This year, The Twinning Project debuted its pilot programme in Aoteaora. The global initiative offers incarcerated persons the opportunity to upskill by obtaining football coaching qualifications over the course of six weeks.
The near-end-of-term certification is paired with supported rehabilitative pathways to involvement in community and sport, including employment opportunities upon release.
The first cohort of 16 inmates graduated in Tāmaki Makurau last week, delivered in partnership with local organisations Auckland FC and Kohuora Auckland South Corrections Facility.
Producer Jasmine Gray spoke to Hilton Freund, Global CEO of The Twinning Project, who was in Aotearoa to visit the first round of graduates last week.
She started by asking him to tell us a bit about the project, which began in the UK in 2018.
Hooray for birthdays! And visits from nice people.
Te Radar & The NZSO - Peter and the Wolf
Ruth Krauss - The Carrot Seed
Eddie Spaghetti - Wake Up, Wake Up
The Moe Show - Another Year of You
Kahuna Kidsongs - Captain Snowdrop
Keith Mitchell - Captain Beaky
Tanya Batt - The Giant's Heart
Belle & Sebastian - The Monkeys Are Breaking Out The Zoo
Def Jim plunders a slew of 2021 releases seasoned with a few more historical gems, all fit to put a blaze under yout late Winter blues and get you all jassed up for sunnier times to come.
95bFM