Hull Prison wants volunteers to help visitors' crèche
A CHARITY providing a crèche service for Hull prison visitors is looking for more volunteers.
The Pre-school Learning Alliance is seeking people to help with its Prison Play Centres Project.
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APPEAL: The Pre-school Learning Alliance wants volunteers to help with its crèche service at Hull Prison.
The crèche, which has been running since 1994, aims to reduce the emotional impact of prison visits on children by letting them play in safe surroundings.
Gerard Rowbotham, operations manager at the charity's Humber and York sub-committee, said: "Working as a volunteer for the Prison Play Centres Project is a richly rewarding experience, as you know you are helping to change lives.
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"The successes can be measured by the high retention rate of volunteers, who return year after year, by the awards the group has been presented and last but not least by the smiles on the children's faces.
"We would encourage anyone thinking of becoming a prison volunteer to contact us."
The idea for a play centre came when a taxi driver told the alliance there was no facility for children at HMP Hull.
The Mothers' Union and the sub-committee formed a partnership to tackle the problem.
Further funding later came from the Prison Service.
Staff and volunteers involved won the Duke of York's Community Initiative Award in April 2010.
Volunteers find the service rewarding.
One said: "When I tell people where I volunteer, their response is, 'well, that must be hard work – those children must be very demanding'.
"And yes, some of them are, and others are shy, funny, helpful, inquisitive, sad or any number of other things any child is."
For more information, e-mail project manager Kim Rheinberg at kim.rheinberg@pre-school.org.uk or call her on 01482 229859.
3 Comments
by Britland
Monday, March 18 2013, 1:32AM
“I think this is a great idea! It is not the childrens fault that their Mother/Father committed a crime.”
by Very_Reverend
Sunday, March 17 2013, 11:02PM
“A recent sermon I held was about promiscuity. Because Lady Very_ is a little old fashioned and staid It was decided that she should be told that I was giving a talk on 'yachting'. When one of the congregation stopped her in the street the following day and said she'd enjoyed my sermon my wife blurted out "Well, I don't understand this at all, the first time we tried it he was sick and the second time his hat blew off."”
by bazza_12
Sunday, March 17 2013, 10:34PM
“government cut backs means an increase in volunteers.. surprise surprise.. the big society where people are expected to give their time up.. and their spare bedroom!”