OUT Side OUT Spoken is a trauma informed, through the gate therapeutic service. The service has been created to further support our OUT Spoken clients who are either recently released, or near to being released from prison. We do this through a bespoke service designed to support each individual and provide holistic support across mental health and wellbeing, resettlement, and pro-social engagement with an aim to successfully signpost them into the services which can best support them. That could mean services we offer, services our partner organisation Mandem Meetup offer, or alternative services that we can help them to engage with.
Things we’ve had success with so far have been the OUT Side OUT Spoken Wellbeing Workshop which combines circuit training and elements of boxing with a ‘Talking Circle’ where men are encouraged to share how they are feeling within themselves and finding life in general terms. Supporting men attending other professional appointments, helping some men find housing for the first time and supporting them through this process.
