Sponsors

Our sponsors give us vital support.  They also receive a range of benefits – from the naming of a Koestler Award after a loved-one to the active involvement of corporate staff and clients in a comprehensive partnership package.

We warmly acknowledge the businesses, charities and individuals who currently sponsor elements of our work.

Click here to download a sponsorship form.


Exhibition sponsor 2007
Bloomberg

Principal awards sponsor
Kalyx (private prisons operator)

Multi-award sponsors
G4S (private prisons operator)
GSL (private prisons operator)
Partnerships in Care (mental health provider)
SERCO (private prisons operator)
Sir John Cass’s Foundation (charitable trust)


Award sponsors
Alison Paice
Amnesty International
Angela Findlay
Ariane Bankes
Biffa Waste Services Ltd
Bromley Trust
Casson Family - Carola Zogolovitch
Catherine Beavis
Chambers Cox PR Ltd
Claire Bowman
Cloughside School
Fine Cell Work
Frankie Blake
Gavin Graham Gallery
Gail Smart
Geoffrey Peaker,
George Galberg
Hayward Foundation
Independent Monitoring Boards National Council
Irene Taylor Trust
Jonathan Parkhouse
Julia Brodie      
Julia Rogerson
Kathleen Francis
Lifespan Trust
Lord Archer
Lord Ramsbotham
Maggi Hambling
Martha Lane Fox
Matthew Trust
Mervyn Nash
NADFAS
Naomi Alexander
Nigel Whiskin
Pamela Harper
Pat & Bill Gordon
Pat Brown
PEN Literary Foundation
Penguin Books Ltd
Peter Cameron
Peters, Fraser and Dunlop
Prisons Video Trust
Random House Group
Rethinking Recycling – Edwin Lucas
Richard Duncan Foundation
Roger Graef
Roger Whitehead
Royal Court Theatre
Royal London Society
Ruth Taylor
Swedish Match UK Sales
Virago Publisher
Worshipful Company of Weavers
Writers in Prison Network
Zelda Cheatle


Donors and partners
We are extremely grateful to the many individuals and charitable trusts who make general donations to our running costs.  A full list will be added to this site in the near future.  We could not survive without you: thank you.

We also acknowledge the extraordinary co-operation we receive from staff across the criminal justice and secure hospital sectors.  We receive specific in-kind contributions from:

  • Her Majesty’s Prison Service
  • National Offender Management Service
  • Probation Boards’ Association

Flamenco Dancer
Mr Johnston
Highly Commended
Maghaberry Prison


Comedy Cats
Koestler Award 1st Prize
Stockton Hall Hospita