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NEW - A One-day intensive course in Drug and Alcohol Awareness Training - Thu 9th Feb Exeter
Additional Experienced Trainers
Life Change UK is anticipating increase demand for its services and training courses. If you believe you have the skills and understanding to work within the ethos of our team, please let us know and send in your CV and covering letter to trevor.philpott@lifechangeuk.com
The Veterans CHANGE Partnership - An alternative to Custody and Probation for Military Veteran Offenders.
In 2000, the Military Covenant said –
“Soldiers will be called upon to make personal sacrifices – including the ‘ultimate sacrifice’ in the service of the Nation. In return, British soldiers must always be able to expect fair treatment, to be valued and respected as individuals, and that they (and their families) will be sustained and rewarded by commensurate terms and conditions of service.”
The Covenant clearly acknowledges that the State has a ‘duty of care’ to members of it Armed Forces.
“When I left the Army in 2004 I had been diagnosed as suffering with depression. I left the main gate of my Regiment with my TV in one hand and my kit bag in the other, not knowing where I was going or what to do” – a former Army soldier now serving 7 years in prison.
Whilst in recent times support for military veterans has undoubtedly improved, regrettably an increasing number are entering the justice system. Official estimates of numbers in prison vary between 3.5% to 9%, with individual prisons reporting 14%. Accurate numbers on probation and community orders are not known; however, NAPO suggests as many as 12,500. Whichever figs are accurate, former military veterans represent the largest occupational group within our justice system; this surely indicates that something is wrong!
A recent report by the Howard League for Penal Reform, entitled ‘Leaving Forces Life’ concluded that, despite there being a great deal more help available via service charities, individuals are still falling through the net and ending up in the Justice System, often years after discharge. Issues stemming from post-service dysfunction, mental illness, poverty, addictions and marital breakdown are all contributing. None can be seen as being addressed within the ‘spirit’ of the Military Covenant.
An alternative to custody and probation for military veteran offenders is urgently needed. To that end, a new and innovative project is currently being developed. Entitled ‘The Veterans Change Partnership’, it involves four Third Sector organisations delivering intensive and purposeful residential programmes of rehabilitation, personal development, skills training and ongoing mentor support into accommodation, further training and work.
Based upon the model of a former Devon charity called C-FAR that once helped young adult male prolific offenders stop re-offending, the project has been welcomed by the Minister for Prisons, Rt Hon Crispin Blunt MP and efforts are now being made to identify the necessary funding.
The organisations involved include –
Go to http://www.howardleague.org/military-inquiry/ for more information on Veteran issues and Watch this space for future details and Go to this link for more information -
New - More Face to Face Training Courses in -
Understanding and Managing Challenging Behaviour - Only 4 places left for the next course on 2 Nov in Plymouth
Understanding Self- Wounding and Harm and Supporting Change
On-line Courses -
Life Change UK has much pleasure in anouncing a new partnership with Leaf Systems Ltd > for the delivery of our online e-learning courses.
Leaf specialises in the development of innovative solutions to meet the needs of “hard to reach” learners. From social exclusion to prison education, Leaf has led the way in delivering managed solutions to education providers, charities, government departments and custodial establishments to meet the needs of their learners – wherever they may be.
This new relationship will serve to make another important contribution in helping to promote positive change in work with excluded groups of society.
The newly designed Life Change UK online e-learning courses are now available. For more information, go to our Online Training page here>
If you are not sure whether you will benefit from our training, see what others have said about their experiences here >
Contextualising Learning for Marginalised Groups - Food for thought >
Youth Crime and Anti-social Behaviour Consultation Paper ‘Prevention – A Philosophy for Change’ - see here >
SWitch / LSW Spnsored training - Enhanced Mentoring in Challenging Behaviour
Four successful courses have been completed. The training included two days face to face group participation + one day follow-on workshop + subsequent telephone support + comprehensive notes.
An evalaution by Craig Marshall, Chair of Devon and Cornwall Training Provider Network can be read here >
The Devon Fusion Project - Addressing Anti-social Behaviour - Another successfull 2-day course for partners of the Devon Fusion Project has been completed with all participants claiming they had gained much from the training and the experience. see here >
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