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Northampton: Talking to: Suzy Van Rooyen From C2C
Suzy Van Rooyen is CEO of C2C (Crime To Christ), a Christian charity based in Northampton that works with ex-offenders to help them take personal responsibility for their behaviour, in order to reduce re-offending. Their latest project is a social enterprise called the Good Loaf Bakery, which will employ vulnerable women and give them valuable work experience. Suzy talks to Amy Williams.Published: 22nd May 2015
How did you become a Christian?
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I became a Christian in 2003, here in Northampton. For the first 25 years of my life, I was fighting it ferociously. I was the furthest thing from a Christian as a child. I came from a family that was divorced and it took its toll: I was excluded from a few schools.
I went to a play at Elim Church here in Northampton when we moved to England, called “Heaven’s Gates and Hell’s Flames” and it had an impact on my life. It impacted me because I was a new mum then, and I realised that it wasn’t just about me anymore, it was about my children and the home they were going to grow up in... -
Northampton: Prison: My Wake Up Call
Starting again after life on the inside can feel impossible. A knock on his cell door set Andy Clark on the road to a new life.Published: 5th Jul 2010
The facts
About 504 people sleep outside every night
8 out of every 10 prisoners admit to drug misuse prior to prison
7 out of every 10 prisoners have been in prison before
7 out of every 10 prisoners are unemployed prior to prison
7 out of every 10 female prisoners have no formal qualifications
6 out of every 10 male sentenced prisoners consume alcohol haphazardly
5 out of every 10 male prisoners were excluded from school
3 out of every 10 prisoners have been in care
Source: Prison Fellowship
In 1976 Andy Clark was working four days on/three days off as a nursing auxiliary in a mental hospital in Lancashire. One night he got back late to his hostel, walked...
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