C.J has a fascinating story to tell about her ideas on how to support rehabilitation and reintegration of ex- offenders into the community; ultimately break the cycle of re-offending.
CJ Burge is SOS+ Project Coordinator, at St. Giles Trust, a remarkable UK charity that breaks the cycle of offending through supporting disadvantaged clients back into education, training and employment. CJ is currently leading a team of facilitators, who use first-hand experience, to speak to at-risk young people about violence, vulnerability and exploitation, using interactive workshops and assemblies to educate and challenge misconceptions. In 2016/17 SOS+ delivered 295 preventative sessions across London, that reached 16,053 young people. SOS+ delivers sessions that cover knife crime; gangs and the consequences of crime; child sexual exploitation; county lines: drug-dealing and drug-taking; the reality of prison life; peer pressure and bullying; joint enterprise; victims; and abusive behaviour (amongst others). In 2016, CJ co-curated BRAVE.
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