Working to help offenders re-integrate into society
Wild flowers and fence - a Keith Bromley award winning photograph, courtesy of The Koestler Trust
The Hardman Trust seeks:
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To provide carefully selected long-term prisoners who are showing exceptional commitment to their rehabilitation with funding to help them achieve a goal they have themselves chosen that will significantly increase their chances of making an effective resettlement.
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Through an award ceremony held twice a year in one of HM Prisons, to highlight and celebrate the individual long-term prisoner’s special achievement, showing that such prisoners can make good and that they do have something to offer to the community.
In the words of two award winners:
“Having spent nearly fourteen years in prison, I would like to highlight the positive results that I have gained..."
Joe
“It is so encouraging to see that there are people like yourselves, who actually support the progress that prisoners have made..."
Alicia