Changed
February 16, 2022
The aim of Liberty Choirs is to provide for excluded and isolated people (for example, those in secure psychiatric settings or people who are serving custodial sentences) a ‘through the gate’ programme of high-quality singing and social development. It is designed to help develop skills and self-confidence, open up the world of arts through singing and provide access to new social networks as the participants re-enter the wider community.
We are in touch with more than 70 Liberty Choir graduates, some of whom sing regularly in our choirs, others join us for concerts and special events and others still just let us know they are fine by phone or social media and by turning up at choir as a surprise.
We are now in our sixth year in HMP Wandsworth; we have been in our second prison, HMP High Down since October 2017 and our third prison, HMP Downview, our first women’s prison, since February 2018.
We are looking to expand into two to three more prisons in early 2020.
We are in touch with more than 70 Liberty Choir graduates, some of whom sing regularly in our choirs, others join us for concerts and special events and others still just let us know they are fine by phone or social media and by turning up at choir as a surprise.
We are now in our sixth year in HMP Wandsworth; we have been in our second prison, HMP High Down since October 2017 and our third prison, HMP Downview, our first women’s prison, since February 2018.
We are looking to expand into two to three more prisons in early 2020.
Contact
Address
Jackson Hall,
Portland Place,
East Sussex,
TN34 1QN,
United Kingdom
Work Tel. No.
01424444010
info@libertychoir.org
Website
In Brief
Charity Number
1173799
No. of Paid Staff
0
Does the organisation involve volunteers with experience of the criminal justice system?
No
Primary Field of Work
Arts
Custody or Community
Custody
Organisation type
Voluntary and Community Sector
Regions
London
Prisons
Wandsworth