Safe Ground is expert in the design and delivery of arts-based therapeutic group work in secure and community settings nationally.
United Kingdom
Joined May 2010
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“The arts are not the cherry on the cake — they are the cake.”
Opening a debate in the House of Lords yesterday, Melvyn Bragg said the UK should realise the full potential of the arts to transform our economy and society.
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"His motivation for all his work stemmed from his strong desire that nobody should lead the life that he led as a child and young man."
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Creative Health for Public Health; Evidence collective learning and arts empower people to realise new possibilities for self and community @Safe_Ground
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#HealthEquality #CommunityLearning #MentalHealth #CreativeHealth #PublicServices #ArtTherapy #Hope
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New for 2024 #TheInsideTake - monthly newsletter of book reviews written by people in prison for people in prison. All accepted reviews receive payment. The Inside Take will be sent to all UK prison libraries. Thanks to @giveabookorg @StaffsPLS & @ace_southwest for the support.
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Useful overview note of the three criminal justice-related Bills announced in the King's Speech:
* The Sentencing Bill
* The Criminal Justice Bill
* The Victims and Prisoners Bill (carried over from the previous parliamentary session)
commonslibrary.parliament.uk…
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Pregnant women and new mothers must never be sent to prison.
The Sentencing Council has launched a consultation to examine the impact of being pregnant and giving birth as a prisoner.
Janey Starling says pregnant women are 7 times more likely to suffer a stillbirth than women in the general public.
trib.al/Rx0iR33
📺 Sky 501
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Today 4pm @BBCRadio4 #LawInAction asks is #JointEnterprise racist?
As a result of legal action on behalf of @JENGbA, the CPS had to gather & publish data which showed black people were 16x more likely to be prosecuted under Jointer Enterprise.
bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001rq6…
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Timely research from @prisonadvice demonstrating the huge financial & emotional impact felt by prisoners’ families. Instead of renting cells abroad should we be considering foreign models that proactively support family ties as a vehicle for resettlement? prisonadvice.org.uk/News/new…
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Tomorrow the Justice Committee will hold an evidence session with the #Prisons and #Probation Minister following reforms announced to ease the pressures on the prison estate.
Watch the session live via the following link on Tuesday 24 October at 2.30pm :
parliamentlive.tv/Committees
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There’s just over one week to go until IN CASE OF EMERGENCY, curated by @jtaylortrash, opens at @southbankcentre !
Will you be visiting?
❗IN CASE OF EMERGENCY
📍Southbank Centre, London
📆2 November – 17 December
🔗ow.ly/knma50PZFIA
#whatsonlondon
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📣 Booking is now open for our annual conference 2023
⭐ Keynote speakers, panel discussions and workshops
⭐ A platform for our specialist members who are led by/for racially minoritised people
⭐ Early bird tickets available
🎟️ Book here: clinks.org/event/545
#Clinks2023
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A delight to welcome @raphaelrowe to a special #PennedUp event @HMPErlestoke. 'It really means a lot to us that he's been where we are'
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HUGE NEWS!
United Nations & World Health Organisation new report stating that the medical model of mental health needs to be overhauled; and that psychiatric diagnosis, labelling & pathologising people who are traumatised, abused, in poverty, & oppressed impacts human rights.
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I see too often the mental and emotional instability in homes when I work with youths. They lack purpose direction and vision to believe they are worthy of a meaningful life. Very sad about news. #ElianneAndam #knifecrime #Croydon – at Vadhana, Thailand
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"There are several risk factors associated with IPP sentences" – Ombudsman Adrian Usher
Published today, our latest Learning Lessons Bulletin focuses on the self-inflicted deaths of IPP prisoners: ppo.gov.uk/news/adrian-usher…
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✨Are you a Clean Break Member, keen to pursue training in theatre or a related field?
✍️Applications have opened for the Helen Pringle Award, offering an £1000 bursary + mentorship to support your ongoing development.
📨 Email [email protected] for more info!
ALT A blue image with 'The Helen Pringle Award 2023', 'Applications open now', 'Deadline 18 July' overlaid in white text. There is a photo of Helen Pringle, previous Head of Finance at Clean Break, to the right hand side.
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‘If this house could speak...’
Three generations of women are forced to confront not only their past but themselves, in powerful new family drama, Dixon and Daughters.
Our new play, co-produced with @NationalTheatre, opens 15 April.
Book your 🎟️ now! bit.ly/3G57tJ7
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Delighted to be sent this from @HMPDeerbolt #MakingitUp packs from @giveabookorg have proved a popular way for families to stay in touch. Particularly moving to hear of the child who 'every night without fail asks for the book that Daddy made for them' artsincriminaljustice.org.uk…
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⚠️ NEW REPORT
⚫️Families of Black people who die in police contact cannot get accountability for racism from a system that’s not fit for purpose
⚫️We found Black people are 7x more likely to die than White people following the use of restraint by police
inquest.org.uk/police-racism…
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#StateoftheSector22 - 📖 Read the report here: clinks.org/publication/state…
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