The Skills4Life project (2021- 2023) is an Erasmus+ project which focuses on young offenders’ personal development so that they are provided the opportunity for personal self-growth, gain a sense of direction and prepare for transition back into the community.
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The Skills4Life project focuses on young offenders’ personal development and tries to make provisions so that they are provided the opportunity for personal self-growth and self-development during their life course, so as to gain a sense of direction and prepare for release. The project aims to develop a holistic learning programme that helps young people in custody develop a new non-criminal identity.
The Skills4Life project serves a dual purpose:
[a]. to frame a new context in which young offenders may shed off “offending identities” and negotiate new, prosocial non-criminal identities and pathways for their lives,
[b]. to provide them the tools to put their lives back on track after release.
The project proposes the development of a holistic learning programme, which will take into account the needs of the individual – emotional, psychological and social needs – so that they can develop and achieve empowerment and independence.
The Skills4Life includes:
- research activities on existing initiatives supporting young offenders as well as on their needs regarding the development of life skills to support their lives after release
- educational content development activities, which include the development of the educational curriculum for young offenders, the trainer’s guide and the students’ handbook
- training activities, when the Skills4Life Workshops will be organized in prisons and custodial settings in the four participating countries.
It is expected that a total of eight (8) prisons throughout Europe will test and pilot the Skills4Life approach, while a total of eighty (80) young offenders are expected to participate and benefit from the project’s research and training activities.