Employability skills are embedded within our training courses

Our rehabilitation and intervention courses are run by our lived experience team. Our lived experience team are ex-prisoners who now have become mentor role models for inmates to show them it is possible to break free from the cycle of violence, drugs and crime. Their role within the AP Foundation team is to provide first peer interventions for inmates as well as vulnerable youth in the community and to act as ongoing mentors.

Lived Experience

Only ex-offenders and prisoners truly understand the reality of what it’s like to live behind bars, the trauma and frustration of loss of freedom. This shared experience, which no one from the outside can understand, creates a unique trusted bond between prisoners. ‘Lived Experience’ prisoners in turn have an expert view of what works, what doesn’t inside the prisons, and how to avoid the box-ticking money-wasting exercises which fail to deliver on their promises. AP Foundation brings to the table a Lived Experience team, each with their own story and who have turned their lives around.

Connected Learning Journey and Experiences

AP Foundation advocates a joined-up approach with each programme tracked and evaluated thus providing real value for the individual as they progress on their resettlement pathway. ‘Learning by Doing’ – taking the lessons from programmes and having hands-on experience not only produces cost efficiencies but also extends the learning experience for participants. These learning-by-doing opportunities will be offered our new AP Foundation media hub where participants can create content for the rehabilitation/trauma programmes.