Criminal Justice
We deliver creative and holistic theatre workshops and projects in criminal justice settings including children’s secure care homes, probation, youth justice, prisons and community resettlement hubs.
What’s Included?
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Exciting and innovative creative workshops including games, role-play, performance, and self-reflection
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Theory backed workshops, creatively using NVC and restorative approaches to build skills
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Creative facilitator team with experience in prisons and nationally vetted pool of artists
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Post-release support in community hubs in certain regions of UK
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All our GM prison leavers have access to free creative programmes, workshops and our mental health project Wellbeing Your Way
Impact & Results
Academic papers on criminal justice programmes:
Average increase in Wellbeing Score of 7.73 (SWEMWBS) on recent programme analysis:
Scoring indicated a substantial improvement in reported well-being. At individual level a change of between 1 and 3 points meets the threshold for a statistically important change and our impact data recorded double this.
Reducing violence and self-harm was targeted in three ways:
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Exercises and activities with
gradually increasing levels
of difficulty.
These developed participants’ self-confidence and willingness to do more challenging work.
2.
In reflective discussions, where facilitators provided participants
with alternative frameworks of thinking informed by trauma-informed and non-violent communication approaches.
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Enjoyable and supportive physical and expressive activities focussed on the expression of thoughts and feelings about violence and self-harm related issues’.
(University of Central Lancashire, External Evaluator)
‘The module raised self-esteem, enabling re-evaluation of past ‘failures’ and future opportunities’
(Professor Lynne Froggett)
What Our
Participants Say
Usually, I self-harm when I feel trapped. Drama sessions give me a break from that. I feel less stuck and have found new ways to let things out without hurting myself.
Participant
I’ve learned how to breathe properly, stand tall, and speak without my voice shaking. I carry myself differently now.
Participant
Before these sessions, I didn’t have much confidence. Now, I realise I can be heard, and I’m capable of more than I thought. I’m not afraid to share my thoughts or take the lead.
Participant
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