Teacher runs marathon to help prisoners’ education charity

By The Newsroom
Published 13th Feb 2014, 15:47 BST
Amy Brown from Ballymoney. INBM07-14Amy Brown from Ballymoney. INBM07-14
Amy Brown from Ballymoney. INBM07-14
Trainee teacher and law graduate from Ballymoney, Amy Brown, is preparing for her first ever marathon to raise money for Prisoners Education Trust.

The 26 year old woman from Ballymoney is running the Edinburgh Marathon on 25th May to raise funds to help prisoners get an education.

Having always been interested in the criminal justice system, Amy Brown volunteered with a Ballymoney charity helping children in the care system to avoid a life of crime and has been interested in prisoner rehabilitation ever since.

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“It was easy to see how children from that kind of background would be vulnerable, and how one bad decision could end up becoming a slippery slope,” says Amy.

Through her volunteering programme, Amy then mentored a young girl for three years who was in foster care.

Amy explains: “She’s now 16 and still at school. She’s doing really well and has made future plans for herself. I’m really proud of her.