It would be impossible to name everyone who has contributed to the writing and production of this Guide. However, the following deserve a special mention.

We are grateful to the learners whose photographs speak of their involvement in, and contribution to, the PLUS agenda as part of Skills for Life. For reasons of security and to protect the young people, we cannot publish their names or images of their faces, but we are very grateful for the enthusiasm with which they engaged in having their photographs taken and in speaking so openly about their views.

We also thank the provider staff, teachers and trainers who appear in the Guide.

This Guide has benefited from the expert advice and help of the following organisations and individuals: staff from the Youth Justice Board, including Maggie Blyth, Robert Newman, Paul Dale; staff from the Offenders Learning and Skills Unit, including Liz Lawson and Ruth Saunders; Prison Service staff, in particular Nicola Lowitt and Rebecca Pearson; Bill Massam from Ofsted; and members of the PLUS strategy team Martin Stephenson, Jill Baker and Sheona Griffiths.

In particular, we would like to thank all the young people and staff at HMYOI Feltham and HMYOI Wetherby who were so accommodating in letting us photograph their achievements.

Merillie Vaughan-Huxley OBE assisted the Skills for Life Strategy Unit in the production of these guides. Ken Towner took the photographs.

WRITER BIOGRAPHY

Sally Brown, Inclusive Learning Solutions, is a freelance consultant. A qualified English teacher and former Learning and Development Manager for the PLUS strategy, Sally has contributed to the reform of education and training provision for young people in the juvenile secure estate and the ongoing development of the PLUS strategy. She has also written and advised on the creation of embedded learning materials for PLUS strategy enrichment programmes, including Pond Kit, Storytelling and Child’s Play. She has also developed a series of training programmes for staff working with young people at risk of offending or re-offending in custodial and community settings to support the implementation and delivery of the PLUS strategy within Skills for Life.

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