abuse during childhood, 46% suffered domestic violence. Meaning they are not only disadvantaged by their current circumstances of being in prison but by historic ones. Low self-worth means women can be manipulated into criminal activity and stops them believing that they can be any better than they feel right now. Women’s reoffending rates are high - around 58% in year 1 post release
To provide women in prison with the tools and skills to make different life decisions and to move away from offending behaviour. We do this by delivering our 'Free to Be' courses, Understanding Loss, and FLOURISH. These courses explore some of the underlying reasons that have led to offending behaviour, and some key topics around self-esteem, self-worth and individual value. Looking to the future, developing personal goals and working towards a different life after prison.