The newsletter for arts organisations working in criminal justice.
In this month's issue...
- National Criminal Justice Arts Alliance news
- Arts in criminal justice news and publications
- Events and training
- Resources and opportunities
Clinks State of the sector survey
We are calling on all arts specialist individuals and organisations working in criminal justice to complete the 2022 State of the sector survey. This is your chance to tell us about the challenges your organisation has faced over the last year and help us influence key decision makers on your behalf and ensure that our support meets your needs. We regularly meet with HM Prison and Probation Service and the Ministry of Justice to speak up on behalf of voluntary organisations and to capitalise on opportunities for the sector. But we need up-to-date evidence to do this effectively. That is why we are asking you to complete the survey. Your anonymised responses will contribute to a report highlighting the changes and challenges the voluntary sector, and its service users, are experiencing and how organisations are adapting.
As part of this year’s State of the sector report, the National Criminal Justice Arts Alliance (NCJAA) have helped shape the survey to encourage and provide opportunity for individuals and organisations in the arts and criminal justice sector to have their voices heard.
Introducing the new NCJAA Support and Engagement Officer
We are excited to welcome Abi Lunn into the position of NCJAA Support and Engagement Officer. Her role at Clinks involves supporting the manager of the NCJAA to deliver an ambitious programme of work as the leading national network for arts organisations and individuals working in the criminal justice system. Abi started her career in the voluntary sector at VONNE and has since worked for infrastructure and membership organisations including; a-n The Artists Network and Sefton CVS. Outside of work Abi is a keen crafter and always has at least three crochet projects on the go.
Queen’s Birthday Honours 2022 recognition
The NCJAA is delighted that colleagues from across the arts in criminal justice were recognised in the Queen’s Birthday Honours 2022. Amongst those included is our very own Advisory Board member Rebecca Friel, Chief Executive Officer of Odd Arts, who has been awarded an MBE for services to education and communities.
Free Writing development training
Throughout 2022/23 | online | free
The NCJAA is excited to unveil its latest training programme for individuals and organisations delivering arts-based services and projects in the criminal justice system. Working in partnership with the Royal Literary Fund, a programme of free, two-part workshops, will be held throughout 2022/23 to teach vital writing development skills for reports, case studies, and funding applications. Registration is now open for the first workshops taking place in July, which will help attendees write reports that convey messages effectively and efficiently. You will learn the essential elements of report writing, the role of storytelling, structure, sequencing relevant information and how to edit and proofread successfully. Book your place here
Prison education service – what should its future look like?
Clinks Director of Support and Development, Christopher Stacey, has written a blog to summarise the developments of the future prison education service, and outlines the opportunities for voluntary organisations to contribute. If you are an individual or organisation working in the arts and want to make sure that the voice of the arts sector helps shape the future prison education service, please read our blog and share your views.
25 years of Fine Cell Work
Fine Cell Work mark a milestone in their history with; Threads of Time: 25 Years of Fine Cell Work - a limited edition book that is the result of a partnership between writers’ association 26 and the charity Fine Cell Work. Also, the new hand-embroidered collection, designed in collaboration with Cath Kidston Padgham MBE's design studio, Joy of Print, celebrates Fine Cell Work's 25th anniversary and the theme of Regrowth.
Series of short films sharing voices of experience
Voices of Experience is a unique series of films launched by Jane Hutt AS/MS the Minister for Social Justice for Wales. The films created by Inside Out Support Wales include interviews with seven people, all former prisoners, explaining how they have rewritten their futures after leaving prison. Explained in their own terms, each person tells their story, offering their personal experiences, so that other prison leavers can benefit from their story. View the series on the Inside Out Support Wales YouTube channel.
Introducing the Transform Justice podcast
This month Transform Justice have shared the first episodes of their new podcast, which throws light on the hidden corners of the criminal justice system. Episode 1 looks at the single justice procedure (SJP) with guests Naima Sakande of APPEAL and Evening Standard courts reporter Tristan Kirk. The SJP is the way most crimes are prosecuted - but there is no court hearing, and many people have never even heard of it. Join hosts Penelope Gibbs and Rob Allen and guests, in discussing what the SJP is, why it is unfair and what could be done to make it better? Listen and subscribe here
Production: Clean Break - ‘Favour’
24 June – 6 August | London| from £12
Written by Ambreen Razia, and Directed by Róisín McBrinn and Sophie Dillon Moniram, ‘Favour’ is a touching and hopeful family drama that tackles duty, addiction and the battle of putting yourself back together. Find out more and book here
Liverpool Arab Arts Festival - ‘The Stories We Tell’
10 July | Toxteth, Liverpool | £5
Liverpool Arab Arts Festival and SAFAR, invite you on a tour of contemporary Arab cinema through a diverse selection of short films which explore the 2022 SAFAR festival theme, ‘The Stories We Tell’. Directed by Mo Harawe, ‘Will My Parents Come to See Me’ follows an experienced Somali prison officer who “accompanies a young inmate once again through the procedures of the Somali justice system.” Find out more and book here
Exhibition: Koestler Arts at The Supreme Court
Open until October 2022 | The Supreme Court, London | free
Koestler Arts return to the Supreme Court this summer for a public display of artwork by under-18s within the criminal justice system. The exhibition showcases and celebrates artwork submitted to the Koestler Awards by its youngest entrants inside one of the UK’s most iconic legal settings. The Supreme Court hears cases of the highest importance that can affect the whole population and is the final court of appeal in the UK. Find out more here
Core and project funding available to small organisations working throughout the UK
Apply by 3 July 2022
The Hilden Charitable Fund is open for applications from organisations with an annual income of under £250,000. Organisations are invited to apply for between £5,000 - £7,000 per year for up to two years to fund work relating to penal affairs. Projects that support women are particularly encouraged. Find out more and apply here
Event/meeting space at Clean Break
Clean Break have three ground-floor studio spaces available to hire for workshops, rehearsals, training, wellbeing courses and meetings. Their building is tucked away from the main road in the heart of Kentish Town. Find out more about hiring the space here
Vacancies
Administrator - Geese Theatre Company
Actors - The Ben Kinsella Trust
'Tuning In' Project Facilitator at HMP Eastwood Park - Changing Tunes
Project Coordinator, Arriving group - Curious Monkey Ltd
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Want to include something in the next newsletter?
The next NCJAA monthly newsletter will be sent on Thursday 28 July. If you have any news, opportunities or events relating to art organisations or projects within the criminal justice system that you would like included, please email info@artsincriminaljustice.org.uk by Monday 18 July 2022.
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