Building Pathways Together First Annual Report

The first Annual Report of the Building Pathways Together: Criminal Justice Reintegration Through Employment Strategy was been published.

The Programme for Government 2025, Securing Ireland’s Future, commits to implementing an employment strategy for former offenders. This Report is the first Annual Report on progress to implement the Building Pathways Together Strategy, outlining the progress achieved to provide the appropriate supports and opportunities to those who have ceased offending and are seeking stability throughout the first year of the strategy. Key developments in 2025 include:

• KickStart Scholarship funding provided for Semester 2, 2025 – 2026
• Preparatory work for KickStart Round 4
• The graduation of the first cohort of the Lived Experience Leadership Programme (LEAD)
• Establishment of the Criminal Justice Employer’s Network (CJEN) and Criminal Justice Employment Advisory Committee (CJEAC)
• Gaisce Generation Change: Embracing New Horizons Event
• Commencement of Building Pathways Together website development

Work has commenced on progressing the 2026 actions identified in the Building Pathways Together Strategy and efforts remain ongoing to continue to implement the actions initiated in 2025.