Final report for 2nd Chance Portland Project

This report by Dr Rosie Meek, summarises the evaluation findings of the 2nd Chance Project football and rugby academies, a two year initiative at HMP Portland which uses sport as a way of engaging with young adult male prisoners in identifying and meeting resettlement needs and facilitating the transition from custody to community.

 

 

 

 

Interim Evaluation report for HMYOI Portland Rugby Academy

This evaluation report focuses on two rugby academies undertaken at Portland YOI in 2011, the 42 young men who participated in them, and the staff who were involved in the delivery of the initiative. A total of 24 young men between the ages of 18 and 21 years old (mean age 19 years 7 months) commenced participation in the first rugby academy which ran between December 2010 and April 2011.

 

 

 

 

Best Practice Street Games Case Study

A snapshot at how the Bristol Street Games project took tennis to the streets

 

 

 

 

 

 

2nd Chance HMYOI Portland Football Academy Interim Evaluation Report

This report continues and extends this focus in the context of the subsequent Football Academy, with an additional exploration of the perceptions of staff members involved in the development and delivery of the programme. In order to meet the aims of the research, qualitative data was gathered from six members of prison staff (resettlement and gym), as well as representatives from the community partner organisations involved in the programme delivery, specifically the 2nd Chance Project and Chelsea FC. The findings are supplemented with quantitative psychometric data and qualitative interview data collected from Academy participants at a number of different points before, during, and after their participation as part of the ongoing evaluation research

 

Teenage Kicks - The Value of Sport in Tackling Youth Crime

This report assesses the economic value of three sports projects aimed at tackling gang violence and youth crime in the UK. Each project is using sport to reach out to and engage young people at different stages along the criminal pathway. The results of the study clearly demonstrate that sport is not only a successful mechanism; it is also a cost-effective way to tackle the problem of youth crime and gang violence.

2nd Chance's HMP YOI Ashfield programme is one of the aforementioned projects

 

Breaking Barriers - Community Cohesion, Sport andorganisational development

Breaking Barriers was a three year, pan-London, community cohesion project, with a focus on engaging and supporting young people from minority ethnic communities into mainstream participation in sports, education and employment. Led by the Active Communities Network (ACN), with funding from the Football Foundation, it ran alongside an integrated research strand designed to inform the project’s development as well as reporting on its achievements.This is the Summary Final Report on that research.

2nd Chance represent Active Communities Network in the South West.

 

2nd Chance and HMYOI Portland

This report by Dr Rosie Meek presents the preliminary findings from an evaluation study examining the impact of the 2nd Chance Project’s Football Academy at HMYOI Portland. The Academy consisted of a combination of football training with team skills and intensive resettlement casework.

 

 

 

 

Urban Wise Media Project

Evaluation Report of a collaboration between 2nd Chance and Knowle West Media Centre. The project was named Urban Wise media and it's aim was to challenge perceptions of young people in the community and custody through a range of media. Groups of young people were awarded bursaries to produce issue based films and documentaries