PRISONERS
/ EX-OFFENDERS
There is one prison within
the Borough of Dacorum:- HMP The Mount situated at Bovingdon. The prisoners
come from all over the South East of England.
There
are a variety of projects which support the prisoners
and their families and most involve volunteers. Volunteers
all receive training.
Prison visiting
A fortnightly visit to someone who has no regular visitors can
be a real lifeline. Building up a trust and assisting in the rehabilitation
of a prisoner can be very rewarding. Volunteers usually take on 2 prisoners
each and make alternate weekly visits.
Resettlement
Project
Offers advice on housing, employment and drug / alcohol abuse.
Education Project
Helpers are needed in the education department at the prison. If you have
skills in engineering, woodwork, art, computers, cookery or recreational
activities then these can be put to good use. Times for volunteering your
help are flexible throughout the week at the prison
Prisoner Support
Volunteer
Volunteers are needed to help support prisoners when they return to the
community. You can either help by befriending offenders on their release
or give support if they decide to set up their own business. Also in the
probation service, volunteers can help with offenders in custody or in
the community.
Prison counselling
This is
a new counselling service at the prison. It is led by an experienced BACP
accredited psychodynamic counsellor. Volunteers are expected to offer
two hours of counselling a week and attend monthly individual and group
supervision. Counsellors will need to have already achieved 50 hours of
counselling practice and either completed or undertaking a recognised
Psychodynamic Diploma course or equivalent.
And
for something completely different - Human Writes
Volunteers
write letters to prisoners on death row in the USA. For
more information visit www.humanwrites.org.uk
Don't
forget:
Volunteering can increase your skills and help you
in your own life.
Could it make a difference to your CV?
Interested
in Time to Time Volunteering?
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