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Blue Sky Development and Regeneration is a registered charity and social enterprise in the UK that employs ex-offenders in the waste management, recycling and grounds maintenance sectors, where Blue Sky Development and Regeneration acts as a contractor to local authorities and subcontractor to their maintenance providers. They are a sister charity to Groundwork Thames Valley (part of the Groundwork UK federation), but operate independently.

Scope

The charities remit is to reduce re-offending through employment, which has been identified by the Social Exclusion Unit as one of the two biggest factor in reducing re-offending, the other being accommodation.^[1] Paid employment is offered to ex-offenders on 6-month contracts with additional support, peer mentoring and training. This aims to provide ex-offenders with job experience, soft skills, and a reference, in order to enable them to transition into permanent employment and combat the cycle of re-offending.

History

Founded in 2005, Blue Sky Development and Regeneration was established in response to concerns by the then Chief Executive of Groundwork Thames Valley about the rate of re-offending in the UK (60% within two years)^[1] and the human and financial cost of this. Since inception they have employed over 400 ex-offenders.^{[citation needed]}

They won the 'Social care and welfare' cetegory at the 2010 Charity Awards^[2] and 'Social Enterprise of the Year' for England in the Social Enterprise Awards 2011.^[3]

Location

The charities headquarters are located in Colne Valley Park Visitors Centre in Denham, Buckinghamshire.

Operational areas

Areas in which Blue Sky Development and Regeneration operates includes and have included:

London boroughs – Hillingdon, Ealing, Hounslow and Brent
South East England – Oxford, Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead, and Slough
South West England – Bristol and Gloucester

Franchises

Blue Sky Development and Regeneration also has franchises in Manchester and Wakefield and is working on developing other franchises.^{[citation needed]}

Patrons

References

^ ^a ^b Social Exclusion Unit (July 2002). "Reducing Re-Offending by Ex-Prisoners" (PDF).
^ Civil Society (2010). "The Charity Awards 2010".
^ Social Enterprise Collalition (2011). "Social Enterprise Awards".

External links

[Reducing-1] Social Exclusion Unit (July 2002). "Reducing Re-Offending by Ex-Prisoners" (PDF).

[2] Civil Society (2010). "The Charity Awards 2010".

[3] Social Enterprise Collalition (2011). "Social Enterprise Awards".

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