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Fine Cell Work trains and pays prisoners to do craftwork in their cells to encourage motivation, improve mental health and build employability skills. FCW is geared to long-term, male and female, high risk offenders who stay on the programme for 2 to 10 years. Our goal is to enable prisoners to gain social and employment skills so they can desist from re-offending in the future. Prisoners on the programme work for 20-40 hours a week in their cells.
We have a workforce of approximately 250 prisoners across 30 prisons. The apprenticeship training is done by 50 skilled volunteers. The prisoners make hand-embroidered quilts, cushions, clothes, rugs and furniture covers which are sold internationally and to museums and designers.
Our aim is to enable prisoners to gain motivation and “work-readiness” by doing cellwork and to follow on with further employment preparation in workshops where they can do accredited training in soft furnishings, machine embroidery and upholstery.
We have a workforce of approximately 250 prisoners across 30 prisons. The apprenticeship training is done by 50 skilled volunteers. The prisoners make hand-embroidered quilts, cushions, clothes, rugs and furniture covers which are sold internationally and to museums and designers.
Our aim is to enable prisoners to gain motivation and “work-readiness” by doing cellwork and to follow on with further employment preparation in workshops where they can do accredited training in soft furnishings, machine embroidery and upholstery.
Contact
Work Tel. No.
020 7931 9998
info@finecellwork.co.uk
Website
In Brief
Charity Number
1049095
No. of Paid Staff
17
No. of Volunteers
100
Does the organisation involve volunteers with experience of the criminal justice system?
Yes
Primary Field of Work
Personal development
Custody or Community
Custody
Organisation type
Voluntary and Community Sector
Regions
East | Cambridgeshire | East Midlands | Leicestershire | Lincolnshire | Northamptonshire | Nottinghamshire | London | Inner London | Lambeth | Wandsworth | Outer London | Croydon | Sutton | South East | Buckinghamshire | Aylesbury Vale | Hampshire | Winchester | Isle of Wight UA | Kent | Maidstone | North East | County Durham UA | Northumberland UA | North West | Warrington UA | Cheshire West and Chester UA | South West | Gloucestershire | Dorset | East Dorset | Weymouth and Portland | West Dorset | Somerset | Taunton Deane | Wales | West Midlands | Warwickshire | Rugby | Staffordshire | Worcestershire | Yorkshire and the Humber
Fields of Work
Arts | Education | Employment | Training
Prisons
Brixton | Buckley Hall | Bullingdon | Channings Wood | Dovegate | Downview (YOI) | Frankland | Gartree | Grendon | Guys Marsh | High Down | High Point | Isle of Wight | Leeds | Leyhill | Littlehey | Long Lartin | Oakwood | Send | Swaleside | Wakefield | Wandsworth | Whatton | Wymott