Developing accredited training programmes for delivering arts in prisons

Cred-Ability project

UK/12/LLP-LdV/TOI-530

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Developing accredited training programmes for delivering arts in prisons

October 2012 – September 2014Funded through UK Leonardo Transfer of Innovation



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“Prison educators currently come from a wide range of backgrounds and may have no specific training or experience in working with offenders.

In addition, non-educational prison staff and other professionals involved in supporting offenders can play a vital role in motivating them to take up

learning opportunities and therefore can help to create a positive environment for learning within the prison.”

From ‘Pathways to Inclusion: Strengthening European Cooperation in Prison Education & Training’, report on the European Conference on Prison Education

in Budapest 2010, organised by the Grundtvig programme of the EC

RAT I O N A L E



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“A key questions for delivering arts in Europe’s prisons is proper preparation, both for outside artists and for those already working in

prisons with limited experience …

Those leading arts programmes need to be properly briefed and prepared, not only about the approaches they use but also about the

context in which they work.”

K E Y F I N D I N G



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• Escape Artists, London: ‘Arts Practitioners Training’

E X I S T I N G T RA I N I N G & G U I DA N C E I N T H E U K

• Prison Arts Foundation, Belfast: Staff Induction

• The Unit for the Arts and Offenders, Canterbury: accredited framework for artists wishing to work in the criminal sector

• Arts Alliance, London: ‘Criminal Justice, An Artists Guide’

• Hannah Hull, London: ‘Art vs Rehab’

• & lots more….

A lot of past and existing artists training and guidance…



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• Bring all of those initiatives together, creating the first unified training for artists and others wanting to work in the Criminal Justice System

M A I N A I M S O F C R E D -A B I L I T Y

• Transfer and pilot the training in other European countries: Germany, Lithuania and Latvia, to create the first course available at a European level

• Organise accreditation at an international and a national level to ensure practitioners obtain a validated qualification on completion of the course

• Promote and launch the training through a Cambridge conference in summer 2014



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• An interactive website with e-learning facilities & examples of good practice in a variety of formats

• Training with accredited modules, covering all aspects of prison arts delivery

• A consortium able to provide advice, training courses & workshops to those wishing to apply the training model

P R O J E C T O U TC O M E S



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• Teachers

• Artists already practicing

• Prison officers/staff

• Arts Students

W H O I S C R E D -A B I L I T Y T RA I N I N G F O R ?

…wanting to run or already running arts programmes inside the Criminal Justice System



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LATVIALatvia Culture College

ENGLANDThe College of

Teachers GERMANYAufBruch LITHUANIA

Lithuanian University of Educational

Sciences

ENGLANDSeeds for Growth

N.IRELANDPrison Arts Foundation

P R O J E C T PA RT N E R S



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• Seeds for Growth (Project Manager): is a charity aiming to advance the education of those from disadvantaged communities, specialising in devising arts education programmes within the Criminal Justice Sector & other challenging settings.

• The London College of Teachers (Project Contractor): is the UK's professional educational institute for teachers, supporting the teaching profession through networks of membership and qualifications. It is an international accrediting body.

• Prison Arts Foundation (Project Partner): is a Northern Ireland charity aiming at releasing the creative self of all prisoners, ex-prisoners, young offenders and ex-young offenders, using all of the arts and crafts.

P R O J E C T PA RT N E R S : I N T H E U K



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• Latvia Culture College (Project Partner): is one of the most experienced colleges in Latvia providing professional higher education programmes in arts and culture management.

• aufBruch (Project Partner & Steering Group member): is the most important theatre project within the German prison system. It aims to open the prison to the excluded public and to give the prisoners a language, a voice and a face through the arts.

P R O J E C T PA RT N E R S : R E C E I V I N G T H E T RA N S F E R

• Lithuanian University of Educational Sciences (Project Partner): is a major teacher training institution in Lithuania and provides continuing education by offering pre-and-in-service training for social educators, social workers, social, cultural and re-creative activity managers.



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HOW CAN YOU GET INVOVED?

This is also your project, not just ours !!



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• Cred-Ability is not just another training

A T H E H E A RT O F T H E P R O J E C T

• Transfer the training to other countries to create a training relevant at a European level

• So firstly it needs to be relevant to arts practitioners and arts organisations in European countries.

• Its seeks to unify previous training initiatives

It needs to be relevant to you!



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• Find out more during today’s workshop

G E T I N VO LV E D !

• Follow us on Arts Professional website & twitter account

• Ask to be put on the project mailing list and find out more as we go along

• Come to our Cambridge conference in summer 2014

• Give us your feedback & make suggestions for the training!

• Take part in our UK pilot in London – dates to be confirmed

• Follow us on our website & twitter account



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G E T I N V O LV E D !



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Developing accredited training programmes for delivering arts in prisons

October 2012 – September 2014Funded through UK Leonardo Transfer of Innovation

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Developing accredited training programmes for delivering arts in prisons