The following report demonstrates an overall commitment to trying new delivery modes and concepts that can be learned from and built upon in future . It is a reflection on the year , based on the information gathered on each outcome , with highlights from the two case studies .
At its widest level the project has reached 313 young people across all strands . This is 23 % more than the projected 254 participants due mainly to the broadcasts going out to all young people in Polmont HMYOI .
In Strand 1 : Polmont HMYOI saw 284 prisoners under 25 get the opportunity to tune in to the dance tutorial films and the Juke Box radio show . Of these , 17 young people took part in the Email a Prisoner scheme and 10 were actively involved in the Juke Box initiative .
Total actively engaged : 27 ( passive reach was 257 )
In strand 2 : 6 young people engaged in dance at the Good Shepherd Centre in Greenock and 4 young people engaged in the Kibble Centre in Paisley .
Total actively engaged : 10
In strand 3 : 19 young people took part in the community diversion programme : 15 in North Ayrshire , 1 in West Dunbartonshire , 1 in Perth & Kinross and 2 in Dundee .
Total actively engaged : 19
Combined total of those actively engaged is : 56 young people .
Without the Polmont HMYOI population , the total of 56 actively engaged young people is far fewer than was expected in year one , for reasons well stated throughout this report . It is hoped that the project will be able to catch up on this in future years .
To date we have successfully collated 30 responses to the recruitment baseline questionnaire . There were 21 equalities monitoring forms completed , 15 review forms were submitted , and 6 checklists were completed by workers and stakeholders . The figures cited herein are based on these results .
Several participants opted out of completing the equalities forms . The pandemic also brought particular difficulties in gathering information in that staff were unable to enter Polmont HMYOI and had restricted access . In addition to this , young people are not allowed access to technology or phones , therefore they could not be contacted by any other means . Nevertheless , of the 21 [ 37.5 % of
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