Blue Sky Development & Regeneration is a not-for-profit company established by the charity Groundwork Thames Valley. It was set up to give paid work to people coming out of prison, to enable them to move successfully into long-term employment.
Blue Sky’s mission is to help break the cycle of re-offending and achieve long-term benefits for society.
A proper job with a proper company
- Blue Sky is a social enterprise, registered as both a company limited by guarantee and a charity
- Blue Sky employs solely ex-offenders in grounds maintenance and related work
- Our employees work in teams of 4-6 people with one supervisor
- Each team supervisor is also an ex-offender; he/she acts as a mentor and leads by example
- Blue Sky provides a skilled workforce in an employment sector where demand is high
- Currently Blue Sky’s commercial contracts meet approximately 60% of its running costs
Read more about Blue Sky in this recent independent
evaluation report: (PDF document)