Evaluations

Summer Arts Colleges 2011: Final Outcomes Report

An independent evaluation of the fifth consecutive year of the Summer Arts College programme (2011)  has shown that the programme continued to meet its objectives of reducing offending, increasing educational engagement and improving basic skills through the arts for young people at risk of (re-)offending. Comparisons across the five years ... read on →

Author Maree Adams (Unitas)

Published March 2012

Artform Multi-Arts

Organisation Arts Council England

Participant type Male and Female Juvenile Offenders

Sample size: 412

An evaluation of Clean Break's Back on Track

This report aims to evaluate the impact of Clean Break's Back on Track programme's objectives to engage with female offenders at the point of arrest, in order to assess their underlying issues and, on the basis of this mandatory conditional assessment, to offer referrals for appropriate support within Clean Break ... read on →

Published January 2012

Artform Multi-Arts

Organisation Clean Break

Participant type Female Adult Offenders

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

Women and Anger

An evaluation ofThe evaluation report concluded that findings indicate that the programme can be effective in the selection, engagement and facilitation of attitudinal and personal change for women who identify themselves as having problems with the management and expression of angry feelings. This evaluation focused on two key factors: To ... read on →

Authors Rebecca Clarke, Patrick Williams (Reclaim North West)

Published 2005

Artform Multi-Arts

Organisation Clean Break   Project venues Cookham Wood, Winchester

Participant type Female Adult Non offenders, Female Adult Offenders

Sample size: 40

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