10 YEARS OF SOUNDING OUT AND MAKING TRACKS
2022-09-15 19:30 (Europe/London)
The Irene Taylor Trust has been inspiring people through its ‘Music in Prisons’ projects since 1995; in 2012 it extended this work ‘through-the-gate’ into the community with the ‘Sounding Out’ programme for former prisoner musicians, and ‘Making Tracks’, an initiative for young people experiencing challenging circumstances.
The resulting original music gives a unique insight into the lives of people who are often marginalised and undervalued; they have important stories to tell, experiences and talent that audiences need to hear and see.
Tickets cost £5 and are available online.
Can’t make it in person? Book a livestream ticket.

Arts in criminal justice network forum: Introduction to the Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS)
2022-09-29 10:00 - 12:00 | Online
Are you an arts practitioner interested in delivering your project in prisons but unsure how to secure funding? Are you already aware of the Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) but need more information to get you started?
This forum is aimed at all arts practitioners with no, or limited, knowledge of the DPS but with the desire and commitment to create positive change through the arts within prisons.
We will be joined by a member of HMPPS who will take us through the DPS step by step and hear from the Clinks’ Area Development (AD) and National Criminal Justice Arts Alliance (NCJAA) teams about alternative routes of commissioning.
Register to attend via the Clinks website
There will also be a policy update and you will have the chance to meet others working in this field.
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing all information required to join the meeting, including a password.
We are committed to making our events inclusive. If you have any accessibility needs, please let us know when you book, and we will do our best to meet them.
If you have any questions about the meetings, please email info@artsincriminaljustice.org.uk. If you experience any issues with booking, please contact events@clinks.org.
Keep checking the NCJAA website for further information on future events or sign up to the NCJAA newsletter here.

Movement Medicine
2022-10-19 08:00 - 17:00
Growing the capacities of grassroots movements, community health providers and those at the frontlines to become sustainable and adaptive.
Movement Medicine: Building Radical Organisations
Thu, 20 Oct 2022, 16:00 – Thu, 1 Dec 2022, 17:30
Online
Skill sharing and peer hack with Project Tallawah, Level Up, Systemic Justice & Healing Justice Ldn: What are the ways we can innovate practices, radical organisational systems, policies and practices that help us sustain radical work while navigating hostile contexts and structures? What can we build from existing?
Movement Medicine: #BeyondtheRules Radical Governance
Thu, 27 Oct 2022, 14:00 – Thu, 1 Dec 2022, 16:00
Online
Tactic sharing and peer hack with Dark Matter Labs: these workshops will explore how can we reimagine and rewire employment contracts within current legal structures, towards relational, agile, inclusive, healing, open ways of organising.
Movement Medicine: Reimagining Safety – Radical Health Practice
Fri, 4 Nov 2022, 10:00 – Fri, 9 Dec 2022, 12:30
London
4 sessions exploring safety and medical institutions with Ameen Kamlana, Latifa Akay & Farah Elahi.
Reimagining Safety through the bi-focal lenses of ‘harm reduction’ & ‘connection’ to confront Islamophobia, White Supremacy, and the Security Industrial Complex within Health & Social Care, to build radical foundations of Transformative Justice, Abolition, Community Accountability.
Movement Medicine: Addressing the Ruptures
Wed, 16 Nov 2022, 11:00 – Wed, 23 Nov 2022, 12:30
Online
‘Addressing the Ruptures’ with Project Tallawah and Level Up will explore how these organisations hold difficult conversations and address harm internally. These workshops will make space for attendees to engage in and process their own difficult conversations, while being present to the feelings that arise for them in the moment.
Movement Medicine: Roots and Routes
Sun, 27 November 2022, 13:00 – 16:30
London
‘you remember the dreams and the brightness, the truths. you remember the entrance the closeness the route to the place we now glow. you remember the way and the want and the loss. you remember the distance, the pull and the cost. you remember remembering and jolt and toss. don’t forget what you know.’ – Alex Pauline Gumbs ‘Dub Finding Ceremony’
Roots & Routes is a workshop on remembering and activating ancestral, diasporic and migrant knowledges that sustain us and the movements we are part of.

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Koestler Arts: Freedom
2022-10-27 00:00 - 2022-12-18 17:00
27 Oct –⁠ 18 Dec, 10am
Standard entry: FREE

Koestler Arts’ fifteenth Annual UK Exhibition in partnership with the Southbank Centre this October will be curated by Chinese contemporary artist, documentarian, and activist, Ai Weiwei. 2022 marks the 60th anniversary of the Koestler Awards and Ai Weiwei wants this landmark exhibition to be ‘the most ambitious yet’.
The vision for the exhibition is inspired by Weiwei’s visit to the Koestler Arts building, which currently holds over 6,500 artworks entered into this year’s Awards. Taken aback by the quantity of artworks and the range of categories on display, Weiwei’s concept evolved; to be as inclusive as possible and to let the artwork show how humanity responds when put in extreme circumstances.

Clinks annual conference and AGM 2022
2022-11-22 09:30 - 18:00
Tuesday 22 November 2022, 09:30 – 18:00 | Drapers’ Hall, Throgmorton Street, London, EC2N 2AN
What next? Building strength and unity in a changing criminal justice system
Recovery from the pandemic and major changes to the criminal justice operating environment, including probation unification and proposed prison reforms, present significant challenges, as well as some opportunities, to voluntary organisations and the people they support. Through these changes the voluntary sector’s strength, determination and flexibility enables organisations to prioritise people in contact with the criminal justice system and their families.
Our State of the Sector research has shown that these changes have come on top of, not instead of, wider challenges that have long faced the sector. At this year’s conference, we aim to strengthen the voluntary sector’s ability to succeed together amidst an ever-changing environment. Alongside hearing from our keynote speaker; Phil Copple, Director General of Operations for Prisons and Probation, we will be running panel discussions and workshops showcasing best practice and the sharing of ideas and recommendations from some of our member organisations.
Our panel discussions will delve into how voluntary sector organisations can look to diversify their funding opportunities within the criminal justice system, as well as how we can all prioritise wellbeing for staff and explore ways in which we can ensure our workforce feels valued when salary increases are not always possible, and the retention of skilled and talented staff remains a concern. During our workshops we will be looking at the importance of our workforces being diverse and representative of those who access services and the challenges that are faced in doing this within the voluntary criminal justice sector. We will also be exploring the concept of Framing; and how the sector can be a united voice and be more than the sum of its parts. Further details on these panel discussions and workshops and how to sign up to them will be shared soon, and if you are interested in being involved and sharing your experiences of these topics at the conference then please do get in touch at events@clinks.org.
The conference will be followed by our AGM and a drinks reception. In addition to allowing us to carry out business that is vital to the running of Clinks, our AGM is the place for members to exercise the right to elect our trustees, and a chance to discuss the issues that matter to you as a member.
Our early bird tickets are now on sale and are available until 20 October, so please do book yourself a space by clicking the ‘Book now’ tab – we look forward to seeing you at Drapers’ Hall!
More information including how to book is available via the Clinks website

Anne Peaker Lecture 2023
2023-02-21 16:00 - 18:00
Register now: Anne Peaker Lecture 2023
Thank you to Sophie Gladstone for kindly giving us permission to use her portrait of Carl
21 February | online | free
Anne Peaker was a pioneer of arts for, and by, people in the criminal justice system. The NCJAA’s annual lecture honours her work and legacy, which forms the basis of the work we do today. The 2023 Anne Peaker lecture will bring voices from the arts in criminal justice to an online audience.
This year’s keynote speaker is Carl Cattermole, the celebrated author, artist and public speaker. In 2011 Carl wrote Prison: A Survival Guide, following his early release from a two-and-a-half-year sentence. In 2019 his book was re-released by Penguin, with new contributions from female and LGBT prisoners, making it more radical than ever.
The event will showcase work from our network and feature keynote speakers, panels, audience Q&A, music and artwork form member organisations or individual artists working in the sector, and creative interludes.
Find out more and book online here.

All England criminal justice forum
2023-03-07 10:30 - 12:00
Tuesday 7 March 2023, 10:30 – 12:00

Online

Free

Clinks’ England criminal justice forums aim to bring together partners working across the criminal justice system. These forums provide an opportunity for people to hear about current and future developments and discuss policy and practice affecting their day-to-day work.
Often themed around a current issue, the forums also provide the space to share good practice, network with other organisations, discuss the opportunities and challenges your organisation is currently facing and encourage shared learning and peer support. They are also an opportunity for Clinks’ members and partners to showcase their work.
Forums are open to all organisations in England working in the criminal justice system.
Register via the clinks website

Creative Inclusion: where education, health and justice merge
2023-03-09 09:30 - 12:30
Thursday 9 March 2023, 09:30 – 12:30
Online
Free
Neurodivergent people in the criminal justice system have a variety of needs, across health, social care and education.
The aim of this event is to bring together voluntary sector organisations who work with neurodivergent people with commissioners, referrers, providers and others with the aim of learning, sharing good practice and making connections. We have speakers bringing perspectives on education, health and justice, with time for questions and discussion.
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NCJAA presents Inspire
2023-03-21 09:30 - 17:30 | Rich Mix
Sustainability in the arts and criminal justice sector
21 March | Rich Mix, London
The National Criminal Justice Arts Alliance (NCJAA) presents Inspire: Sustainability in the arts and criminal justice sector, featuring a showcase of the Inspiring Futures project and a gathering of network members at Rich Mix, London.
On the 21st March the NCJAA network will gather for a day of performances, workshops, panel debate and networking. Attendees will be invited to spend their afternoon in participatory workshops themed around sustainability from an environmental perspective to one considering workforce wellbeing. The event will bring together our network of sector specialists and stakeholders to share and reflect on the impact and future sustainability of delivering arts in criminal justice settings.
Places for this sought after event are limited, so book early to avoid disappointment.
Bookings are now open (22nd February) and will be open for 2 weeks (or until the event has reached capacity)
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Pragmatism and progress. Using values to build the case for bridges from prison.
2023-04-04 10:00 - 12:00
4 April | Online | free
How can we help more people to see that? How can we build support for action and investment in these areas? These are the questions at the heart of FrameWorks’ latest communications research into the criminal justice system.
In this session, participants will take a closer look at two of the principles featured in the communications toolkit ‘Bridges from prison’, and how you can apply them to your organisation’s communications. This workshop is suitable whether you’re new to FrameWorks’ latest work, or if you attended their session at Clinks’ conference in the autumn and would like to get a refresher and focus in on two of the principles in more detail.
Register now.

All Wales criminal justice forum
2023-04-20 10:00 - 11:30
Thursday 20 April 2023, 10:00 – 11:30 | Online |Free

Clinks All Wales criminal justice forums bring together partners working across Wales in the criminal justice system. The forums will be held quarterly, providing an opportunity for people working in the criminal justice system to find out about latest government policy developments impacting organisations working in Wales.
These events also provide the space to network with other organisations, discuss opportunities for joint working and offer each other peer support. They are also an opportunity for Clinks’ members and partners to showcase their work.
The All Wales criminal justice forum is open to all organisations working in the criminal justice system in Wales.

Register online
Image Credit: Clinks Conference 2023 – Ian Cuthbert

Clinks: No place for old men: what the evidence tells us
2023-04-20 14:00 - 15:00
Part of the “A matter of fact: what the evidence tells us” series

Thursday 20 April 2023, 14:00 – 15:00 | Online | Free
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Louise Ridley, senior lecturer in Criminology at Northumbria University, will discuss the latest evidence around the key issues and challenges of our ageing prison population.
This is part of our “A matter of fact: what the evidence tells us” series, to accompany Clinks’ Evidence Library, giving you the chance to ask your own questions of leading academics talking about the latest research on an important criminal justice topic.
Louise Ridley previously taught criminology at the University of Teesside for 15 years. Before this Louise worked in a variety of different organisations providing support to vulnerable groups of people. She has interests and specialist expertise in the arts in criminal justice, prison mental health and older people in prison.
Louise has provided an in-depth look at the issues and challenges of our ageing population in a review for our Evidence Library, which you can read here: No place for old men | Clinks
There will also be a chance to ask Louise questions in a Q&A session. If you have a particular question you would like to ask, please send it to events@clinks.org.

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Clinks: Doing our stories justice
2023-04-28 10:00 - 12:00 | zoom
Stories are powerful, and stories from lived experience can be particularly effective in shining a light on why things need to change.
But how can we make sure stories are being heard and understood? How can we make sure our stories aren’t just resonating with our audiences, but are also helping to change hearts and minds?
In this interactive workshop, we’ll explore how framing can play a part in how we tell stories of lived experience – whether you want to learn more about framing your own story, or you want to better support other people to tell theirs.
We’ll look at ideas such as the role of context and telling a wider systemic story, and practical tips which can be applied in a range of communications and situations to make sure we’re doing our stories justice.
The session will draw insights from FrameWorks UK’s latest work focused on criminal justice, and from their research in other areas such as poverty and homelessness.

Find out more and register via the Clinks website.

Clinks in conversation with Amy Rees and Phil Copple
2023-05-03 10:00 - 11:30
Wednesday 3 May 2023, 10:00 – 11:30 | Hybrid event – in person and online | Free
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Join us for this exciting opportunity for the voluntary sector to engage with Amy Rees, Director General CEO, His Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS) and Phil Copple, the Director of Operations, HMPPS at our hybrid event. We will be hearing about the new HMPPS senior leadership structure and learning about the priorities and vision for the service, including the role and the value of the voluntary sector working within it.
The event will consist of a discussion between the chair, Anne Fox, Chief Executive Officer at Clinks, Amy Rees and Phil Copple focussing on the themes which have emerged from our recent State of the Sector research findings as well as other current issues that the voluntary sector is facing in the criminal justice system. This will then be followed by a Q&A, which we welcome questions to be submitted for in advance by emailing them to events@clinks.org by 31st March.
This will be a hybrid event hosted by the Ministry of Justice and we have a limited capacity of in-person tickets available to attend Petty France (London).
More information is available on the clinks wesbite.
Image credit: Clinks Conference 2023 – Ian Cuthbert

Clinks: Working with women in the criminal justice system workshop
2023-05-16 10:00 - 13:00
Is your organisation part of Clinks’ Women’s network? Do you have frontline staff or volunteers who are new to working or volunteering in your organisation and want to increase their understanding of women in the criminal justice system? If so, join us for this entry-level training course.
The workshop aims to develop understanding of women’s gendered experience of the criminal justice system and raise awareness of ‘a whole system approach’.
Find out more and register via Clinks website.
Exclusive to Women’s network members only
To attend this forum you must meet all of the following criteria:

Work or volunteer for a voluntary organisation currently delivering fully established services designed for women
Have a role in a women-specific organisation or a project designed specifically for women
Be a current Clinks member; if you / your organisation are not yet a Clinks member, you can find out more here: www.clinks.org/membership
Be part of the Clinks Women’s network; if you are not yet part of the network, you can join here: Join the Clinks Women’s network

Clinks: HMPPS Rehabilitation Services Engagement Event
2023-05-18 13:00 - 16:00 | Online
His Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service, in conjunction with Clinks, is organising an event to provide further details and clarity about the different ways HMPPS can partner with organisations to deliver services to people on probation and in prison. There are three main ways organisations can be commissioned to deliver services; through the Probation Dynamic Framework, the Prison Dynamic Purchasing System and the Probation Grants Portal. This session aims to guide the sector through each different system and provide clarity on their purpose and guidance on how to access future funding opportunities. By the end of the session organisations should have a greater understanding of the differences and eligibility requirements of each system and have had questions answered.
Speakers include:

Paul Carter – Deputy Director – Rehabilitation Services
Charlotte Kennett – Commercial Manager – Probation Dynamic Framework
Lucy Bradshaw – Commercial Manager – Probation Grants Application Portal
Carl Hinton – Senior Commercial Manager – Prison Education Dynamic Purchasing System
Angela Lucas – Head of Area Development – Clinks
Natalie Maidment – Development Officer – Clinks

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HMPPS Regional Third Sector Stakeholder Events
2023-06-06 11:00 - 2023-07-06 13:00
Join Clinks and HM Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS) Third Sector Partnerships and Programmes Team to gather feedback on the organisation-wide Third Sector Partnership Approach at a series of free events.
The Third Sector Partnership Approach provides a guiding set of principles to strengthen and maximise Ministry of Justice and HMPPS engagement with the Third Sector to highlight and raise the profile of the valuable services the Third Sector provides across England and Wales.
These events will also provide an opportunity to engage with regional HMPPS colleagues and hear about the upcoming Innovation Grants programme.
Birmingham, 6 June; | free | register now
Manchester, 22nd June; | free | register now
Newcastle, 6 July | free | register now

Featured image credit: NCJAA presents Inspire 2023 – Louise Mackey

Arts in Criminal Justice Network Forum
2023-06-13 10:00 - 12:00 | Online
The NCJAA arts in criminal justice forums are regular online events themed around important ideas and relevant developments in criminal justice. You’ll have the chance to hear from expert speakers in both practice and policy, meet others working in the field, and share good practice within the network.
Forums are open to all working, or with an interest in, arts in criminal justice.
Register via Clinks website.

Featured image credit: NCJAA Presents Inspire, 2023 – Louise Mackey

Open Clasp theatre company showcase new production: Rupture
2023-06-16 19:00 - 2023-06-17 20:30 | west end women and girls centre
16, 17 June | Newcastle | from £6
Rupture, written by Catrina McHugh MBE and directed by Rachel Glover was co-created with women from HMP Low Newton.
The play is based on true-life experiences, Rupture is their story about being mothers in prison. Rupture was made in partnership with NEPACS and Criminal Justice, Social Harm and Inequalities Research Group, Durham University.
Following a private performance of Rupture in HMP Low Newton, Open Clasp will be opening the showcase to the public with two performances in June at the West End Women and Girls Centre.
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Clinks & London Probation: West London Engagement Event
2023-06-30 12:30 - 13:30 | Online
London Probation are encouraging voluntary organisations in Barnet, Brent, Ealing, Harrow and Hillingdon to apply to their latest Grants Programme for funding for services supporting Ethnic Minority Groups on probation. Grants up to £150,000 per year are available for up to three years.
This online event, facilitated by Clinks and London Probation, is designed for interested organisations who want to find out more information and receive guidance on how to apply.
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River of Sound - an evening of gamelan music
2023-07-12 18:00 - 21:30 | Sheffield
EMERGENCE COLLECTIVE / RESONATE SHEFFIELD / FOOD FROM OPEN KITCHEN
A chance to hear the unique sound of a Javanese ‘gamelan’ orchestra – a family of tuned instruments including gongs, xylophones and drums – in the beautiful setting and acoustics of the Highfield Trinity Church nave, as part of Sharrow Festival fringe.
The title is inspired by a member of the Highfield congregation who described sound of the gamelan at the launch as like ‘a river running through the middle of the church’.
We’ll start off with a showcase of what the Resonate Sheffield community music project has been up since we started weekly open sessions in May, as well as working with local community groups including Family Voice, St Wilfrid’s Centre and Men Up North.
We’re also very excited to be joined this time by Emergence Collective – an improvised music project featuring some of the finest musicians in Sheffield, who will be experimenting with the gamelan for the first time!
There will be opportunities to join in on the gamelan, and delicious food is included in the ticket price, served again by our friends at Open Kitchen Social Club – get down early before it runs out!
Tickets are on a sliding scale from £8-£15, please pay more if you can afford it to support the project and the musicians. Free tickets are also available for community groups and those who need it, please email sam@good-vibrations.org.uk to enquire.
Resonate Sheffield is a new community hub for Good Vibrations, a national charity supporting people in challenging circumstances through communal music-making, often using Indonesian ‘gamelan’ instruments. We work with some of the most marginalised people in the UK, in prisons, secure hospitals and in the community, supporting them to grow in confidence, deepen their communication and social skills, and develop more positive self-identities.
Find out more at www.good-vibrations.org.uk
This project is generously supported by Good Vibrations’ funders: Arts Council England, the Baring Foundation and Sheffield Town Trust.
Register via eventbrite

‘Plants, Prisons and Potential’ with Faye Claridge
2023-07-18 17:00 | Online
Join the Prisoner Learning Alliance (PLA) for an online conversation about gardening for wellbeing in prisons with Artist Faye Claridge who works at the intersection of prisons, ecology, archives, and heritage. In 2021, Faye took Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) archive material into HMP Send, a women’s prison in Surrey. The collection documents how prisoners of war set up a horticultural society in Ruhleben internment camp in Germany during WW1. Its letters and photographs show the enormous impact that gardening had on their mental health and wellbeing. Faye’s project with the RHS – Plants, Prisons and Potential – draws on these materials to encourage women in prison to consider the role of gardening in their own wellbeing.
During this webinar, participants will learn more about Plants, Prisons and Potential at HMP Send, and about the programme it has since inspired at HMP Hewell, supported by Novus. You’ll also consider the benefits of the arts and horticulture in prisons and consider how prison teachers of other subjects could harness them in their lessons. The webinar will begin with the screening of a short film, co-produced by Faye and learners. This will be followed by a chaired conversation, and then questions and comments from the audience.
Register online

Navigating the criminal justice system workshop
2023-09-12 10:00 - 13:00
Date
Tuesday 12 September 2023, 10:00 – 13:00

Location
Online

Are you new to working or volunteering in the criminal justice system? Do you have volunteers or staff members who want to increase their understanding of the criminal justice system?
The criminal justice system as a whole can be quite daunting to understand because of both its size and complexity.
Join us at this three-hour workshop for voluntary sector staff and volunteers in which we aim to increase awareness of and provide the opportunity to explore and discuss how the criminal justice system is organised, the complexities within it, and how it works.
The workshop will explore the different elements of, and the various structures within, the criminal justice system, including government departments, regional and local statutory agencies, and the role of the voluntary sector, the services they provide and its work in supporting people.

More information via clinks.org

Cross-cultural arts practice with young people
2023-09-14 13:30 - 16:30 | Northumbria University
The National Criminal Justice Arts Alliance (NCJAA) are working alongside Clinks Area Development Officer for the North to bring you an exciting event to bring together organisations working, or with an interest in, working with young people in criminal justice through the arts or other ways.
The NCJAA arts and criminal justice forums are typically online events themed around important ideas and relevant developments in criminal justice. We’re excited to meet in person this September and gather as a network around the theme of working creatively with young people in a criminal justice context.
You’ll have the chance to hear from expert speakers in both practice and research, meet others working in the field, and share good practice within the network. It will create a space to step away from the day job and provide an opportunity to share good practice, strengthen partnership working, and discuss any opportunities or challenges your organisation may be currently facing.
This event is co-delivered in partnership with Northumbria University who will be sharing their latest findings following the publication of The stolen generations case study via the NCJAA website last year.
We ae delighted to announce that Northumbria Police and Crime Commissioner, Kim McGuiness will provide the key note address.
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New Starts and Prison Arts Symposium
2023-09-28 11:00 - 16:00
28 September | Liverpool | £5
Liverpool Hope University, Novus and TATE Liverpool invite you to New Starts and Prison Arts, a day’s event on the very latest progressive education practices in prison arts in the UK. The day will consist of keynote addresses from leading professors in academia, hands-on practical workshops for new ideas for prison arts from those working in prison education and the establishment of a practice forum for prison arts for the UK.
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featured image credit: NCJAA presents Inspire 2023 – Louise Mackey

Inspiring Futures Conference
2023-09-29 09:30 - 16:30 | Cambridge – generic, Cambridge, United Kingdom
The Inspiring Futures programme is a four-year collaboration between the University of Cambridge Institute of Criminology and the National Criminal Justice Arts Alliance. Working with partner organisations who have provided creative activities in prisons and community justice settings, the ESRC-funded research has been an evaluation of the meaning and impact of arts in criminal justice settings. To see some examples of the creative work involved, take a look at the Inspiring Futures online exhibition.
At this one-day conference, the research team (Professor Loraine Gelsthorpe, Dr Caroline Lanskey & Dr Sarah Doxat-Pratt) will share findings from their research and invite responses from scholars and practitioners. The day will include time for discussion and Q&A, as well as opportunities for networking and finding out more about the creative work involved in the Inspiring Futures project. A full schedule will be released nearer the time.
Find out more and register via Eventbrite

Hampshire Arts and Women's sector collaboration event: Caring for the Caretakers
2023-10-13 10:00 - 14:00 | The Point, Eastleigh, United Kingdom
Friday 13 October 2023, 10:00 – 14:00

The Point, Eastleigh, Hants
Image credit: BearFace Theatre
The National Criminal Justice Arts Alliance (NCJAA) are working alongside Clinks Women’s Network and member organisation BearFace Theatre to bring you an exciting event that will bring together practitioners and organisations working, or with an interest in working with women in criminal justice through the arts or other ways.
Purpose of this event:

To focus on women / people who are working with women in the Criminal Justice System – (specifically Hampshire & IOW area focus). People working towards the welfare of women in the area.
To bring both practitioners and strategic leaders, in the Voluntary sector, statutory agencies and local creative orgs together. A chance to learn more about and strengthen the networks that support us as well as enhance signposting for service users.
To offer a space where we can connect, reflect and restore. Considering our true trauma informed practice and reflective needs as practitioners.

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Free Writing Development Training
2023-10-18 14:00 - 2024-02-29 12:30 | Online
Training on writing reports, case studies, funding applications and self-expression
The National Criminal Justice Arts Alliance (NCJAA) is excited to revive its writing development training programme for individuals and organisations delivering arts-based services and projects in the criminal justice system. Working in partnership with the Royal Literary Fund (RLF), a programme of free, digital workshops will be held throughout 2022/23 to teach vital writing development skills for reports, case studies, and funding applications.

Commenting on the training programme before our pilot year, Janette Kilner, NCJAA Manager, said: “Through listening to our network of those who deliver creative interventions in prison, during probation and in the community, we know how important it is to write powerfully and persuasively to stakeholders, funders and the wider public. Our free workshops have been designed to develop these crucial writing skills, at zero cost to our sector, whilst also teaching how to facilitate putting experiences and feelings into words”.
We are delighted to be working together with the RLF to re-invigorate the programme this year across 2023-2024. We have restructured the writing reports and case studies two-part workshops. These will now be delivered in punchier and more impactful 2.5 hour workshops. The Funding Applications workshop has been segmented into two parts according content and considering participant feedback from last year, we can’t wait to share the learning and development space with you.
How to register
Registration is open for Workshops 1 & 2 Writing Funding Applications, please click below for more information on each workshop, how to register, and eligibility criteria.
To maximise inclusion and attendance, workshops are being delivered online via Zoom:
Writing Funding Applications Part 1

Tuesday 27 February 2024 10:00 – 12:30

Writing Funding Applications Part 2
Thursday 29 February 2024 10:00 – 12:30

Writing grant applications and funding bids is challenging and time consuming. This online training programme will guide you through the process of project planning while helping you to understand the key principles of writing applications and avoiding commonly made mistakes.

Clinks 25th Annual General Meeting (AGM)
2023-11-07 16:00 - 17:30

Clinks annual conference 2023
2023-11-22 10:00 - 17:00
Making race and justice everybody’s business
