TYPE OF WORK
Theatre for personal change.

TARGET GROUPS
Offenders and related communities.

GEOGRAPHICAL CONTEXT
UK, North Africa and Middle East, North America, Central and Eastern Europe, Western and Southern Europe

COMPANY POLICY
To develop arts work with offenders and their related communities to stimulate growth and change. The company has considerable expertise and experience in developing training for arts and non-arts professionals.

SCALE OF PROJECTS
Number of practitioners: 1–4
Number of participants: 4–60
Preparation time: 1 hour – 1 day
Contact time: 2.5–20 hours/week

PERMANENT STAFF
Simon Ruding, Director
Kate McCoy, Projects Director
Shelley Gordon, Project Worker

Helping to reintegrate unemployed people into the job market (UK)
To help people (re)integrate into the job market following periods of unemployment that may be as a result of imprisonment, periods of mental ill health, substance abuse, etc.

There has been a statistically significant increase in the number of former inmates gaining employment or training post release.

Partners: Manchester’s Employment Regeneration Partnership (local business development partnership), Prison Service, Group 4, National Probation Service.

Addressing offending behaviours with juvenile offenders (UK)

A programme of theatre-based activities with juvenile offenders that address aspects of offending behaviour. This programme is now successfully embedded in 13 Youth Offending Team programmes across the UK.

Partners: Centre for Applied Theatre Research (University of Manchester), Youth Offending Teams.

Contact the company for details