Enterprise for Employment Project: Final Evaluation Report (30.1.23): Independent Evaluator- Ron Winch: Senior Lecturer in Policing and Criminology, Birmingham City University

This final report concludes the independent evaluation of the Enterprise for Employment project and follows the interim report from March 2022.

Tackling violent crime forms a substantial element in the Police and Crime Plan for the West Midlands 2021- 25. In September 2020, the Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner for West Midlands appointed, ‘A’ Vision for empowerment,’ a not-for-profit organisation, to undertake a project of work with men and women convicted of violent offences. After a competitive bidding process, the Police and Crime Commissioner for West Midlands allocated £200,000 for the project, to run over two years. As Enterprise for Employment established itself- and it is worthy of comment that this coincided with the considerable challenges presented by the pandemic- considerable evidence emerged of the project’s capability to transform lives and reduce re-offending.