The newsletter for arts organisations working in criminal justice.
In this month’s issue…
- National Criminal Justice Arts Alliance news
- Events and training
- Arts and criminal justice news
- Resources and publications
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May highlights
This month we held our 2018 Annual Meeting at Ikon Gallery in Birmingham to discuss how we deliver ‘arts for all’ as an Arts Council Sector Support Organisation. The meeting was a lively and interesting afternoon, with inspiring words from contributors ranging from poets to prison governors - search #ArtsForAll18 on Twitter to see what we got up to.
Museums and Criminal Justice seminar
6th July | Surrey | £10
National Criminal Justice Arts Alliance and Watts Gallery are hosting a seminar on museums and criminal justice to coincide with Watts Gallery’s 'Art for All Exhibition' - marking their ten years of work with prisons, young offenders and community groups. We will be sharing case-studies and advice on developing partnerships between museums, galleries and prisons. Click here for more information and to book
Justice Secretary says "there is a role for the arts"
We were pleased to hear the Justice Secretary David Gauke MP recognise the role and impact of the arts in criminal justice in a recent interview with The Times. Mr Gauke spoke about reducing the prison population, alternatives to incarceration, a culture of rehabilitation, and encouraging drama, writing and painting in prisons. Click here to read more
Clean Break announce new leadership team
Award-winning theatre company and National Criminal Justice Arts Alliance steering group member Clean Break has announced that their Chief Executive Lucy Perman MBE will be stepping down after 21 years leading the company's work with women and criminal justice. Roisin McBrinn and Anna Herrmann will take up new roles as the company’s Joint Artistic Directors, with an Executive Director vacancy to be filled to complete the three-woman leadership team. Click here to find out more about the new team and vacancy
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We will be sending our next newsletter on Thursday 28th June. Please email dora.dixon@clinks.org with any submissions by Tuesday 19th June.
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Open Clasp present: Rattle Snake
May and June | National | from £10
A new play from the makers of critically-acclaimed prison drama 'Key Change' is going on a national tour. 'Rattle Snake' was inspired by women who put their trust in Open Clasp to tell their stories of facing coercive and controlling domestic abuse. It was originally developed as part of a training programme for frontline police officers in Durham. Click here to find out more and book
Creativity and Wellbeing Week
4th – 10th June | London | Free
London Arts in Health Forum (LAHF)’s annual 'Creativity and Wellbeing Week' will take place from 4th – 10th June 2018 with over 350 lectures, performances, workshops and networking opportunities taking place across London. LAHF has curated a range of events, with each weekday focusing on different artforms. Click here to see the full programme
The Production of Truth, Justice and Histories
12th – 17th June | London | Free
Warwick University is partnering with the Tate Exchange Programme to host workshops, debates and performances to explore how justice, truth and history have been produced over time. Academics from the university will be collaborating with artistic partners such as Rideout and Safe Ground to deliver a wide range of events. Click here to see a full list of events and book
Dancing with the Devil
23rd June | London | Free
Join The Change Collective and some of their friends at the Silly Towers in Brixton for a summer ‘Dance with the Devil’ event. The night is part workshop, part open lab and part party in the kitchen, exploring the meeting points between the arts, social change, corporate responsibility and public interest. Click here to find out more and book
The Other Side of the Wall
19th - 21st September | Birmingham | £330
'The Other Side of the Wall' is a three-day course from Geese Theatre Company which invites participants to experience and practice a variety of theatre and drama-based methods for use in groupwork. The focus is to explore some of the basic principles behind the company's use of drama with people in prison and community settings. Click here to find out more and book
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Fair admissions to universities
Following a successful campaign from charities Prisoners’ Education Trust, Unlock and The Longford Trust, UCAS has announced it is dropping its requirement for students to declare convictions. Until now, former prisoners and those with unspent convictions were required to tick a disclosure box when applying to university, which acted as a deterrent for many and meant some were rejected despite satisfying all academic requirements. Click here to find out more
Art in prison: building on Safe Ground
Two award-winning charities - The Campaign Against Living Miserably (CALM) and Safe Ground - have announced a partnership to prevent male suicide and challenge conversations around masculinity to create a culture that enables men to seek support when they need it. They are starting by showcasing writing and art from men in prisons involved in Safe Ground’s ‘Man Up’ programme. Find out more here
Unlocked Graduates is looking for arts placements
Do you have a project that needs some dedicated time and resource? Could you benefit from the expertise of a frontline prison officer passionate about rehabilitation? Unlocked Graduates is offering organisations the opportunity to host an Unlocked Graduates prison officer for a two week project placement. They are particularly keen to find opportunities for their participants to work with theatre and arts organisations. Click here for more information and to apply
Culture, Health and Wellbeing Alliance appoints first Director
The newly-created Culture, Health and Wellbeing Alliance has selected its first Director as it begins a four-year period as one of Arts Council England's Sector Support Organisations. Victoria Hume, a researcher and composer currently working on arts programmes with university and medical bodies in South Africa, will take up the new role from July. Read more about the alliance here
Jojo Moyes steps in to save Quick Reads
'Me Before You' author Jojo Moyes has stepped in to save Quick Reads, just two weeks after the adult literacy scheme announced it was on the brink of closure due to a lack of funding. She said to the Guardian: "I’d recently visited a women’s prison, and thought long and hard afterwards about the importance of literacy… how impossible it is ever to get ahead if you don’t have reading skills”. Read the full article here
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Education and Employment Strategy
The Ministry of Justice has published an Education and Employment strategy for adult prisoners. It sets out how they will tailor their approaches on education and employment to help prisoners develop their learning and skills and secure and sustain employment when they leave custody. Click here to read the report
Creative and Cultural Activities and Wellbeing in Later Life
Age UK has published research in to the benefits of arts and culture engagement for older people. It includes examples of creative and cultural activities and concludes with recommendations for practitioners and policymakers. Click here to read the report
Why voluntary sector coordination is essential
Clinks has published 'The Good Prison: Why voluntary sector coordination is essential'. The report makes policy and practice recommendations for prisons, Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service, Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Prisons and the voluntary sector working in prisons. It outlines how to deliver safer and more rehabilitative prisons. Click here to read the report
Transforming Rehabilitation
'Under represented, Under pressure, Under resourced' is Clinks' third and final report in a series looking at the voluntary sector's role in Transforming Rehabilitation. Clinks surveyed 132 voluntary sector organisations between February and April 2017 and gathered six in-depth case studies. They have identified seven key findings and made 11 recommendations that we believe can make a difference, and help us to understand what the next generation of probation services could look like. Click here to read the report
This newsletter is written monthly by Dora Dixon. Email dora.dixon@clinks.org if you wish to submit any news.
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