| Links for arts with offenders
Anne Peaker Centre - www.apcentre.org.uk
National umbrella organisation for arts in criminal justice in the UK. An excellent source of further information and advice about this field. The Centre works closely in partnership with the Koestler Trust.
Changing Tunes - www.changingtunes.org.uk
Music projects in prisons and the community to aid the rehabilitation of offenders.
Clean Break Theatre Company - www.cleanbreak.org.uk
Uses theatre for personal and political change, working with women whose lives have been affected by the criminal justice system.
Create - www.createarts.org.uk
Uses the arts to help transform the lives of disadvantaged people, including prisoners.
Dance United - www.dance-united.com
Changing people’s lives through contemporary dance – including prisoners and young offenders.
Escape Artists - www.escapeartists.co.uk
Drama and other workshops in prisons and other settings on the margins of society.
Fine Cell Work - www.finecellwork.co.uk
Teaches needlework to prison inmates and sells their products. Sponsor of Koestler Awards.
Geese Theatre Company - www.geese.co.uk
Interactive drama workshops with offenders and staff in the criminal justice system.
Good Vibrations - www.gamelannetwork.co.uk/special-features/good-vibrations
Music workshops in prisons using gamelan Indonesian percussion.
Irene Taylor Trust - www.musicinprisons.org.uk
Music projects that enhance the education and rehabilitation of offenders. Sponsor of a Koestler Award.
Pan Project - www.panproject.org
Pan-European networkabout arts education in prisons.
Prison Arts Foundation - www.prisonartsfoundation.com
Arts projects in prisons in Northern Ireland.
Ride Out - www.rideout.org.uk
Creative Arts for Rehabilitation, including Creative Prison project in which prisoners designed an imaginary prison for the future.
Safe Ground - www.safeground.org.uk
Uses drama to educate and empower prisoners and young people at risk in the community.
Writers in Prison Network - www.writersinprisonnetwork.org
Places writers in prisons to run creative workshops. Sponsor of Koestler Awards.
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