Our vision

Our visionWe are driven by a desire to bring about change

  • We believe that the current re-offending rate is unacceptable and that Blue Sky offers a solution
  • Re-offending is a criminal waste of money. It costs the UK £11 billion each year.
  • England and Wales release 90,000 prisoners per annum. 60% re-offend within two years.
  • A stable job cuts the probability of re-offending by up to 50%.
  • YET, over 75% of prisoners are unemployed on release.
  • Blue Sky works to effect real and lasting social change: getting ex-offenders into employment and breaking the cycle of re-offending.
Blue Sky can turn lives around

We offer our employees the chance to:

  • Learn new work-skills
  • Build a clean employment record and earn a good reference
  • Move into permanent employment.

“I was taken on by Blue Sky straight from prison. I’ve had several convictions in the past but I want to put it all behind me now, and make a new life for me and my children. It’s been tough, but Blue Sky has made it possible.” Tina now has a permanent job in the catering industry.

See what some of our other employees say

Source: “Reducing Re-Offending by Ex-Prisoners” produced by the Social Exclusion Unit in 2002.
England and Wales release 90,000 prisoners each year; 60% of prisoners re-offend within 2 years.            Re-offending costs England and Wales £12 billion each year.            Employment reduces re-offending by 33-50% but 75% of ex-offenders have no job on release.

Source: “Reducing Re-Offending by Ex-Prisoners” produced by the Social Exclusion Unit in 2002.