Since 2005 Ray and Vi have been speaking to prisoners who have committed crimes ranging from petty theft to murder in nearly every prison up and down the country and including Northern Ireland.
They speak to around 20-30 men/women and youths about their crime and how the ripple effect not only affected them and their family but the community and the families of the people that killed their son.
Again this is a hard hitting talk and we have seen many men and women change and even the hardest of them are reduced to tears when Ray and Vi tell their story.
For too many inmates this could be the first time they meet a victim as to most of them victims are a piece of A4 paper and faceless, so when victims like Ray and Vi sit in front of them and talk about their crime they start to see a human who has been hurt by people like them, and maybe for the first time they start to think about their victims and family and the harm they have caused to the community and they then start to think about how they can change when they get out.
Many say they didn't understand their action they had on their victims and for many this is the first time they have even thought of their victims.
Many say they won't reoffend after hearing a victim's side and hopefully they will keep their word. Please log onto letters from inmates to read the effect Ray and Vi's story had on them.
Also Ray and Vi was asked to speak at HMP Grendon where they talked to the whole wing about their son's murder, the men were so affected by their talk that some of the men after hearing our story has adopted the Chris Donovan Trust charity.
They also composed and recorded a CD for the Chris Donovan Trust Charity. The group is called "Sense of PURPOSE", the CD is Called "IN REMEMBRANCE OF".
To find out more about this CD please click here.