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Members of Yorkshire Prison Group HRBP team supported by a Band 3 Prison Officer from HMP Humber and two staff from YOI Wetherby are committed in making 2019 the year that we make further changes in supporting our staff who do a wonderful but challenging job within our Regional Prisons. In order to achieve this, part of our strategy will be to implement and embed the Time to Change initiative and sign an Employer pledge, confirming our commitment to how we think and act about mental health and wellbeing in the workplace and ensuring our affected employees facing these problems feel supported.

As part of this activity and commitment we, as a team, have made an initial commitment that we will take part in the Yorkshire Three Peaks Challenge with a view of fundraising for our chosen charity www.ourbluelight.com.  This involves taking us massively out of our comfort zone and trekking 25 miles up and down 3 Peaks.... not for the faint hearted.

Our blue light are a charity who support the staff and families all of our emergency services in relation to mental health and wellbeing.  I hope you will agree that the services that look after us daily, including those staff in my own workplace HMPPS, work in extremely challenging conditions and that the impact of the things they see, the people they support and look after, and the things they deal with simply cannot and should not be underestimated.

It is for that reason we are undertaking this gruelling task and would ask you kindly to donate anything you can, no matter how small that may appear. Every penny helps and 1 day you may need the care and attention from those staff who work tirelessly to look after us all.

The Yorkshire Three Peaks Challenge is 24 miles (38.6km) and includes 1585m (5200ft) of ascent. The Yorkshire Three Peaks Challenge takes on the peaks of Pen-y-Ghent, Whernside and Ingleborough, usually in this order, and in under 12 hours.

Thank you, YPG HRBP Team

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