In response to the new Education White Paper, Lisa Capper, Director of Education & Skills, has commented.
Nacro work with learners aged 14-16 yrs, 16-19 yrs, and adult learners across 14 Centres.
The latest official monthly statistics show a sharp increase of 65% in Covid-19 infections in prisons across the country.
We know through our work in prisons and our campaigning that being released from prison during the holidays or on Fridays can make the already complicated release process more difficult.
Last month – and before the national lockdown – learners and staff at our Longton Education & Skills Centre held a stall at a local market.
As a DfE registered local provider of post-16 education and skills, we are committed to ensuring that there is a good offer of face-to-face learning where required.
Nacro will be working in partnership with Resonance Ltd – a social impact investment company working with social enterprises and charities – to provide homes to women in London.
Nacro has recently started to work with Bags of Taste, a not-for-profit organisation which aims to improve people’s diets.
We are forced to ask, once again, why crime prevention fails to get the same emphasis as punishment.
In the Government’s spending review this week, Chancellor Rishi Sunak committed to further funding for skills training, with the national skills fund allocated £2.5 billion over five years.
