Evaluations

The Arts of Desistance: Evaluation of the Koestler Trust Arts Mentoring Programme for Former Prisoners

This report presents and discusses the findings of an evaluation of an arts-based mentoring scheme that is aimed at prolonging and enhancing desistance from crime through providing former prisoners with opportunities to continue engaging with the arts after release. The evaluation focused both on the implementation and effectiveness of the ... read on →

Author Leonidas Cheliotis (London School of Economics)

Published October 2014

Artforms Creative Writing, Multi-Arts, Music, Visual Arts

Organisation Koestler Trust   Project venues Parc, Peterborough

Participant type Male and Female Adult Ex offenders

Sample size: 60

Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Family Support Worker Pilot Role in 4 English Prisons 2009-10

Evaluation of the trial Family Support Worker at HMPs Belmarsh, Bristol, Leeds & Wandsworth, involving Pact, Safe Ground and Jigsaw.It concludes that there is a clear need for this type of role which provides an effective link between the prisoners and their families. The service provided was held to be ... read on →

Authors Gwyneth Boswell, Fiona Poland, Avril Price (Boswell Research Fellows)

Published August 2010

Artforms Drama, Multi-Arts

Organisation Safe Ground   Project venues Belmarsh, Bristol, Wandsworth

Participant type Male Adult Offenders, Male and Female Adult Staff

Sample size: 128

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