Community Support
Community Support
The Community Centre
Dobbin Street
Armagh
BT617QQ
United Kingdom
Contact Details
Brian Lennon
Opening Hours
Monday to Friday 9.30 to 5.00
Offering support and encouragement to newly-release prisoners
As volunteers we meet prisoners pre-release to build trust with them.
Once they have been released we meeting them about once a week for a chat and a cup of coffee to encourage and support them. Many prisoners face multiple hurdles on release in signing on with doctors, getting benefits, finding a home to live in, looking for a job, dealing with addictions, depression and anxiety, and re-connecting with family and friends.
We offer support to our own volunteers through peer meetings, and one-to-one meetings. These are very important.
Volunteers offer about half a day a week, excluding holidays and other times that they are away. It takes about a year for new volunteers to get the hang of things. Because of this we look for a two year commitment.