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Hello The following is something that I would have liked my younger self to read, that sunny morning three years ago in July 2013. I was sitting in my van staring at the prison gates; waiting…

Hello I keep meaning to tell you; I bumped into James the other evening. It’s more or less a year since his release from prison and nearly two years since he first started at LandWorks. He…

Hello Beautiful mid-May morning, I am aimlessly pushing an old nail into the soft planking (that makes up our table), sort of buying time while I think of a reply. I’m not really an expert on…

Hello He lifts his head slowly off the table; one eye fixed on me. “It’s a bit wing wang this morning Chris.” This was not the Monday morning motivational atmosphere I had planned to create. The…

In Chris’s latest blog, he is indebted to a Mrs Trellis from Torquay who had some useful thoughts about LandWorks – and a pertinent question about the ‘looming structure’ in Quarry Field…

“Chris can you describe me, you know, what you see now, in a few words?” At that precise moment my thoughts were more around tea break. So I wasn’t ready for such a profound question nor…

LandWorks is an independent charity providing a supported route back into the community for current and ex-prisoners.

LandWorks is an independent charity providing a supported route back into the community for current and ex-prisoners.

This is the second instalment of a special two-part blog – read part one here. “Oi oi oi oi” The face disappears from the window and seconds later Brian bounds into the portacabin. He looks happy,…

Once upon a time in the South Hams… 21 years ago, I had a young family and a growing landscaping business. We were on the look out for our first employee, ideally a motivated and experienced…

“Start with I thought LandWorks was weird, proper weird. It’s still a bit odd, Chris.” …he sniffs, scrunching a fag end between his fingers. “You’re a bit posh, I’m more council house me, you like them…

When Chris admit to the trainees that savings need to be made at LandWorks, advice to ‘deny everything’ to ‘the beak’ isn’t quite what he was expecting.