Comments from our HOPE women (18-25 year olds)
Comments from our HOPE project women (18-25 year olds) within the evaluation carried out by independent researcher Lara McHale. Cohort 4 work with women surviving abuse, women affected by the criminal justice system and women with often complex and multiple needs. HOPE was a 12 month project designed to offer opportunity, skills and training to our younger Cohort 4 women, and as a result 5 gained employment due to increases in self confidence, skills and enhanced motivation to believe in their capabilities. ‘Cohort 4 keep me level headed as well because I do go off on a tangent and they help me feel quite grounded as such and when I have gone to make stupid decisions they’ve gone “Do…