HMP Eastwood Park Education Department Named Teamwork Champions
The Education Department in HMP Eastwood Park have been nominated and awarded the Governor’s 'Value Champion' Award for teamwork. The team deliver and support education for 360 women from Entry Level 1 up to full degrees.
The internal award is part of the prison’s core values – Compassion, Respect, Ambition, Fairness and Teamwork. The new Governor has been recognising individuals and teams that embody each of these values. September 2022 was the ‘Teamwork Value’ month, and the Education Department were nominated by their prison colleagues.
The Education Department at HMP Eastwood Park won the award for working extremely hard throughout periods of uncertainty and difficulty, such as COVID restrictions, and have achieved fantastic results for their learners. Furthermore, they work closely with their prison colleagues to ensure even the most challenging women get the opportunity to achieve.
The Education Department have delivered some outstanding results especially in the Functional Skills department. In 2021 - 2022 they achieved the highest Functional Skills results in the female estate, and they were 5th out of all the prisons in the country. Furthermore, the Education Department has an excellent relationship with their wider colleagues and work in partnership with lots of other departments.
Victoria Jenkins, the Assistant Curriculum Manager of the Education Department, said: “We couldn’t have won the award without the whole team. Every member is so crucial. We are an integral part of the prison not just for the prisoners but for the staff as well, and we are a successful department because of our strong relationship with our colleagues and strong management from our Curriculum Manager, Darren Lewis.”
