Could you volunteer one full day a month to provide training and support to our mentors in prison at HMP Isle of Wight?

At Shannon Trust, our volunteers bring their energy, ideas and skills to train mentors in prisons. Our prison volunteers nurture the growth of the Shannon Trust in their prison. They help unlock the power of reading by delivering training sessions for prison mentors and offering ongoing advice, guidance and support through mentor meetings.

If this sounds like you, please head to Prison Volunteer – HMP Isle of Wight – Job page – Shannon Trust Careers to find out more.

If you have any questions or queries about out volunteer vacancies, please email volunteering@shannontrust.org.uk

We welcome volunteer applications from people with lived experience of the criminal justice system and do not routinely ask for details of any criminal convictions.

Closing date- Friday 3rd May 2024.

A Shannon Trust mentor working with another prisoner to improve his reading skills in the reading room on B-wing inside B-wing inside HMP Wormwood Scrubs, a Category B Victorian local prison in the London borough of Hammersmith and Fulham. An adult male prison housing both remand and serving prisoners, it has a population of just over 1200 prisoners Originally opened in 1875, it is now a Grade II listed building.(Picture by Andy Aitchison)