What can Blue Sky do for local authorities?

7 reasons for Local Authorities to work with Blue Sky:


1. Delivery to a very high standard

2. Year round availability

3. An additional social benefit at no extra cost

4. Demonstrate your commitment to addressing re-offending

5. Helping you deliver additional Government outputs

6. Motivated employees

7. Additional training
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.