Hello, I thought you would be interested in the below, a recent PeN project interview with one of our guys. This project within LandWorks provides a voice for these otherwise untold life stories…. Johnny: I’ve been…
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Johnny…
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Thorny…
Hello, Cherry pink and apple blossom white… “Oh God, Chris, this place is just amazing, so tranquil, friendly, wonderfully inviting. It’s just so inspirational! Look at you all, just sitting out together sharing lunch in the spring sunshine….
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Twitching and the Art of Site Maintenance…
Hello, It is supposed to be tea break – but an excited crowd has gathered below a tree and all appear to be looking up at something… Darryl and I have just finished showing two visitors…
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Man Down…
Hello, Some time ago (quite some time ago), there was a bit of an incident, one Friday afternoon in January… Three men managed to get themselves all upset and decided to try and take it out…
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Knackered, it feels good…
Hello, In the morning I catch the bus from Torquay seafront at about 8.20, and travel for 50 minutes or so, and get to LandWorks before 9.15. Yeah, I was surprised at what’s out here, Chris…
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Lockdown Hangover
Hello, How is your week going? I am just ordering my 4th breathalyser device. For the last 6 years I have only had/needed one alcohol detection kit. But during this last year, readings have been so…
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Dates and dating…
Hello, Feels like we are all ‘keeping-on-keeping-on’. LandWorks is still open, slightly reduced numbers to maintain social distancing but open and supporting around 8 -10 placements per week, as well as graduates that need support. Have…
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Challenging an identity…
Hello, “Chris, baked beans on toast is not a vegetarian meal, if it was I would never, ever, eat that!” His voice was cracking with anger. “Er, I think it is Rob.” “No, it’s not,” now…
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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…
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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…
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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….
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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…