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Charity thanks inmates for work to save hedgehogs
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Peter Gould said it was important for prisoners to see the positive impact their vocational work had on the local community An animal charity has thanked prison inmates for helping to save hedgehogs' lives. Peter Gould, the prison's vocational manager, said the work could help reduce reoffending because it taught inmates skills to support future employment and helped them feel they were contributing to the community.
Gould said some of the vocational work supported the Age Concern Jersey charity Gould said the hedgehog boxes formed part of a wider programme of vocational projects at the prison. Dru Burdon said the prisoners' work was saving hedgehogs' lives Gould said the project also taught health and safety best practice and gave prisoners experience of using machinery and equipment.
She said of the 20 boxes the prisoners had given the charity earlier in August, all the feeding boxes had sold out and raised £20 each and there were just a few £25 nesting boxes left. The charity priced the nesting boxes at £25 and feeding boxes at £20 each Burdon said the scheme had developed from a chance meeting with a prison officer at the vets.
He said the project helped inmates have a "sense of purpose, achievement and connection to the community" which was "incredibly valuable". Dru Burdon, from the hedgehog group, said: "If it helps with carpentry skills training, so much the better, these boxes are certainly saving hedgehogs' lives.
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- Peter Gould said it was important for prisoners to see the positive impact their vocational work had on the local community An animal charity has thanked prison inmates for helping to save hedgehogs' lives.
- Peter Gould, the prison's vocational manager, said the work could help reduce reoffending because it taught inmates skills to support future employment and helped them feel they were contributing to the community.
- Dru Burdon, from the hedgehog group, said: "If it helps with carpentry skills training, so much the better, these boxes are certainly saving hedgehogs' lives.
- Dru Burdon said the prisoners' work was saving hedgehogs' lives Gould said the project also taught health and safety best practice and gave prisoners experience of using machinery and equipment.
- He said the project helped inmates have a "sense of purpose, achievement and connection to the community" which was "incredibly valuable".
- The charity priced the nesting boxes at £25 and feeding boxes at £20 each Burdon said the scheme had developed from a chance meeting with a prison officer at the vets.
- She said of the 20 boxes the prisoners had given the charity earlier in August, all the feeding boxes had sold out and raised £20 each and there were just a few £25 nesting boxes left.
- Gould said some of the vocational work supported the Age Concern Jersey charity Gould said the hedgehog boxes formed part of a wider programme of vocational projects at the prison.
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