UK Based and Owned
Prism Start empowers ex-offenders, vulnerable individuals, young people, and those facing barriers to employment through structured training, mentoring, and real-world career pathways.
About Us
Prismstart Communities Limited is a company that aims to create and develop employment opportunities for Ex-Offenders, the Homeless and the Vulnerable. Since 2015, Gez and Rosy Chetal have successfully engaged with prisons, interviewed potential candidates, and, placed numerous people leaving the prison system into employment in various locations throughout the UK.
Our Services
Prism Start delivers structured training and mentoring across key areas designed to support individuals from initial engagement through to sustained employment.
Building confidence and encouraging positive first steps toward employment.
Personalised support for individuals facing complex life and employment challenges.
Identifying and overcoming obstacles that prevent access to work.
Teaching effective job hunting, applications, and interview techniques.
Developing essential workplace behaviours and communication skills.
Providing practical, industry-relevant training for real job roles.
Ongoing guidance to help individuals sustain and grow in employment.
DWP Training Programme
Prism Start delivers structured training and mentoring across key areas designed to support individuals from initial engagement through to sustained employment.
Ages 18–24
Ages 25–49
Ages 50+
Care Leavers
NEET
Refugees
LGBTQ+
Health & Disability
BAME Groups
Caring Responsibilities
Self Employed
What we deliver
Delivery options
One-to-One · Virtual
One-to-One · Face-to-Face
Group Workshops
Hybrid Delivery
The Team
A team with real-world experience across employment, hospitality, law,psychology and business — united by a commitment to meaningful change.
The Team
Gez has over 30 years experience in the hospitality industry
The Team
Rosy has worked in all departments within the hospitality industry.
The Team
Saanchi's extensive hospitality background strengthens Prism Start's operations.
The Team
30 years in hospitality including 20 as General Manager. Founded his own digital marketing agency from scratch.
The Team
BPS accredited Clinical Psychologist with over a decade of experience in CBT, Schema Therapy and trauma support.
The Team
We have successfully placed hundreds of candidates in a variety of industries, from entry-level positions to executive roles.
Mention of PrismStart in the House of Commons and the great work we are achieving.
Impact stories
Real people, real outcomes. These are the stories that show what Prism Startmeans in practice — and why employers keep coming back to us.
Ex-offender
After serving five years, Michael came to PrismStart with no employment history and limitedconfidence. Through our hospitality trainingprogramme and employer network, he secured akitchen porter role within six weeks of release.Within 18 months he had been promoted toassistant restaurant manager.
"Gez didn't just find me a job. He made me believe Ideserved one." — Michael, Norfolk
Volunteer
Having once needed support himself, this participant returned to Prismstart as a volunteer. He now supports new candidates through the same process he once found daunting — attending job fairs, mentoring individuals in custody, and helping others see that a fresh start is genuinely possible regardless of their past.
"I know what it feels like to think no door will ever open. Now I help hold them open for others." - James, East Anglia
Are you an employer or a participant with a PrismStart story to tell? We'd love to hear from you.
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Updates on our work, our people, and the communities we serve.
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Continue Reading Gez has over 30 years' experience in the hospitality industry and is well placed, with connections, to assist suitable applicants to fill a relevant role.
Gez is a qualified trainer within the industry and can provide support and training direction to assist applicants in finding the right job for them.
Rosy has worked in all departments within the hospitality industry. She has attended job fairs and has excellent recruitment skills gained during her time within the hotel industry.
Rosy previously worked in a school as a bi-lingual teaching assistant and has many qualities that will help her, and, her clients moving forward.
Saanchi's extensive hospitality background strengthens Prism Start's operations. Her meticulous attention to detail ensures a positive client and team member experience.
She also expertly manages administrative tasks, freeing the team to focus on core strengths. With her skills, Saanchi hopes to bridge the gap between the companies and the vulnerable.
Craig brings over 30 years of real-world experience across two industries that between them employ millions of people in the UK: hospitality and digital marketing.
He spent three decades working in hotels, 20 of those as a General Manager. That means he has done virtually every job a hotel has to offer, from the front desk to the back office, from housekeeping to F&B, from recruitment to running the full operation. He knows what good looks like in hospitality, what employers actually need from their staff, and how to spot potential in people that others might overlook.
Three years ago, Craig built a Hotel digital marketing agency from the ground up, with no blueprint and no safety net. He did it himself. That experience gives him a practical, no-nonsense understanding of what it takes to start something, grow something, and make it work in the real world.
At Prism Start, Craig uses both of those worlds to do something genuinely useful. Working with employers in hospitality and digital marketing, he helps identify, train, and prepare candidates from some of the most overlooked talent pools in the UK: young people trying to find their footing, adults who have faced homelessness, vulnerable people who need the right support to get started, and those with convictions who deserve a proper second chance.
This is not about ticking boxes. It is about understanding what employers actually need and matching that with people who, given the right training and the right opportunity, will deliver it.
Craig has sat on both sides of the table. He has hired, managed, and developed people throughout his career. He has also built something from nothing. That combination is rare, and it is exactly what Prism Start is built on.
Melike Güray is a Psychologist with over a decade of experience supporting adults and couples with emotional and psychological difficulties.
Her clinical work focuses on anxiety, depression, OCD, trauma, grief, phobias, eating-related concerns, and postpartum experiences. She offers a structured and collaborative approach aimed at helping clients understand long-standing patterns and work toward meaningful and sustainable change.
Melike integrates evidence-based psychological approaches, including Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Schema Therapy, Interpersonal Therapy, and Gottman-informed couples work. Sessions are tailored to each individual or couple, depending on their needs and goals.
She has worked in a range of clinical and therapeutic settings in Istanbul and London and has been offering both in-person and online therapy since 2013 through her private practice, Core Belief Psychology.
Her work is grounded in clarity, structure, and psychological depth, with an emphasis on practical change as well as emotional understanding.
Melike offers face-to-face sessions in London and online therapy to clients internationally, including Turkish-speaking clients worldwide.
Taught and gave consultancy from level 2 to level 7 over 15 years, and at the same time worked in catering for over 15 years, from management to senior manager and consultant level. Qualified teacher assessor and verifier, and MBA and MSc graduate and curious learner. Currently building brands in different sectors in line with local communities. Currently running 5 companies; In education: Learn and Lodge (recruiting students for language courses) and Meridian Training and Consultancy (recruiting students for universities and developing and delivering professional courses); in energy: Eden Energy and Construction (Installed over 2.5% of the whole UK solar renewables); in vehicle and machine hire: A2B Commuting. Tushba Solar; Bess and roof solar installations. In total, achieved over £15m turnover.