What is Fresh Start New Beginnings?
Fresh Start New Beginnings is a Shrewsbury and Telford Community Chaplaincy Project. It offers a variety of resources and support to assist offenders with resettling before and after their release from custody.
The project is committed to supporting and promoting a change in lifestyle that will assist in reducing reoffending. We work with the relevant agencies to ensure that we offer the most appropriate level of support.
Support for the Project has been received from a wide representation of senior members of the Judiciary, Her Majesty's Prison Service and Faith Communities. This concept has been successful in reducing reoffending from 58% to 20% in other parts of the country.
Support is offered to prisoners who:
- want to change their lives
- want to stop their reoffending behaviour
- are totally committed to changing their lifestyle
"What is needed is a co-ordinated multi-agency response, within prison, across the crucial transitions between community and custody and sustained long after release. Without this they (prisoners) are likely to fall into gaps between services."
Social Exclusion Unit Report 2002
