Bude Primary School – December 2020
On 05/12/20 the team visited Bude Primary School in Hull, delivering to Year 5 and 6. The team for the day included Ben, Neil, Pat and Ryan who were joined by PC Ria Featherstone who had organized the day. The workshops delivered were Knife Crime, Social Media, Anti-social Behaviour and Prison Life. All of these […]
Read MoreNetherhall School – December 2020
On the 02/12/20 and the 03/12/20 the Prison Me No Way team visited Netherhall School in Huddersfield. Across the two days we delivered workshops such as Prison Life, Knife Crime, County Lines, Life Sentence and the Choices workshop; delivered by Jenny and Manny with their own personal stories. These personal stories were particularly enjoyed by […]
Read MoreManor Sports School
20/10/2020 On Tuesday, we visited Manor School Sports College presenting numerous workshops the students. Our team included Neil, Ben, Jenny, Julie, Taff, Nico and Malc. The workshops delivered were Knife Crime, One Punch County Lines, Prison Life, domestic abuse and Jenny?s story: which the students particularly enjoyed. Once again, judging by the feedback given by […]
Read MoreVirtual Workshop With Askham Grange
13/10/20 On Tuesday we visited Sirius Academy North to trial our new virtual workshop. This involved linking up with Graham Holgate and the residents of HMP Askham Grange. We did this via Microsoft Teams, which gave the students the chance to interact with the four residents Graham had selected for that day. The new virtual […]
Read MorePetchey Academy 3/3/20 – Ms Borril goes to prison
On 3/3/2020 The Pmnw Team & our 2 VIP guests Stephen Hagan and Wendy Wason visited Petchey Academy in London. Great and well organised day had by all & we even had our very own press release done by the school with some brilliant feedback from teachers and pupils! Check it out on their website […]
Read MoreJosie Hill – YAG Member
Hi I?m Josie, I?m 22 years old and I started volunteering for Prison Me No Way a couple of years ago alongside studying my Level 3 Public Service Course in 2018. I now work in the YAG team (Youth Advisory Group) alongside Ben. My first experience of a crime day was life changing, emotional and […]
Read MorePaul Nicholson-PMNW Crime Day Presenter
I joined the prison service in May 87 and was sent to HMP Wormwood Scrubs as my first posting working with lifers. In April 89 I got a transfer to HMP Hull and started working with juveniles (14-17 year olds). Some of these young people were self-harming and I really wanted to understand why this […]
Read MoreA Message from Gemma Orchard- Parkside Academy
Prison Me! No Way! Parkside Academy have been hosting PMNW for upwards of 10 years for a number of different activities. For the last 7 years PMNW have helped us to deliver our Inspire Day programme to our Y9 cohort. We have had a number of different sessions throughout this time and each time we […]
Read MoreA message from John Palmer-PMNW Ambassador
My last contribution for our newsletter was at the beginning of 2015. I have been asked if I would provide a little missive again at the beginning of 2020. They say that time flies when you are enjoying yourself but come on, where have the last 5 years gone. It?s true because I have had […]
Read MoreA message from Jessica Taylor-YMCA
My name is Jessica Taylor, I am a Youth Outreach Work for YMCA Humber. I have worked with children and young people for the last 12 years, offering mentoring, guidance and support. Currently I am undergoing my master?s degree in Social Work and use this knowledge to improve my work and practice. Over the last […]
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