The HMPPS Co-financing Organisation Round 3 programme (HMPPS CFO3) is helping disengaged and socially excluded individuals with a history of offending to enter mainstream services or employment.
The programme offers a fresh approach to work, education and training as it also addresses a participant’s personal barriers to finding and keeping a job. These can include issues such as drug and alcohol problems, family breakdown, homelessness or health.
By helping participants with every aspect of their lives, participants will be able to return to their communities with an improved skill set to help them stop reoffending.
The project is receiving up to £31,369,029 of funding from the European Social Fund (ESF) as part of the 2014-2020 European Structural and Investment Funds Growth Programme in England. The Department for Work and Pensions manages the English ESF programme.
The ESF helps local areas stimulate their economic development by investing in projects will support innovation, businesses, skills development, job creation, social inclusion and local community regenerations.
For more information visit the European Social Fund website.
Change Grow Live is working in alliance with the charity Shaw Trust to deliver CFO3 contracts in London and the East of England and with Ixion Holdings in Staffordshire and the West Midlands. A network of other local and national organisations, offering specialist services within the programme, supports delivery.
Both Change Grow Live, Ixion and Shaw Trust have a strong record of accomplishment and expertise in supporting people who are facing disadvantage to find work, gain skills and take control of their futures.
Change Grow Live and Shaw Trust share a common vision of a society where everyone has the opportunity for inclusion and independence.
The alliance is working with participants who belong to the following groups:
In London
In the East of England
Staffordshire and the West Midlands
Participants will benefit from:
Obtaining ID
Securing a bank account
Personal development
Motivation training
Accommodation support
Money management training
Industry-specific cards and certificates
Short courses and training
Placements
Employability training
Advice on disclosure for job applications
Self-employment advice
In-work support
All areas can benefit from the support of trained Change, Grow, Live volunteer mentors as part of the programme. Mentors can work one to one providing bespoke support in custody and community, providing help with a range of activities from accompanying participants to appointments, helping with accommodation and providing a sympathetic ear.
The alliance is working in a number of prisons including:
For more information about CFO3 please use our contact form.
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