PRESS RELEASE FOR OFFENDER SERVICE AWARD

Last week St Mungo’s Community Housing Association in Bristol were the recipients of a national award from The Howard League for Penal Reform. Their Offender Floating Support Service scooped the top prize in the Adult Community Programmes Award.

The service is delivered across Bristol, South Gloucestershire and Bath and North East Somerset, and is currently funded on behalf of those areas by Bristol City Council.

The project is delivered by a team of four individuals who look after over 50 clients at any one time, and they deliver support to offenders in the community to help prevent them from becoming homeless, whilst at the same time helping them to successfully re-integrate into the community. This is delivered in partnership with the Probation Service and Police.

The award was judged on a number of specific criteria such as value for money, customer satisfaction, innovation, quality of service and it’s ability to impact upon re-offending rates.

Paul Housden, St Mungo’s Floating Support Services Manager in Bristol, said: “We are extremely proud to receive this prestigious award. It recognises the team’s hard work and dedication in supporting clients to sustain their lives in a positive way within the community. St Mungo’s has a long history of working to prevent former offenders becoming homeless and to start new lives and this project continues and enhances that reputation.”

Paul Housden and Ian Phillips from St Mungo’s receiving the Community Programmes Award from

Sir David Brewer CMG JP, Lord-Lieutenant of Greater