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SALT stands for Social and Life Skills Training

The Project has been written by Chris Streeks. Chris Streeks is an individual whom used his misfortune to better the lives of others. Chris is a well trained and experienced actor. However he is also a writer, mentor, workshop leader and motivational speaker. His first book ‘Letters to AYoung Person’ shows Chris’s inspirational journey and helps young people understand their own fears. Chris works as a Drama Practitioner for Escape Artists charity who promotes social change through the arts. Chris has known Matthew Taylor the Director of Escape Artists since April 2000 and has delivered workshops on and off for them since 2002. Chris’s workshops focus on the emotional and social aspects of learning. Chris has also appeared as a media spokesperson on many television programmes, including; BBC News 24, Sky News and ITV This Morning with Philip and Fern. Chris is the current media spokesperson for The Prison Reform Trust and means he does at least ten media appearances per year. Chris created a film called Porky Meets Junior. This film was originally conceived by Chris Streeks and after speaking to his students and Moving On Pupil Referral Unit about the dangers and realities of drugs he, along with Mike Woolfe, adapted it for the screen. In this gritty modern-day tragedy we examine the impact crack has on the individual and the ripple effect it also has on the family and the wider community.

It is a 6 week intensive programme aimed at the socially disengaged and was written by Chris Streeks. Having spent a number of years in therapy, this course is the best that I learned and more importantly this programme is a sure way of teaching our young people social responsibility, enhanced emotional intelligence and consequence of actions. The programme looks at crimemogenic needs and risk taking behaviour, as well as giving young people skills to recognize and solve problems. It covers crime, peer pressure and risk taking behaviour and lots more. It also aims to improve the participants awareness of the causes of crime and gives them skills on how to deal with peer pressure and problems, but with a positive outcome. As featured on this morning in 2008 with Phillip and Fern and piloted at George Green School, Isle of Dogs.

It is an accredited course. Its unit title is an Introduction to Understanding Young People, Law and Order. It is level E3 and its credit value is 3. The learner will: understand why young people become involved in crime, demonstrate awareness of the consequences of crime on different people, demonstrate knowledge of the Criminal/Youth Justice System, demonstrate awareness of custodial and alternative forms of sentences and show awareness of the role of local agencies.