Working Together

The Clink Cymru will produce highly trained ex-offenders that will be placed into full-time employment within the Welsh hospitality industry as well as reducing re-offending rates in Wales.

The Clink Cymru is also showing its support to Wales through the variety of local and organic produce used at the restaurant. The farm at HMP Prescoed is training prisoners to grow, maintain and produce all of the meat, poultry, salad, vegetables, herbs, fruit and honey for The Clink Cymru, and sustainably caught Welsh seafood, Welsh cheese and bread from a local Welsh baker will be used, promoting Welsh produce across the UK.

Opening The Clink Cymru does not just provide an opportunity for the prisoners selected to work in the kitchen or front of house. Prisoners in Wales will be responsible for creating and printing the menus for the restaurant including menus in Welsh and braille. The uniforms been tailored and will be cleaned by prisoners and all of the wooden garden furniture, the bar and the reception desk has been produced by prisoners undertaking woodwork lessons and qualifications. Bee hives are also being built and kept by prisoners who have received the necessary training.

All of these training initiatives support the Governments agenda which includes providing prisoners with a 40 hour working week, providing industry in the 3rd sector, developing a partnership with the Welsh Assembly Government through learning and skills and developing the partnership with Her Majesty’s Prison Service.