Annex B
PRISON COURSES
EXAMPLE—OCTOBER
2008
Request to the R L Glasspool Charity Trust from
an open prison for £1,100 to pay for an HGV class 2 licence
for a man who has spent the last 22 months in a closed prison
and has completed the following courses:
— OCR levels 1 and 2 adult numeracy;
— Foundation certificate in health
and safety in the workplace;
— Foundation certificate in food hygiene;
— Level 2 award in food safety in catering;
— OCN level 2 in cookery;
— Drawing for art and design level
2;
— Enhanced thinking skills programme;
— Victim awareness restorative justice
program;
— Level 1 an introduction to drug awareness;
and
— Levels 1 and 2 an introduction to
alcohol awareness.
Clearly some of these courses have aims other
than immediate employment, and we would not doubt the value of
courses in literacy, numeracy, victim/drug/alcohol awareness,
but how do the courses in health and safety/food hygiene/food
safety and cookery contribute to his employment prospects?
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