Choices Consultancy Service

Check out our website for all our contact details:

Contact Choices Choices Consultancy ServiceHMP Channings Wood Denbury Newton Abbot Devon TQ12 6DWTel: 01803 814600 Ex: 4893 Booking line number: 01803 812060 Opening Times: 10-12amBook prison visits online

To support and advise prisoners and their families, promoting and enabling a positive change. (Choices mission statement).

Choices Consultancy Service staff and volunteers operate within the 3 southwest prisons.

HMP Channings Wood
Denbury, Newton Abbot TQ12 6DW

HMP Dartmoor
Princetown, Yelverton PL20 6RR

and HMP Exeter
30 New North Road, Exeter EX4 4EX.

Visit our website -

http://www.choiceshelpsfamilies.org.uk/index.html

Choices Consultancy Service - Dartmoor, Exeter and Channings-Wood Prison Choices deliver family services in Her Majesty's Prison's Dartmoor, Channings-Wood and Exeter.

Prison Visit Times -

HMP Dartmoor:- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, Sunday 2-4pm (Visit Centre open from 12pm)

HMP Exeter:- From July will be, Tuesday, Thurs, Friday, Sat, Sun 2.15-4.15pm. (Viist Centre open from 12pm)

HMP Channings Wood:- Wednesday, Friday, Sat, Sun. 2-4pm. (Viist Centre open from 12pm)

To book a prison visit online -

https://www.gov.uk/prison-visits

Visit someone in prison - GOV.UK Make a request to visit someone in a prison in England and Wales

Storybook dads operates in HMP Channings Wood and HMP Dartmoor.

http://www.storybookdads.org.uk/index.html

Storybook Dads

What types of tasks are volunteers likely to do?
Volunteers will be required to deliver a range of services to families visiting their loved one in prison. These services range from checking visitors in upon their arrival, playing with visiting children, talking to new prisoners during their induction programme to serving visitors behind our tea bar situated within the visiting hall. Volunteers will also help with monitoring and evaluation of services, research, awareness raising and the development of further services.

Why does Choices Consultancy Service recruit volunteers?
Although using volunteers is obviously cost effective, there are many other reasons why we prefer to have volunteers in our team:
Our volunteers come from an array of different backgrounds therefore we are truly representing the community in our delivery. Using volunteers ensures us that the community is having a stake in our decision making, moulding and overall development and delivery of services.
Using volunteers also aids us to look at gaps in the system and develop further projects.
As volunteers are there because they ‘want’ to and not because they ‘have’ to, they are providing our clients with a more personal touch which has been recognised and commented on.
The diversity of volunteers brings a unique quality to our organisation which helps keep us grounded yet fluid.
Using volunteers helps us to raise awareness of our work and our clients needs.

Where do volunteers fit into Choices Consultancy Service?
Choices is a not-for-profit voluntary run organisation. Our staffing levels are minimal whilst our volunteer input is very large. Volunteers are integral to our success. All our services are developed and delivered by volunteers. Our volunteers work on many different levels, covering an array of services. Our volunteers range from the age of 18–88 and come from many different backgrounds. All volunteers are fully trained and security cleared prior to taking up their post.