Projects

The TBPC has created links with many establishments, developing new work specifically designed to meet the needs of our beneficiaries.

Each of our projects result in a final performance, and our long-term projects provide the opportunity for participants to develop their own ideas and devise a performance from scratch. This is often a driving force for the participants as it is the coming together of all they have learnt. At the end of each project, the charity produces an evaluation report to highlight the successes and failures, in particular, in terms of cognitive and behavioral outcomes, which are impossible to measure statistically.

Click on the links below to read more about these projects...

HMP Channings Wood

HMP Dartmoor

The Performing Arts and Key Skills (PAKS) programme, allows prisoners to gain Key Skills alongside developing their self-esteem and teamwork. This work is designed to be inclusive and is open to offenders and ex-offenders regardless of their educational background. It is important that those who feel unable to take part in mainstream education have access to other forms of learning. Work on the Amethyst support group, with prisoners struggling to cope, looks at mental health issues in a safe and inclusive environment. This work creates a society that takes responsibility for itself and, on many occasions, it is the first time that inmates have experienced inclusion in a community or group working towards a positive goal. We encourage a sense of ownership, empowering the group and fostering a sense of pride and achievement. Further work on the Resettlement Unit promotes positive attitudes and motivation. We tackle the needs of the group head on by encouraging them to re-asses themselves in terms of community and to release their potential.

HMP Exeter

Offenders in the community