LandWorks welcomed over 100 supporters, volunteers and partners to its Annual Supporters’ Day on August 19th to celebrate another remarkable year of achievement. Totnes and South Devon MP, Anthony Mangnall, who has highlighted the important work…
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New film launched at LandWorks Supporters’ Day
The Piano…
Hello, Text arrives, Friday evening: from Harold whose been here on a placement for about 4 months… “Chris I’ve found an old piano for free if we pick up, you know how my mind works, I’ll make…
Beetroot, Puppies and Charity Walks…
Hello, “Yes, all right I get it. I know you don’t like working in the veg field.” “More I don’t like the mud on me hands.” “Err, gloves?” Silence, while we pull weeds out together, slowly…
National Criminal Justice Award for LandWorks
LandWorks is celebrating the news that it has won “Outstanding Regional Organisation” in the national Criminal Justice Alliance Awards 2021. The award was announced during an online ceremony last night. The Criminal Justice Alliance is a…
National Lottery funding boost for LandWorks
LandWorks is celebrating the news that it has been awarded £190,000 from The National Lottery Community Fund to support its work with people in the criminal justice system over the next three years. The National Lottery…
Dr Sarah Wollaston joins trustee board
We are delighted to announce that Sarah Wollaston, former MP for Totnes and Chair of the House of Commons Health and Social Care Committee, has agreed to join the LandWorks trustee team. A long-time supporter of…
Sentences and Surgeries
Hello, We thought you might be interested in some of the latest developments here at LandWorks. Supporters day Over 200 people gathered at Quarry Field on 17th August to see what we have been doing over…
Celebrating Five Years – and Proof Rehabilitation Works
LandWorks celebrates five years, with proof rehabilitation works Annual Supporters Day raises £3000 As ministers struggle to get to grips with a growing prison population, the pioneering resettlement scheme LandWorks celebrates five years of success rehabilitating…
Summer Bumper BBQ Special
Hello The summer holidays are here, so I thought it might be helpful if I gave you some key bits of LandWorks information to use when chatting around the BBQ… So, a little something to get…
Wonky Moral Compass
Hello Five years ago today LandWorks started. We had just received a donation of a porta cabin which surprisingly had no roof! Three prisoners on day release, one offender on licence, and an old pot of…
It’s Coming Home
Hello Friday evening saw the arrival of two lads down from Scotland to watch the football and escape the heat wave in the North! (You can’t make these sort of things up) As an aside they…
No experience of frogs necessary
Hello “Do you sell Frogs?” was this week’s unusual sales enquiry and, before you express an opinion one way or the other, no we do not. We do however have an extraordinary large number of frogs….
One Hundred And One
Hello One offender, one court case, one prison sentence. Quite straightforward retribution and punishment; done, dusted, out of sight and out of mind. Well not quite, not at LandWorks. It’s not unusual in the first few…
Is this the end?
Hello Is this the end? Or a new beginning? It would be sad to say goodbye, so let’s not… You may have heard about the new General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”), that comes into effect this…
Mr Bassett the Prison Driver
Hello I thought you would be interested in an extract from a recent PeN interview. A reflection from Ernie, who does the prison run twice a day. Taking our van to collect and return HMP prisoners…