How much would you invest to change someone's life?
The Problem
On average, 75% of offenders will go on to re-offend within two years. So imagine a development programme that engages, inspires and compels individuals to make meaningful and sustainable change in their lives.
"There is nothing about a caterpillar that tells you it's going to become a butterfly."
This belief drives The Chrysalis Programme, and helps us to provide a guide for change that goes beyond rehabilitation, and into engagement and re-integration.
Our Research - Early Years Development
Physical or psychological trauma in early childhood can have a direct impact on brain development. It can stunt thinking, and be detrimental to emotional skills.
These experiences are reinforced by the reaction of the adults in the child's life, whether those reactions are positive or negative.
Through such trauma, many grow up ill equipped. They have poor decision making and interpersonal skills, and display anti-social behaviour. An inability to communicate effectively, alongside low self-esteem and low basic employment skills can lead to further isolation or feeling disadvantaged.
Our Research - Positive Reinforcement
Our rationale is that positive reinforcement, in the form of education and training is more likely to achieve improved behaviours, and sustained positive change.
"Punishment is NOT simply the opposite of positive reinforcement; positive reinforcement results in lasting behavioural modification, whereas punishment only temporarily changes behaviour and presents many detrimental side effects." B.F. Skinner - Psychologist
Our Solution
The Chrysalis Programme helps people learn how to do things differently, and better. We create capability.
Our unique approach, The Chrysalis Programme, is a world class Personal Leadership and Effectiveness Development Programme. Chrysalis aims to stimulate peoples thinking, attitude, social capability and capacity.
We enable those that work with us to think more positively, creating self-esteem, self-belief, self-confidence, self-motivation and hope.
Essential Life Skills
Many employers feel that there is a capability gap with many new recruits simply not being work-ready.
One of our aims at the Chrysalis Foundation is to provide individuals with the right interpersonal skills, communication, social and self awareness skills and attributes.
We call them Essential Life Skills, some practical real world experience of applying them, so increasing their employability and potential retention in the workplace
Our Aims
Delivery of a innovative development programme that engages, inspires and compels individuals to own and drive personal change in their lives
To create increased capability in attendees through innovative learning & attainment of a recognised qualification
To make a contribution/demonstrate a relationship to reduced levels of reoffending for attendees of The Chrysalis Programme (frequency & severity)
Improving access to employment - working with business, voluntary sector, public sector & families of offenders and those at risk of offending to help the provision of stable and supportive jobs
Our Outcomes
With a 94% attendance rate, 90% completion rate, and 75% of participants obtaining a level 2 qualification, the effectiveness of the Chrysalis Programme is clear.
Beyond the statistics participants experience greater self-confidence, alongside improved interpersonal and communication skills. They put these tools to use by seeking out further education, employment and not re-offending.
Our Team
Helping to create a protected stage of development.
David Apparicio
Jo Apparicio
Charlie Eckton
Ruth Hazell
Patricia Knightley
Andrew Wood
Simon Burman
Gerry O'Neill
Shannon Pywell
David Heslop
Luc Floreani
John P. Barnes
Lady Val Corbett
Testimonials
Find out what others think about The Chrysalis Programme.
If you'd like to learn more about The Chrysalis Programme or would like to implement it at your organisation, or you are someone that would like to own and drive positive change in your life, please get in touch.
On average, over 75% of all offenders are re-offending within two years of release. Of adult offenders, 56% will re-offend at an average cost of £152,460 over 2 years.
Poor experience and trauma, physical or psychological, during early years has a direct impact on brain development. This can lead to stunted thinking, emotional, and decision making skills.
The reaction (positive or negative) of important adult figures in a child's life can reinforce these experiences.
The limited thinking, emotional and decision making skills can further lead to a lack of interpersonal skills, anti-social behaviour, and an inability to communicate effectively. Combined with low self-esteem and no basic employment skills, a person can quickly feel isolated and disadvantaged.
The Chrysalis Programme Innovatively and uniquely aims to stimulate/jump-start participant’s thinking/attitude, social capability and capacity, enabling participants to think more positively, creating self-esteem, self-belief, self-confidence, self-motivation and hope.
We believe there is nothing about a caterpillar that tells you it's going to become a butterfly. We work to this belief by helping people learn to do things differently and better, creating capability.
The Chrysalis Programme is applied through interactive modular sessions. These modules are learner focused, and mentors support those on the programme.
As well as giving participants the chance to gain real qualifications, the key for us is creating an engaging learning environment with thought provoking concepts and novel delivery. We want to re-ignite thinking by revealing what to do instead of what not to do.
Our team creates a protected stage of development by providing participants with a non-judgemental, safe learning environment with opportunities to learn new skills, mentors for support, and the skills and tools to own and drive change.
We do this most effectively by treating all participants as inidivuals, listening to their perspectives and showing respect, empathy and compassion for a participants 'journey', solidified by a 20 year 'game plan' to help get them where they want to be.
The Chrysalis Programme contains 6 core modules consisting of up to 8 days of guided learning. This means there are up to 6, one or two day, individual modules. These are delivered over 5 or 6 weeks as follows:
M1 - Know Thy Self (1 Day)
M2 - Personal Leadership (2 Day)
M3 - Interpersonal & Communication Skills (1 Day)
M4 - Health & Wellness (1 Day)
M5 - Thinking Differently (1 Day)
M6 - Presenting Yourself Effectively (2 Day)
Chrysalis modules are made up of a mixture of presentations, exercises, activities, problem solving, thinking, planning, testing, quizzing, reviewing and discussions.
Many employers feel that there is a capability gap with many new recruits simply not being work-ready.
One of our aims at the Chrysalis Foundation is to provide individuals with the right interpersonal skills, communication, social and self awareness skills and attributes.
We call them Essential Life Skills, some practical real world experience of applying them, so increasing their employability and potential retention in the workplace.
Employers are looking for individuals who can demonstrate they have the ability to among other skills:
Own and drive positive changes in their lives
Improve how they communicate with others
Understand themselves, their actions more
Make smarter decisions
Recognise/prioritise what really matters most
Think Critically and have analytical reasoning skills
Find a better balance between work, friends and life
The Chrysalis Programme cost: £25,000 per programme for up to 20 participants. This equates to £1,250 per person for 8 days guided learning.
Volume discounts are available for multiple programme bookings.
The Chrysalis Programme can proudly report some very successful outcomes. Between September 2012 and April 2017,
1114
Places available on Chrysalis Programmes
Target
Achieved
1069
Engaged - Starters
90%
96%
988
Finishers/Completers of starters
85%
92%
789
of 'completers' taking Qualification
70%
80%
729
of those taking Qualification gaining Qualification
60%
74%
Highlighted below are three areas from course/participant feedback:
All Participants thought Programme was Excellent/Good
88.9% now feel highly motivated to change
88.9% attendting the Chrysalis Programme thought it was useful
If just 30% of the Chrysalis Programmes participant who have completed do not reoffend, this equates to a minimum public purse saving of £11,677,500. Putting it another way, if just four Chrysalis Participants do not reoffend (£45k yearly prison cost/per person), this saving would cover the cost for over 120 places on Chrysalis Programmes.
