The successful piloted project saw Rising Stars, local job centres and HMP Hewell work cohesively to offer category D prisoners and the long term unemployed the opportunity to embark on the project. As a collective we want to reduce the UK’s high re-offending rate whilst also helping to bridge the labour gap that the UK may face due to Brexit, the Coronavirus pandemic and a shortage in construction skills.

Rising Stars believe that an offender who spends their time engaged in productive and purposeful work is more likely to get a job when they are released, be better prepared for life on the outside and also less likely to re-offend. “This will mean there are fewer victims and less crime” (MOJ) Project Testimonials

 

“Titch is the best worker we have onsite. We will be having him until the end of the build” John Boyle, Engie, Contracts manager.