“If I had not got the job at Timpson I dread to think what would have happened,” says the former prisoner. Having suffered depression since going into care when her mother died when she was 15, Barker says Timpson has helped turn her life around. They have been trained at two women’s and five men’s training academies inside prison facilities, funded by Timpson. The company spent more than £692,000 on recruiting, retraining, mentoring and other support for ex-offenders via its charitable foundation last year. Most companies employ ex-offenders but they just don’t know it James Timpson, head of the Timpson groupAfter 15 years’ recruiting prisoners, Timpson is now stepping up its plans, aiming to recruit another 150 this year.

Source: The Guardian April 06, 2019 05:00 UTC