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    A recipe for belonging at LandWorks

    1 October 2025 – At LandWorks, the simple act of growing, cooking, and sharing food has always been about much more than meals. It’s about connection – to the land, to each other, and to ourselves….

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    Finding Common Ground: Hannah’s Week at LandWorks

    25 September 2025 – When Hannah Stevens first set foot in LandWorks in early August, she was stepping into more than just a new volunteering opportunity  ̶  she was stepping into a living embodiment of two…

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    Faith

    Hello, We’d been chatting about a dog that had come into her life. Her life had been a bit up and down since leaving LandWorks, and this small (clearly adorable) sentient being was life changing. “Chris,…

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    LandWorks takes its success story to Westminster

    23 September 2025 – Chris and Julie Parsons from LandWorks recently visited Westminster to share the impact of our pioneering work in rehabilitation and resettlement for people in the criminal justice system. Supported by Caroline Voaden,…

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    The Truth About Reoffending

    Hello, A few weeks ago, I asked Gary Fulton (here at LandWorks in 2017/18) to write a blog. Gary has written a brilliant and a hard-hitting piece, perhaps slightly longer than our usual blog, but all…

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    Graham Stone – What LandWorks means to me

    10 September 2025 – Few who attended LandWorks’ Supporters’ Day on Friday 15 August will forget the powerful words of Workshop Manager Graham Stone. His moving speech, reflecting on the profound impact LandWorks has had on…

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    LandWorks Supporters’ Day showcases proven resettlement mo...

    19 August 2025 – LandWorks welcomed over 150 volunteers, and partners to its annual Supporters Day on Friday 15 August 2025 to celebrate another remarkable year of achievement. The sun shone on the Quarry Field site…

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    Community

    Hello, The first lunch was on the very first day, 12 years ago. There were five of us: three men on day release from prison, one on a community sentence, and me. We sat around a…

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    Help spread the word about LandWorks – and win a garden be...

    13 August 2025 – We want to increase the number of people who know about and support LandWorks. Community support is vital to LandWorks ongoing success – as advocates, volunteers, customers, donors and for all the…

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    Winning the Charity Awards – one year on

    8 August 2025 – When LandWorks won the ‘Overall Award for Excellence’ at the Charity Awards in July 2024, it marked a major milestone  ̶  not just in recognition, but in momentum. “The timing couldn’t have…

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    Summer Bumper Special

    Hello, It’s the summer holidays. South Devon is beautiful, sunny and bustling. People are just popping in to visit LandWorks, non-stop! Often, they completely miss the shop and start wondering around the site looking lost (we…

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    The general synopsis

    Hello, There’s a warning of gales… I thought I was awakening to the shipping forecast (I normally do). I wasn’t, I was lost, dreaming. Viking, North Utsire, South Utsire. But it was seagulls shrieking outside that…