End of year brings PRRT national success

The Trust is only one of 12 national organisations to have recently been awarded the matrix Excellence Award at a prestigious award ceremony in London. The matrix Excellence Award is made each year to those organisations meeting and exceeding the required standard in the delivery of information, advice and guidance to their adult clients.

The Police Rehabilitation and Retraining Trust, through its Careers Guidance and Personal Development service, focuses on the training and education needs of former police officers helping them to recognise their employment potential and to regain their self-confidence in the job market.

Mr Edward Gorringe, PRRT’s Chief Executive, says that the matrix judging panel was impressed with the excellent partnership work undertaken to bridge the divide between the security minded culture of the police, and the array of opportunities for personal and career development available outside the service.

“The matrix Standard provided us with a very practical structure for the provision of information, advice and guidance and proves that simple is often best. It really helps us to respond to our clients professionally.

As a result we are seen as a more serious player in the market” says Edward Gorringe.

PRRT was set up in 1999 to offer services to retired and retiring officers, many of whom had served for decades in a socially and politically unstable society. It exists to help clients maximise their employability, enhance their skill base and address any physical and psychological needs, helping to achieve optimum mental and physical well-being outside policing.

In June 2004 PRRT was accredited to the matrix Standard for information, advice and guidance services and has now successfully retained it in 2007 whilst concurrently achieving the matrix Excellence Award.

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