A prisoner is bringing hope of a better life to fellow inmates by helping them learn to read and write. In the three years and six months that Mick Greenberry, 56, has been at Lewes Prison he has taught 96 inmates to read under a programme drawn up by charity The Shannon Trust. Recently, guards, prisoners and charity workers gathered at a …
Article published in the Longford Magazine. Toe by Toe was featured in the Longford Magazine in an article about prisoner literacy, or lack of it. The Shannon Trust works with literate prisoners to become reading coaches, using the Toe by Toe manual as an affordable solution to prisoner illiteracy.
Article published by The Telegraph Magazine. Article is about the pioneering scheme used in prisons, through which inmates teach fellow inmates to read – see below.
A millionaire businessman gave away thousands of pounds of his own money when he visited a young offenders institution in South Staffordshire as part of a TV documentary. Computer entrepreneur Piers Linney also offered to personally “mentor” one inmate at Brinsford Young Offenders Institution upon release as part of Channel 4 show, The Secret Millionaire.
The Shannon Trust works with literate prisoners to become reading coaches, using the Toe by Toe manual as an affordable solution to prisoner illiteracy. One such prisoner, Mick Greenberry, was given an award by the Trust for teaching 96 fellow prisoners to read and write.
