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PREVIOUS GRANTS AWARDED - PRISON REFORM

 

Previous Bromley Trust grants were made to:

Fine Cell Work
www.finecellwork.co.uk
Trains and pays prisoners to undertake professional embroidery. Helping the prisoner to develop transferable skills and save money while doing time.
The Bromley Trust grant - £5,000

Howard League-Barbed Graphic Design Studio
www.barbed.org.uk
‘Real Work’ project at HMP Cordingly.  Prisoners apply and are interviewed for their jobs, receive ‘normal’ employment rights, minimum wage, holiday, pension and undertake normal responsibilities, such as pay tax, national insurance, board and lodgings, save for release and voluntarily donate towards Victims Support and aim to become self funding within three years.
The Bromley trust grant - £15,000

London Shakespeare Workout
www.londonshakespeare.org.uk
Brings theatre, especially Shakespeare into prisons and make it a central part of prisoners rehabilitation. Currently runs Shakespeare workouts in 72 prisons.
The Bromley Trust grant - £5,000

Prisoners Education Trust
www.prisonerseducation.org.uk
Helps to reduce re-offending by funding distance learning and other courses during custodial sentences and thus improving the offenders opportunities of finding employment after release.
The Bromley Trust grant - £10,000

Prisons Video Trust
Aims to improve communications and assist the rehabilitation of offenders throughout the UK by the production of honest and thought-provoking educational videos.
The Bromley Trust grant - £10,000

Sheriffs' and Recorder's Fund
http://www.srfund.org.uk/
Since its creation two hundred years ago the Sheriffs' And Recorder's Fund has focused on helping ex-prisoners get a new start in life and on relieving hardship in the families of serving offenders. It now helps to reduce re-offending by making grants for training, tools of trade, clothing and household equipment. It also gives to families of serving prisoners, primarily to allow their children to enjoy holidays and other recreation.
The Bromley Trust grant - £4,500

Story Book Dads
www.storybookdads.co.uk
helps to maintain family ties between prisoners and their families during the period of incarceration through the production of Story CD. The prisoners are recorded reading a story for their children. This is then edited by fellow prisoners working in the editing suite and sent to their family on the outside.
The Bromley Trust grant - £15,000

Suffolk Punch Trust
The Suffolk Punch Trust runs a stud farm at for the endangered Suffolk Punch providing work and training for inmates from HMP Hollesley Bay Suffolk.
The Bromley Trust grant £10,000 restricted to work with offenders

The Clink
theclinkonline.com
In 2009 The Clink will open its doors at HMP HIgh Down, serving gourmet and wholesome food to prison staff, visitors and the public, the end result of a visionary and unique educational programme. Rather than offering prisoners an opportunity to raise their sights unrealistically, The Clink offers every inductee the chance to gain outstanding catering qualifications, valuable experience within an exciting and accountable business and guidance to a full time job upon release. The Bromley Trust is supporting the work as part of our focus on prisoners working with catering.
The Bromley Trust grant - £30,000 restricted

 

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