01/09/09 Car Salvage is Put to Good Use in Rehabilitating Young Offenders |
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Accident damaged vehicles are being given a new lease of life in the skills training of young offenders to help them find work as part of their resettlement in the community. In a new education and training partnership with Her Majesty's Young Offender Institutions (HMYOI), Bluecycle, the online marketplace for car salvage and a wholly owned subsidiary of Aviva, the UK's largest insurer, has donated a range of cars and motorcycles to HMYOI Feltham, Middlesex and Huntercombe, Henley-on-Thames. The ten vehicles, although 'written-off' due to bodywork damage, all have engines in working order and these include a BMW 1 series, Ford Mondeo and three different motorcycles. They will be used as training aids for inmates to get to grips with service and repair processes and techniques and those involved in the training programme will work towards a national qualification in vehicle maintenance. Giving young people every opportunity to develop a career within the automotive sector, as well as providing innovative and beneficial ways of re-using salvage cars, is part of Bluecycle's approach to corporate social responsibility. Commented Piers Wilson, Head of Market Development, Bluecycle: "It's important to us that we can make a difference wherever possible to people by affording opportunity and skills development and at the same time looking at ethical and meaningful ways of utilising some of the thousands of vehicles a year that we handle. Our partnership with HMYOI is something we're keen to develop and we look forward to seeing how beneficial the initiative is to the young men on the programme at Feltham and Huntercombe." |
