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    Running with a risk!

    Hello, It’s been a funny old week. Last Sunday the half marathon runners completed the course and raised an incredible £11,247 – a huge thank you to everyone who sponsored them. My slightly odd feeling though…

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    Some good news…

    Hello, I thought it would be nice to capture some good news, to let you know what’s recently been going on at LandWorks. Graduate achievements… Nathan Drury who was at LandWorks in 2016/17 has gone on…

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    LandWorks shortlisted for the Charity Awards 2024

    20 May 2024 – LandWorks is thrilled to announce that we have made the shortlist for this year’s Charity Awards, the longest-running and most prestigious awards scheme in the charity sector. LandWorks has been shortlisted in…

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    Food for Thought…

    Hello, Hens (and their eggs) arrived here almost as soon as the first men from prison. We would save up the eggs until Friday. Scrambled eggs, cooked over our tiny wood burner in the portacabin. This…

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    High Sheriff of Devon visits chosen charity LandWorks

    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…

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    Filling Potholes…

    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…

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    Running for a Yurt

    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…

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    We won it

    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…

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    LandWorks triumphs at 2024 Charity Film Awards

    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!…

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    LandWorks partners on a unique learning experience

    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…

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    Six of the best

    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…

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    They Laughed At Us

    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…