LandWorks Updates

  1. Restored tools blog 1024x657 - Prisoner Training & Placements
    Anyone seen my hammer?

    Hello, “Anyone seen my hammer?” I think I’ve written about this before… people (mostly men [commonly me]) putting down a tool, wandering off and then believing that somebody has lifted said implement. Visitors seem fascinated/occasionally slightly…

  2. Bus widescreen 3 1024x576 - Prisoner Training & Placements
    The wheels on the bus…

    Hello, The wheels on the bus, go round and round, round and round, round and… Well, frustratingly not as often as they should. Recent local bus driver shortages mean buses sometimes just don’t appear. Leaving our…

  3. Reception Picture 1024x577 - Prisoner Training & Placements
    Every day is different…

    Hello, Well this is my first experience writing a blog for LandWorks! I want to share a bit about my time at LandWorks so far… I first came out as a volunteer in 2018, where I…

  4. market garden wide 1024x576 - Prisoner Training & Placements
    Whack!

    Hello, Mostly this week we have been… Well, getting a little concerned about a vole or a mole or possibly a clan of shrews, either way, somebody’s being a right nuisance under the spring onions, not…

  5. 15 minutes in the van 1024x576 - Prisoner Training & Placements
    15 minutes in the van…

    Hello, “I kept trying a fresh start, finding a new place to live, new area, and then I just got back on it, selling a bit of Charlie. Now I realise I don’t need a fresh…

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    Swimming with the jellies…

    Hello, Few years ago, somebody called me a starfish person. I was too self-conscious (assuming that accidentally I had adopted the perfume of old fish or looked a bit gangly with too many arms) to ask…

  7. hands potters kick wheel ceramics pottery 1024x683 - Prisoner Training & Placements
    Putting back…

    Hello, “That was a bit different mate… Just been to visit 3 lads in the police cells. I remember when it was me in the cell and nobody came to support me back then” Jarvis was…

  8. Growth 2 landscape wide  - Prisoner Training & Placements
    I’m feeling better…

    Hello, “Yeah, I’m starting to feel a bit better, less thoughts about committing crime.” Years ago, I would be really pleased to hear this, it meant our reoffending rates would remain low. Now I listen and understand…

  9. First Day Portacabin 1024x577 - Prisoner Training & Placements
    First Day…

    Hello, I’ve been rummaging around this week, sorting out old files and I found something from 2011 that I thought you may be interested in. A basic plan of what a day at LandWorks was going…

  10. On the roof wide 1024x576 - Prisoner Training & Placements
    On the roof!

    Hello, I’m sitting up on the roof of our main building. Sam (our new site maintenance coordinator) and I have been doing a little roof repair work. I have stayed up on the roof because the…

  11. PipPip Wide 1024x576 - Prisoner Training & Placements
    Pip Pip!

    Hello, Resettlement support; what’s that all about then? Well, here’s a snapshot of a ‘normal’ day, last week… “Christ, Chris, you’ve just kicked my Dad into the wall”. Er, well, I was as confused as you…

  12. Dancing May 2021 1024x578 - Prisoner Training & Placements
    Wow Indeed!

    Hello, Great to see you, thanks for coming and welcome to the LandWorks Nightclub (you’re right it doesn’t exist, just in my head, it helps). So, come on in… I’ll take your coat and you sign…