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We are absolutely delighted to have been awarded this grant. We are very grateful to the members of The Mercers' Company. It feels like a huge endorsement of what we are doing and it will make a real difference here.

#themercerscompany #Charter600

www.mercers.co.uk/C600_Awards_2025

"The Big Thank You" - LandWorks Recipe Book - Volume 2 The Big Thank You is the second edition of the LandWorks Recipe Book. So successful was our first volume, it is what it is, that the team and trainees were determined to follow it up. It is a testamen...

Officially launched at our Annual Supporter’s Day in August, The Big Thank You is the second edition of the LandWorks Recipe Book, building on the success of our first volume, It Is What It Is.

Follow the link below to buy your copy.

landworks.sumupstore.com/product/the-...

#recipebook #landworks

Kara says: “I just thought oh my god, I can be like you, I can do it as well.” “I was so nervous, I just didn’t know what to expect. I just didn’t know anything. I did go online and watch the film. I cried my fucking eyes out, I was just crying all the way through it, y…

"I was so nervous, I just didn’t know what to expect. I just didn’t know anything. I did go online and watch the film...'

Latest blog from Kara now available.

#landworks #pen #blog #woodwork #reducing #reoffending #transforming #lives

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Finding Common Ground: Hannah’s Week at LandWorks - Prisoner Training & Education - Prison Mentoring 25 September 2025 – When Hannah Stevens first set foot in LandWorks in early August, she was stepping into more than just a new volunteering opportunity  ̶  she was stepping into a living embodiment o...

Finding Common Ground: Hannah’s Week at LandWorks

Our latest news story reflects on Hannah's time volunteering at LandWorks.

#landworks #volunteering #standout

www.landworks.org.uk/finding-comm...

Faith - LandWorks Blog Hello, We’d been chatting about a dog that had come into her life. Her life had been a bit up and down since leaving LandWorks, and this small (clearly adorable) sentient being was life changing. “Chr...

“Chris, do you believe in Jesus?”

Oh. Bit unexpected, and it made me think. A lot...'

Chris' latest blog now available.

#landworks #blog #reducing #reoffending #transforming #lives #faith

www.landworks.org.uk/faith/

Patrick says: ‘LandWorks; what I always liked about it, it’s just … you know you can come here and feel safe.” “I’ve been here a bit longer than the usual six to nine months. Chris has helped me out with that coz yeah, I had to put things in place but I’m a lot more positive and confident leaving now……

"That’s what I always liked about it, it’s just a … you know you can come here and feel safe."

Latest blog from Patrick now available.

#landworks #pen #blog #woodwork #reducing #reoffending #transforming #lives

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The Truth About Reoffending - LandWorks Blog Hello, A few weeks ago, I asked Gary Fulton (here at LandWorks in 2017/18) to write a blog. Gary has written a brilliant and a hard-hitting piece, perhaps slightly longer than our usual blog, but all....

New Blog

A few weeks ago Chris Parsons asked Gary (at LandWorks in 2017/18) to write a guest blog.

Gary has written a brilliant and a hard-hitting piece, a great insight that needs to be heard...

www.landworks.org.uk/the-truth-about-reoffending/

We're grateful to @carolinevoadenmp.bsky.social for meeting with Chris and Julie Parsons this week and arranging a meeting with @nicdakinmp.bsky.social, Minister at the MoJ - a very positive session and one we hope will lead to further discussions with the Department about the LandWorks approach.

Dittisham Music Festival starts tomorrow 🎵

We have been chosen as one of their charities for 2025.

Please find attached the details of the lovely programme.

#dittisham #dittishammusical #festival #landworks #charity #fundraising #music #september

Jax says: “LandWorks is doing something right. It’s gave me a new purpose…” “Jarvis brought me to LandWorks. Now, it’s gonna sound quite weird but at first they were like how about you go LandWorks, you try this, you try that … I was like nah, f*** it, that ain’t for…

'In six days at LandWorks I’ve accomplished more than six months out of prison, believe it or not. Six months out of prison I have done less work than in the six days at LandWorks.'

Read the latest blog from Jax below.

#landworks #pen #blog #woodwork

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LandWorks Supporters’ Day showcases proven resettlement model amid prison crisis - Prisoner Training & Education - Prison Mentoring 19 August 2025 – LandWorks welcomed over 150 volunteers, and partners to its annual Supporters Day on Friday 15 August 2025 to celebrate another remarkable year of achievement. The sun shone on the Qu...

A massive thank you to all our supporters who joined us for our Supporters’ Day Celebrations. We welcomed over 150 volunteers, and partners to our annual Supporters Day on Friday 15 August 2025 to celebrate another remarkable year of achievement. Read more here:

www.landworks.org.uk/landworks-su...

‘A natural antidepressant’: how working with the land is helping ex-prisoners Reoffending rates are just 5% after a placement at LandWorks in Devon, where they grow, cook and sell their produce

A great article about LandWorks published by The Guardian at the weekend. We really appreciate Sandra Laville visiting us, listening to the experiences of people on the project, and getting to understand what we are trying to do here.

#LandWorks #TheGuardian

www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

Winning the Charity Awards – one year on - Prisoner Training & Education - Prison Mentoring 8 August 2025 – When LandWorks won the ‘Overall Award for Excellence’ at the Charity Awards in July 2024, it marked a major milestone  ̶  not just in recognition, but in momentum. “The timing couldn’t...

It’s been one year since we proudly took home the Overall Award for Excellence at the Charity Awards.

Follow the link below to read the positive impact it has had on us.

#landworks #charityaward #awardwinning #reducing #reoffending #transforming #lives

www.landworks.org.uk/winning-the-...

Thank you so much to the organisers of the Dittisham Music Festival for choosing us as one of their charities for 2025.

Here are the details of the lovely festival programme - Friday 5th to Sunday 7th September.

#landworks #dittisham #music #festival #charity #september

3 days to go...

Summer Bumper Special - LandWorks Blog - Reducing Reoffending, Transforming Lives Hello, It’s the summer holidays. South Devon is beautiful, sunny and bustling. People are just popping in to visit LandWorks, non-stop! Often, they completely miss the shop and start wondering around ...

'It’s the summer holidays. South Devon is beautiful, sunny and bustling. People are just popping in to visit LandWorks, non-stop!

Chris' latest blog available now.

#landworks #reducing #reoffending #transforming #lives

www.landworks.org.uk/summerbumper...

Chantal says: “It’s really like what you call therapeutic. When you’re making stuff you’re not thinking about stuff.” “I was having a panic attack when I got here the first time ‘coz I’m anaemic and stuff […] My probation officer brought me here. I thought it was a bit of a weird setting. I think everyone wa…

'It’s amazing what you do here really....'

Latest blog from Chantal now available. Follow the link in our story.

#landworks #reducing #reoffending #transforming #lives #charity #winning #chairty #devon #totnes #blog #supporters #pen

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The general synopsis - LandWorks Blog - Reducing Reoffending, Transforming Lives Hello, There’s a warning of gales… I thought I was awakening to the shipping forecast (I normally do). I wasn’t, I was lost, dreaming. Viking, North Utsire, South Utsire. But it was seagulls shrieking...

'There’s a warning of gales…

I thought I was awakening to the shipping forecast (I normally do). I wasn’t, I was lost, dreaming...'

Latest blog from Chris now available.

www.landworks.org.uk/thegeneralsy...

Sister to carry Olympic torch-style Baton of Hope in honour of Torquay brother, 20 The sister of a Torquay man who died aged just 20 will be honouring her brother as she plays a leading role in the UK’s biggest suicide prevention event.

This is an important cause and one that is close to our hearts at LandWorks.

You can support the Just Giving fundraising campaign here: tinyurl.com/2s46uzmm

www.torbayweekly.co.uk/news/home/1846837/sister-to-carry-olympic-torch-style-baton-of-hope-in-honour-of-torquay-brother-20.html

Stan says: “I tend to sit and listen to see if I can trust ‘em. I don’t wanna hang onto people that would be annoying, but lucky enough here, nobody’s annoying. Now I’m on the right path.” “I came to LandWorks so I could get out a bit more. To learn new stuff. Probation brought me to visit. It was good. Felt like it was a good atmosphere. I was nervous meeting new people. Yeah, I was…

“I tend to sit and listen to see if I can trust ‘em. I don’t wanna hang onto people that would be annoying, but lucky enough here, nobody’s annoying. Now I’m on the right path.”

#landworks #reducing #reoffending #transforming #lives #charity

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Golden legacy brings jewellery making to LandWorks - Prisoner Training & Education - Prison Mentoring 21 May 2025 – LandWorks is excited to announce the establishment of a new Jewellery workshop, thanks to a generous donation of jewellery making equipment which has found its way to us via the Worshipf...

Golden legacy brings jewellery making to LandWorks

Read our latest new story by following the link below.

#landworks #reducing #reoffending #transforming #lives #donation #supporters #jewellery

www.landworks.org.uk/golden-legac...

Are you part of a small criminal justice organisation making a big difference with limited resources?

🏆Celebrate your team by nominating them for the Outstanding Small Organisation award!

Previous winners @landworkshq.bsky.social share their thoughts:
www.criminaljusticealliance.org/cja-awards/

Ray says: “Being here…it’s a non-custodial sentence … you’ve gotta give back, you’ve gotta have my time and my labour as opposed to me losing my liberty…” … I’ll get somewhere to put a few possessions so I can lock a door behind me and put my head down on a pillow. That’s a good thing to do, find somewhere to live, which I’m sure I’ll be able to do s…

Ray says: “Being here…it’s a non-custodial sentence … you’ve gotta give back, you’ve gotta have my time and my labour as opposed to me losing my liberty…”

Latest PeN blog from Ray now available.

#landworks #reducing #reoffending #transforming #lives #pen

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It's gonna be a long walk home... - LandWorks Blog - Reducing Reoffending, Transforming Lives Hello, “Chris lad, what you don’t understand is, it’s a long, long way from here to there”, Jay 2014. I (helpfully) got a Bruce Springsteen song stuck in my head… Long Walk Home Jay was exposing my na...

'“Chris lad, what you don’t understand is, it’s a long, long way from here to there”, Jay 2014.

I (helpfully) got a Bruce Springsteen song stuck in my head… Long Walk Home'

Chris' latest blog now available. Click the link below.

#landworks #blog

www.landworks.org.uk/itsgonnabeal...

T-bunny says: “We all get hiccups and glitches don’t we, like you know, but it’ll be alright.” “It’s been great being here. It’s ticked so many more … not ticked boxes, that’s the wrong thing to say there, it’s been educational for me and enriching for me to be here with you guys. It’s reall…

'Sitting down altogether. That’s really nice, to the point where I actually got myself a table at home, a dining-table and chairs, so make a thing out of it whenever I’ve got anybody around at mine and we can sit at the table to eat food together.'

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LandWorks One Day..HD.mp4 A film by Jennie and Graeme Montgomery about the award-winning criminal justice charity, LandWorks, based in South Devon. www.landworks.org.uk

One Day is an award-winning short film about LandWorks, produced by our supporters, Graeme and Jennie Montgomery. It is a great introduction to the work we do at LandWorks and the experiences of people on placement here.
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The Prison Recall Report 2025 in partnership with our Experts by Experience The Prison Recall Report was a piece of participatory action research that demonstrates seven key findings and provides seven key recommendations for urgent change. It forms a part of Switchback’s...

📢 Big news: Switchback and our Experts by Experience Board have launched the Prison Recall Report 2025. This participatory action research offers 7 key recommendations to urgently address the recall crisis and its role in prison overcrowding. switchbackworks.info/Prison-Recal...

Sandridge Park Open Gardens raises £20,000 for LandWorks - Prisoner Training & Education - Prison Mentoring 5 June 2025 – An Open Gardens weekend at the Sandridge Park estate, held on Saturday 31st May and Sunday 1st June 2025, was a resounding success, raising an incredible £20,000 in support of LandWorks....

Thank You!

Overall the event has raised a staggering £20,000 – including all entrance fees, refreshment sales and sales of LandWorks produce, alongside a generous donation of £5,000 in match funding.

Thank you from everyone at LandWorks.

www.landworks.org.uk/sandridge-pa...

The weekend is nearly here!

Details listed below.

Look forward to seeing those who can attend.

📍Sandridge Park, Stoke Gabriel, TQ9 6RL
📅 Saturday May 31st & Sunday June 1st
🕰️ 11am-5pm on both days; tea until 4pm
🎟️ Entry £7, children free

#opengarden #event #fundraiser #fundraising #landworks

3 days to go!
A lovely event being organised by fabulous LandWorks supporters.
Do visit if you can.
📍Sandridge Park, Stoke Gabriel, TQ9 6RL
📅 Saturday May 31st & Sunday June 1st
🕰️ 11am-5pm on both days; tea until 4pm
🎟️ Entry £7, children free
#opengarden #event #fundraiser #fundraising #landworks