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Templates. Your own sub headline This is an example text. Go ahead and replace it with your own text. A National Pilot. Shannon Trust and The Irish Prison Service. Association for Criminal Justice Research and Development 29 th September 2011. Agenda. 1. The Work we do. 2.

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  1. Templates Your own sub headline This is an example text. Go ahead and replace it with your own text.

  2. A National Pilot Shannon Trust and The Irish Prison Service Association for Criminal Justice Research and Development 29th September 2011

  3. Agenda 1 The Work we do 2 Our Objectives The Impact 3 Pilot Update 4 Q&A 5

  4. Shannon TrustThe Work we do The Shannon Trust Reading Plan (Toe by Toe) A peer led programme where prisoners who can read teach prisoners with poor reading skills, using the Toe by Toe reading manual 1 The Reading Plan runs 160 prisons & secure establishments in the UK 3 A team of 160 volunteers and 250 staff deliver The Reading Plan 4 Shannon Trust provdides resources and volunteer support to deliver the Reading Plan in individual prisons 2 In 2010 approximately 6,000 learners and 1,500 peer mentors engaged in the Reading Plan 5

  5. Shannon Trust: Supporting Prison-wide delivery of The Shannon Reading Plan through resources, training & support • Shannon Trust provides: • Trained local representatives (v) • Learning resources • Promotional material • Ongoing support to prison staff • Mentor training • Facilitator training • Toe by Toe is: • One to One • 20 minutes a day • 5 days a week • Confidential

  6. Agenda The Work we do 1 ✓ Our Objectives 2 The Impact 3 The Pilot 4 Q&A 5

  7. Shannon TrustOur Objectives To engage every non-reading prisoner early in their sentence To support prison staff run The Reading Plan in every prison & young offenders’ institution To promote the benefits of peer mentoring – engaging the disengaged To help breakdown the barriers that prevent people in prison from learning Irish Prison Service To deliver a national pilot that proves the benefits of the Reading Plan and supports further development

  8. Agenda The Work we do 1 Our Objectives 2 ✓ The Impact 3 The Pilot 4 Q&A 5

  9. The Impact of Toe by Toe Learners & Mentors Feedback Learners Mentors

  10. The Impact on Reading Age Initial Feedback When Toe by Toe is delivered for: 20 minutes a day Five days a week Reading Ages increase by an average of 1 year for every month

  11. Agenda 1 What we do 2 Our Key Objectives The Impact 3 The Pilot ✓ 4 Q&A 5

  12. The IPS Pilot • Reading Plan pilot commenced in September 2010 • Pilot supported by two volunteers from Shannon Trust • Pilot is active in five prisons: Limerick, Shelton Abbey, Midlands, Wheatfields and Mountjoy • Working with Education Departments to facilitate the Reading Plan • Progress reports submitted to HQs • Recognition of the Reading Plan in the Prison Service News - 08/2011 Shannon Trust • HQ management very supportive of • Governors and SMTs meetings with Shannon Trust representatives • Prison Service staff recognise and embrace the benefits of peer mentored reading support • Prisoners embracing the concept of “by prisoners for prisoners” • Success is breeding success The Irish prison Service

  13. Agenda 1 The Work we do Our Key Objectives 2 The Impact 3 The Pilot 4 Q&A ✓ 5

  14. Q & A / Next Steps? Shannon Trust • Supporting a service-wide Reading Plan? The Irish prison Service • Developing a delivery model that works for the IPS & service deliverers? • Developing a mature Reading Plan in prisons?

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