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Join ClinksShannon Trust is a national charity supporting people in the criminal justice system to learn to read, and improve other basic skills. Currently, 62% of people that end up in prison either can't read or struggle to. Shannon Trust inspires and trains prisoners who can read to teach prisoners who can’t, so they're better set up for a positive future. We also support people in prison with basic maths.
In the community, we work with partner organisations supporting people to learn to read in the same peer-led way.
In the community, we work with partner organisations supporting people to learn to read in the same peer-led way.
Contact
Work Tel. No.
0203 764 5250
communications@shannontrust.org.uk
Website
In Brief
Primary Field of Work
Education
Custody or Community
Custody
Community
No. of service users
5320
No. of Paid Staff
52
No. of Volunteers
170
No. of peer mentors
1599
Organisation type
Voluntary and Community Sector
Legal status
Company limited by guarantee
Year of Formation
1997
Organisation's Income
£1m - £5m
Contract History
Evidence reports
https://uploads-ssl.webflow.com/61962772ab8ee9bb6be49c88/6409c41a84239c78492a27…
Supporting information
At the start of 2022, with limited resources, Shannon Trust was reaching about 10% of people in prison who could benefit from our support. We wanted to reach more people to help them better navigate life both inside and outside of prison. During 2022 begun to work under contract in 15 prisons. We are now delivering contracted work in 37 prisons in 2023. Where we are able to employ prison facilitators, who are dedicated to improving mentor and learner numbers through developing our programmes, we are seeing impressive results. The total number of active learners has increased by 71% since the contracts started. The average number of new learners joining the programme has more than trebled, from 14 per month pre-contract to 44 per month at the end of 2022. The average number of mentors being trained every month has more than doubled, from 12 per month pre-contract to 26 per month at the end of 2022. Our work supports reading strategies and shows commitment to Ofsted inspections.
Partner organisations
HMPPS
MoJ
Regions
East
East Midlands
London
South East
North East
North West
South West
Wales
West Midlands
Yorkshire and the Humber
Area covered
National - England and Wales
Fields of Work
Education
Peer support
Personal development
Prisons
Through the gate
Training