HRH The Princess Royal, presenting our wonderful Winston with his award. We couldn’t be more proud!

Winston, you are a wonderful, talented man and a privilege to work with. Thank you for everything.

“It’s made me feel like a mum”.

A mother in prison shares how we have helped her stay involved in her children's lives. Supporting mothers benefits them and their children while delivering safer prisons and reducing reoffending.

#WomenInPrison
#InternationalWomensDay
#IWD

Great to welcome Ian Brady from London Housing Foundation to see our work HMP Downview and to discuss how we’re supporting women leaving prison to find somewhere to call home.

Thank you LHF for all you do to help women to make a fresh start, prevent homelessness and reduce reoffending.

This is a really positive initiative at HMP Downview.

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🌟Our very own Instructor Winston is a Butler Trust Award Winner!

Winston has trained countless women in sewing & textiles techniques, opening them up to new opportunities & helping them gain skills & qualifications for employment. Find out more⬇️
butlertrust.org.uk/winston-rose/

📅 In 1973 at Nottingham Crown Court, the first ever Community Payback sentence was ordered.

Over the last 50 years, there have been hundreds of thousands of projects across the country to ensure offenders give back to society & build skills to reduce reoffending. Take a look 📹

Twas the night before Christmas. Merry Christmas and happy New year to you all, and your friends and family. We'll do our best here to make it a peaceful, safe and happy time for everyone; our women and our staff X

Our women gain a Level 1 and 2 Fashion Production qualifications equipping them with valuable skills for the manufacturing industry. This is a huge opportunity to support our women into employment upon release.

Look who’s creating festive magic & greeting us at the gate this morning! Definitely bringing a smile to all our faces! (And we aren’t talking about Elfie!) #crimbo #thebestinthebusiness

By one of our long term prisoners, using pastels in her spare time. She does these for her wing to make things that little bit nicer for everyone. Talent and skill everywhere. Koestler Arts #art

Last week the criminal justice team took award-winning children's author Sita Brahmachari into HMP Downview to deliver a #ReadConnect workshop, to help the parents write creative stories for their children.

Find out more about Readconnect: literacytrust.org.uk/programmes/cri…

It was wonderful to see our fabulous Alex from The Forward Trust honoured in our full staff meeting this afternoon. Alex works tirelessly with some of our ladies. His knowledge and support doesn’t go unnoticed! Thanks for all you do Alex 👏🏻 #staffrecognition HMPPS

🧑‍🍳Thank you to wagamama uk who held a brilliant masterclass for our women here at Downview.
As part of New Futures Network #UnlockingHospitality , our women gained new skills, learnt about jobs in the industry & built a network to help with employment upon release & reduce reoffending.

Wagamama are coming to Downview tomorrow!
Working with our women in our kitchens to help teach and educate, about working towards a post-prison rehabilitative work and, and to create some great food at the same time:-) wagamama uk

We will remember them.

#LestWeForget

Great interest in Mindfulness & Yoga from women in HMP Downview at this week's Wellbeing Day organised by the health team. More than 30 ladies put their names down for the next courses starting in 2024. Thank you for inviting us 🙏🙏🙏

Working in a prison is a truly unique experience. You’ve got to be resilient, confident and a good communicator to support prisoners.

If this sounds like you, apply now⬇️
bit.ly/3RBkZuk

Brilliant to see all the educational events going on in prisons and YOIs for #BlackHistoryMonth - including information about allyship and spoken word events helping to build literacy skills.

Plus four Young Black Achievers Award winners at HMP Cookham Wood!