Canterbury HM Prison has used the services of many volunteers from both University of Kent and Canterbury Christ Church University. Now MBE Paul Marsh, coordinator of the volunteering programme, is setting up a social enterprise designed to employ those who would otherwise volunteer.
The organisation will soon be launched and it will have in place programmes some of which will involve working with offenders in order to help reoffending.
Mr Marsh says: “I strongly believe this social enterprise will benefit the community. It will be of great help to the prison as well as providing paid opportunities for the volunteers.”
Mr Marsh was recently awarded the prize ‘local legend’ from the organisation ‘Canterbury People’. The award will help increase the chances of receiving even more funding for the enterprise.
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