Insights19
New event organised by HM Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS), offering a over 150 free opportunities for professional development and networking across the country.
The Other Side of the Wall (Mental health specific)
Geese Theatre Company offers specialist training for staff working in community or secure settings with patients or service users who have mental health issues or personality disorders.
François Matarasso publishes book on participatory and community art
Community art worker, researcher and writer François Matarasso has published A Restless Art: How participation won, and why it matters. The book draws on four decades of Matarasso’s work making, observing, accompanying and researching participatory art in more than 40 countries. It covers the National Criminal Justice Arts Alliance and Geese Theatre Company in a chapter titled “The […]
Staging Rehabilitation: a masterclass
Training from Clean Break and Geese Theatre Company for both theatre artists and criminal justice professionals interested in the specialised field of arts in the criminal justice system.
Geese Theatre Company is hiring
Birmingham based Geese Theatre Company are looking for one male and one female actor / groupworker to join their team and deliver across the full range of performance, workshop and groupwork programmes. The successful candidate will be working with its expert team across the criminal justice and social welfare sectors. The job includes a six month training […]
Geese Theatre Company introductory workshop
Throughout the year, Geese Theatre Company regularly host a free Introductory Workshop to share their practice in interactive theatre, drama-based groupwork and training within the criminal justice system and secure institutions.
30 years of Geese Theatre Company – a celebration
Since 1987, Geese Theatre Company has created and delivered the highest quality arts projects in secure and community settings. This celebration event includes a rare chance to see Geese perform and find out more about how and why they do what they do.
The Other Side of the Wall – three day training course
The Other Side of the Wall is a three-day course which invites participants to experience and practise a variety of theatre and drama-based methods for use in groupwork.
Special arts edition of Prison Service Journal
The latest issue of the HM Prison Service’s peer review journal is a special edition that focuses on The Arts in Prison. Edited by Dr Michael Fiddler and National Criminal Justice Arts Alliance steering group member Alli Black, the 239th edition of the Prison Service Journal contains 10 articles and evaluations that show “a partial snapshot […]
British Society of Criminology Conference 2018
‘Transforming Criminology: rethinking crime in a changing world’ will be relevant to those with an interest in: criminology, criminal justice, socio-legal studies, social policy, law, human rights, psychology and sociology; and includes dedicated arts in criminal justice sessions.