We are delighted to welcome Amy in to complete her Leeds Trinity University placement with us one half-day a week.
Amy is helping to support the keyworker team and is matched to a service user who she is meeting once a week.
You might recognise Amy: she has been a WYCCP volunteer since November 2019 and we’re looking forward to her putting her knowledge and experience to good use!
WYCCP Covid-19 Update – September 2020: referrals welcome
The WYCCP staff team are all back working in our office at HMP Leeds with health and safety precautions in place. Staff were home based between March and June and provided invaluable support to service users through telephone calls throughout lockdown.
We are accepting new referrals from men who will be returning to live in West Yorkshire after release from prison and for the families of men in HMP Leeds.
WYCCP’s office is closed for at least a month, in order to do our best to protect service users, volunteers and staff.
The team are all working remotely from home and our key-workers will continue to provide support to all service users in the community via telephone calls. Past and existing service users are already finding this helpful, as we can sign post to essential services and provide a listening ear at this worrying time.
We have been successful in our application to Round 17 of the Police and Crime Commissioner’s Safer Communities Fund! Kelly and Jane spent a pleasant evening in Wakefield with other lucky grant recipients and were presented with this rather large cheque!
We are proud to say that the work we do supporting men ‘through the prison gate’ contributes directly to Marks Reducing Re-offending Strategy
