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30 April 2024  – LandWorks was delighted to welcome the High Sheriff of Devon, Commodore Jake Moores OBE DL Royal Navy, to our Dartington resettlement centre on Thursday 18th April 2024, where he joined us for…

Hello, An increasingly common question has been “Chris, why can’t we just get offenders mending all these flipping potholes”. This seemingly simple question, contains a lot… I always start my answer by saying:  Yes, we should…

Hello, A few things are coming together, rather well! Let me explain. We have had an ambition (for a while now) to continue and develop our support for improving well-being at LandWorks. Recently Becca (our regular…

Hello, “We’ve only gone and won it”. This amazing news came through on Wednesday evening. Live from the red carpet at the Odeon cinema, Leicester square, London. The LandWorks film ‘One Day’ has won in its…

26 March 2024 – One Day, a short film about LandWorks’ pioneering approach to prisoner resettlement directed and produced by Graeme and Jennie Montgomery, has won a coveted award at the 2024 Smiley Charity Film Awards!…

19 March 2024 – LandWorks has partnered with the University of Plymouth’s School of Society and Culture on a unique education programme to support the university’s criminology and sociology degree studies and provide a powerful learning…

Hello, Unusually, I’m sat down on a sofa in our main building. I’m part of a small audience and we are about to witness three presentations.  There is palpable sense of excitement and nervousness. This is…

Hello, Back then when we started. In fact, before we had even got going. Our partners to be, HM Prison Service, the Probation Service and the Ministry of Justice, thought our ambition to remain in contact…

Hello, Interesting times. The prison population is being reduced, or at least they are attempting to reduce numbers by using an end of custody licence. This scheme was previously used in 2007 and 2010 to allow some…

14 February 2024 – We’re incredibly excited to share the news that One Day, a short film about LandWorks’ pioneering approach to prisoner resettlement produced by Graeme and Jennie Montgomery, has been selected as a finalist in the…

8 February 2024 – LandWorks was recently visited by Richard Torne, a journalist from South Hams Newspapers. Richard spent the morning with us exploring the site, learning about our resettlement project, and talking to trainees to…

Hello, Not bad for a Monday morning, mild weather, good turnout, and a sense of motivation about the place. I’m just feeling a teeny bit stressed about getting the Annual Report finished and submitted to the Charity…