YMCA Exeter

YMCA Exeter's Perspectives Project exists to empower, educate and mentor young men caught up in the Criminal Justice System.

Working with young men on community orders, suspended sentences or post-sentence supervision there are three key strands to our work:

Learning: We run small group community based courses for ex-offenders that focus on personal and interpersonal skills.

Mentoring: In association with Dorset, Devon and Cornwall CRC, we offer one to one mentoring support for young men on probation as part of their community order. Mentoring addresses: housing; food and finance; mental health and wellbeing; purpose and identity; support networks and contributing to society, including employment.

Therapeutic Activity: We run a Social and Therapeutic Horticulture Programme on our community allotment. This programme provides physical and mental space for enrichment and a supportive community through growing and sowing together. We also run cooking classes in the winter.