Gloucestershire University will join EU partnership project Life4Skills After Prison which launches later this month.
Teams from the university have been working with custody staff across the UK since 2018 on the education programme Re-engaging Young Offenders in Education and Learning (Renyo) and Active Games 4 Change (AG4C) - a three-year scheme to improve young people’s social and emotional skills.
All three projects are funded by Erasmus+ – the EU's programme supporting education, training, youth and sport in Europe.
Dr Adeela Shafi, associate professor in education at the University of Gloucestershire and leader of the three projects has said “something needs to change” to prevent children in the youth custody estate and in secure children’s homes reoffending.
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