The largest ever donation to a prison charity will quadruple the number of offenders getting job training to help turn their lives around.
The Clink Charity, which gives hospitality industry training to inmates, has been handed £6million by the Julia and Hans Rausing Trust.
The donation, part of a £12million programme, will mean the charity can increase the number of prisoners taking catering qualifications from 500 annually to 2,000 by the end of next year.
There are currently 11 Clink Kitchen projects, and by the end of next year they are due to be operating at 70 prisons. Christopher Moore, chief executive of The Clink, said the donations were a ‘game-changer’ that will help cut reoffending dramatically.
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