The newsletter for arts organisations working in criminal justice
| [[{"fid":"559","view_mode":"default","type":"media","attributes":{"height":"117","width":"1004","style":"width: 600px; height: 70px;","class":"media-element file-default"}}]] In this month's edition.... [[{"fid":"109","view_mode":"default","type":"media","attributes":{"height":"60","width":"600","style":"line-height: 1.5em; width: 600px; height: 60px;","alt":"Arts Alliance news","title":"Arts Alliance news","class":"media-element file-default"}}]]Arts Alliance news Dance, debate and dynamic performances There has been a flurry of activity in both the world of arts and criminal justice over the last few weeks. From a national debate in the House of Commons on the value of art, where the shadow minister Harriet Harman stated that “arts aren’t only good for the economy, but good for our souls” to leaked documents from the Ministry of Justice, stalling Chris Grayling's rehabilitation reforms. Arts Alliance members have also been engaging in a high level of debate and celebrating their successes through a dynamic range of events:
If you didn’t catch all that, you’ll be pleased to know Arts Alliance members are busy through the summer, watch out for Clean Break at Latitude, Rideout at the New Vic Theatre in Newcastle and The Koestler Trust at the Southbank Centre. To be sure you are up to date, keep your eyes on our events pages and please let us know if you have event you’d like to publicise. The Write to be Heard Awards is a year-long creative writing project led by the Arts Alliance and funded by NOMS. We want prisoners to find their creative voice by writing a piece of work to be broadcast on National Prison Radio. We are currently scheduling 25 writing workshops in prisons that may not have had much opportunity to work with arts organisations in the past. Some workshops will be led by high profile writers including Alex Wheatle, an ex-prisoner who turned his life around to become an award-winning fiction writer; Ty, a socially conscious rapper and performance poet and Dreda Say Mitchell, an award-winning crime writer who draws inspiration from the east London community where she grew up. The Awards are open for submissions on 9 September and close on 11 November. We are encouraging participants to enter under four different categories including poetry and storytelling. Further details will follow soon, but to find out more contact Patrice Lawrence or visit the Arts Alliance website [[{"fid":"112","view_mode":"default","type":"media","attributes":{"height":"50","width":"600","alt":"Events & training","title":"Events & training","class":"media-element file-default"}}]]Events & training Discovering - an open showcase of Rideout's workJuly 19 | 12.30 |New Vic Theatre, Newcastle-under-Lyme | ST5 0JGRideout has been developing programmes within a criminal justice context for 14 years. This showcase will include a working demonstration of Talent 4..., a new approach to assisting individuals to find work through finding their abilities first, currently being used in six European countries. Advance booking essential as places are limited. For more details, please visit their website or register your place by emailing admin@rideout.org.uk [[{"fid":"1017","view_mode":"default","type":"media","attributes":{"height":"95","width":"100","style":"width: 100px; height: 95px; float: left;","class":"media-element file-default"}}]]Finding Rhythms workshop 17th July, Spitalfields, London If you have been on the receiving end of crime and feel that music might offer a way of processing what you've been through - or if you work with individuals who you feel might fit this description - we'd love to hear from you! Finding Rhythms is running an innovative one-off music workshop that will result in a series of professionally produced tracks which will be presented to currently serving prisoners; to encourage a self-reflection process and, we hope, some important musical responses. All tracks will appear on an album for participants to take away, and we aim, where possible to stay in touch with individuals as this pioneering project progresses. Musical experience is not necessary - if you'd like to get involved or just to find out more please get in touch on emily@finding-rhythms.co.uk Clean Break's festival summerClean Break returns to Latitude this year with 'Hours til Midnight' by former student Sonya Hale, the first Clean Break graduate to be commissioned by the company, and with 'Little on the inside' by one of theatre’s most exciting new voices, Alice Birch. Little on the inside will also be part of Clean Break’s programme as it makes its debut at the Almeida Festival. The critically acclaimed 'Dream Pill' by Rebecca Prichard is being performed as well, in an exciting, intimate new staging in an Almeida dressing room.The Koestler exhibition for the North East19 October – 1 December 2013 | BALTIC & The Gallery at Gateshead Central LibraryThe exhibition will feature artwork from prisons, secure hospitals, secure children’s homes and probation services in the North East of England, and will be curated by students of the Behaviour Support Service, Gateshead. Release: the Koestler Trust exhibition for Scotland 2 November – 15 December 2013 | Tramway, GlasgowThe exhibition features artwork from prisons, secure hospitals, secure children’s homes, immigration detention centres and criminal justice services in Scotland, and will curated by young people from Kibble Safe Centre - a secure children’s home in Paisley. Arts Award training If you work with young people and want to support their creative development then sign up to the Arts Award training programme. Arts Award is for all young people and can work through any arts, cultural or media activity. For more details, please visit the Arts Alliance website. [[{"fid":"115","view_mode":"default","type":"media","attributes":{"height":"52","width":"600","alt":"Arts & criminal justice news","title":"Arts & criminal justice news","class":"media-element file-default"}}]]Arts & criminal justice news Transforming Rehabilitation – a strategy for reform stalledPlans for reform were stalled last week by Lord Ramsbottom as evidence of a potential 80% risk to the public if plans go ahead were leaked from the civil service. An article in the Telegraph reported: "The Lords stopped the Offender Rehabilitation Bill in its tracks after a leaked Whitehall document suggested there is a high chance it would lead to an 'unacceptable drop in performance' in the probation service. Read the full story here or watch the debate here The value of arts debated in the House of Commons On the 19th June the role of arts and the creative industries in society was debated in the House of Commons. The debate was moved by Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, Harriet Harman. To read about the debate, Jack Hutchinson from ‘a-n’ gives an overview on their website. Keeping up to date with Transforming RehabilitationYou can now access information about the Straw Man Payment Mechanism being proposed by the Ministry of Justice to engage the Market. The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) are still encouraging potential delivery partners to register their interest on the PIN: visit the MoJ Prior Information Notice webpage for more information. Partnership FinderClinks have developed a new online networking tool called Partnership Finder; a new supply chain and consortia directory, designed to allow Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprise (VCSE) organisations working in criminal justice and rehabilitation to promote services to commissioners and prime providers. Arts CouncilFrom 1st July changes have been made to the Arts Council England (ACE) Grants for the Arts, the threshold for small grants has been raised to £15,000 and the application process has been updated. You can find out about the changes on the Arts Council website Artsmark are open to applications from youth justice settings The Justice Data Lab is a new service, giving charities and voluntary organisations more information about What Works in relation to reducing reoffending. To find out more about how you can use the Justice Data Lab visit the Ministry of Justice website Other news from the world of arts and criminal justice
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