Evaluations

Evaluation of Artlink Central in HMP & YOI Cornton Vale

This evaluation is based on the work of Artlink in HMP/YOI Cornton Vale from April 2008 to April 2009, as part of the Arts and Restorative Justice Programme introduced there in 2007. The first section of this report briefly reviews the relevant literature, which highlights the benefits of having prisoners ... read on →

Authors Nancy Loucks, Briege Nugent (Families Outside)

Published May 2009

Artform Multi-Arts

Organisation Artlink Central   Project venue Cornton Vale

Participant type Female Adult Offenders, Female Young Offenders

Sample size: 12

Serious Play: an evaluation of arts activities in Pupil Referral Units and Learning Support Units

The Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation commissioned the National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER) to conduct research into the effects and effectiveness of arts projects in PRUs and LSUs. The study was also to consider the distinctive contribution that arts activities (as compared with other curriculum experiences) might make to pupils’ educational, ... read on →

Authors Caroline Gulliver, Kay Kinder, Anne Wilkin (National Foundation for Educational Research)

Published 2005

Artform Multi-Arts

Organisation Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation

Participant type Male and Female Child School pupils, Male and Female Adult Staff

Sample size: 49

FM and FI and Skills for Life

This evaluation commissioned by the OLSU, examined how far the 'Family Man' and 'Fathers Inside' programmes contributed towards the ‘Skills for Life Strategy’. It found that both programmes support the strategy by focusing on speaking, listening and responding skills and includes details of the percentages of FM & FI course ... read on →

Author Sue Oakley (Offenders Learning and Support Unit, Department for Education and Skills)

Published April 2005

Artforms Drama, Multi-Arts

Organisation Safe Ground

Made for prisoners by prisoners

This evaluation by the National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER) of Safe Ground's 'Parents for the 21st Century' initiative, is divided into two distinct phases.  The first focuses on the process of development, whereby inmates played a major role in the production of the course materials - the aim of ... read on →

Authors Mary Ashworth, John Harland, Karen Hasley (National Foundation for Educational Research)

Published September 2002

Artform Drama

Organisation Safe Ground

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