National Grid Transco has a problem. It has to replace 91,000km of cast-iron gas mains around the UK with safer and more robust polyethylene pipes. But this mammoth task requires a lot of qualified workers, workers that the company is finding it hard to attract.
Young offenders have many problems, not least of which is the fact that more than 70 per cent reoffend within their first year of release.
This is linked to the difficulty many find in obtaining employment and housing once they are out of prison.
Transco has come up with a solution to both sets of problems in the form of a training scheme for young offenders that culminates in a guaranteed job offer when they are released. National Grid Transco's Young Offender Programme, which the company has persuaded some 50 other firms to adopt, also incorporates mentoring support for the young people once they are in the job.
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