The Skill Mill offers six-month paid employment schemes to ex-offenders aged 16 to 18 years old in a bid to reduce reoffending and boost employment opportunities.
Young people are offered accredited training courses and work in land and water-based management before being supported into follow-on roles with partner organisations.
Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, young people were forced to stop working due to lockdown restrictions.
However, David Parks, managing director of the Skill Mill, says they “jumped at the chance” to return to work once restrictions were eased.
“As all of the work we provide is site-based, we did have to put the young people on furlough leave.
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