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.