Evaluations

Promoting Positive Change

This report looked at the longer-term benefits of taking part in Good Vibrations. The researchers found that participants in Good Vibrations courses maintained the positive benefits six to nine months on, and in particular that participants experienced:

Greater levels of engagement and an increased openness to wider learning

Improved listening ... read on →

Authors David Wilson, Susie Atherton, Laura Caulfield (Birmingham City University)

Published 2008

Organisation Good Vibrations Project venues Dovegate, Grendon, Peterborough

Participant type Male Adult Offenders

Evaluation of Dancing Inside: a creative workshop by Motionhouse Dance Theatre_yr 2 programme

This present study examines year two of the Dancing Inside project:Motionhouse Dance Theatre workshops conducted with prisoners in HMP Dovegate’s Therapeutic Community. Its aim was to provide evidence for the short term impacts of participating in the workshops and also to examine the longer term gains made by dance participants. ... read on →

Author Jennifer Brown (Forensic and Clinical Psychology Research Group, University of Surrey, University of Surrey)

Published November 2004

Artform Dance

Organisation Motionhouse Dance Project venue Dovegate

Participant type Adult Offenders

Sample size: 13