LandWorks

Join Our Board!

The LandWorks trustees are seeking to appoint a new member with senior finance experience to the board.

You’ll be part of a committed and passionate team working to make a real difference in people’s lives. Full details here: www.landworks.org.uk/get-involved/work-at-landworks/

Graphic Rewilding supports LandWorks with new prints - Prisoner Training & Education - Prison Mentoring 4 December 2025 – Graphic Rewilding, the global art collaboration known for bringing vibrant, nature-inspired installations into grey urban spaces, has launched a new print series ̶   and they’re gene...

Graphic Rewilding are supporting us through their beautiful new nature-inspired prints.

Read how they’re supporting us through art below.

www.landworks.org.uk/graphic-rewi...

#landworks#reducing#reoffending#transforming#lives#graphic#rewilding

Joy - LandWorks Blog Hello, “You have to find joy where you can.” Joe and I had been watching goldfinches on the teasel plants, swaying on the seed heads as they searched for food. He was sharing snippets from his...

“You have to find joy where you can.”

Chris' latest blog on Joy now available.

#joy #landworks #reducing #reoffending #transforming #lives #shop #award #winning #charity #christmas #presents

www.landworks.org.uk/joy/

Join Our Board!

The LandWorks trustees are seeking to appoint a new member with senior finance experience to the board.

You’ll be part of a committed and passionate team working to make a real difference in people’s lives. Full details here: www.landworks.org.uk/get-involved/work-at-landworks/

Today is Giving Tuesday and we'd like to take the opportunity to thank all our supporters who have so generously helped the charity over the last year. Whether by donating, buying from our shop, or volunteering, we are very grateful.
#GivingTuesday #GiveYourWay

www.landworks.org.uk/get-involved

David says: “I love the fact that we all sit around one table and like we all have like discussions and talks about like different things, it’s never always the same thing…” “…coming out of prison it’s just hard to get work because most places won’t take you on with a criminal record so, I’ve been struggling really hard with that and just, my motivation was just …

Latest blog from David now available.

David says: “I love the fact that we all sit around one table and like we all have like discussions and talks about like different things, it’s never always the same thing…”

#landworks #blog

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Try to understand - LandWorks Blog Hello, Someone recently shared this reflection with us about LandWorks… “In many situations, we tend to judge the behaviour of others before trying to understand it.” One of our guys here, now 115 day...

'Someone recently shared this reflection with us about LandWorks…

“In many situations, we tend to judge the behaviour of others before trying to understand it.”'

Latest blog from Chris, 'Try to understand' is now available.

Follow the link below. #landworks

www.landworks.org.uk/trytounderst...

Chantal says: “LandWorks has given me motivation and faith in the world…” “It’s been really good. It sort of gave me a purpose coz I was coming sort of two days a week as well. It gave me purpose. It sort of broke my week up as well. I don’t know, it’s changed me a lot i…

“It’s been really good. It sort of gave me a purpose coz I was coming sort of two days a week as well. It gave me purpose...'

Latest blog from Chantal now avalible.

#landworks #blog #reducing #reoffending #transforming #lives #criminaljusticesystem

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Ripe ground - LandWorks Blog Hello, “Yeah, I’m not saying I want to go back inside, but I don’t really care, Chris. I’ve got f*** all in my life.” He pauses; he’s just finished a four-year stretch. I think we’re both...

'“Yeah, I’m not saying I want to go back inside, but I don’t really care, Chris. I’ve got f*** all in my life.”

Latest blog from Chris now available, including a link to buy our latest Recipe book - "The Big Thank You".

www.landworks.org.uk/ripeground/

#landworks #recipebook #charity

And the winner of the garden bench is.... - Prisoner Training & Education - Prison Mentoring 23 October 2025 – A huge thank you to all our wonderful Supporters for helping to spread the word about LandWorks. We want more people to know that there is a better way to work with...

Big congratulations to Amy – winner of our LandWorks bench prize! 🎉

Thanks to our supporters, we’ve welcomed 150 new members to the LandWorks community!

Read more on the story and how to become a supporter below.

#landworks #supporters

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HRH and Acceptance - LandWorks Blog Hello, Last Wednesday, Her Royal Highness Princess Anne visited LandWorks – and yes, we were expecting her! It was a wonderful day. Barry, who has been on placement here for a few months, told me it.....

'Last Wednesday, Her Royal Highness Princess Anne visited LandWorks – and yes, we were expecting her!
It was a wonderful day. Barry, who has been on placement here for a few months, told me it was the proudest day of his life...'

Latest blog available below:

www.landworks.org.uk/hrhandaccept...

Cherry says: “one thing I struggled with, coming out of prison, is feeling like I was being judged by everyone.” “So after coming out of prison I thought my life was gonna be amazing, […], I would go back to normal life but without the stresses and the dramas of being on bail … that wasn’t the case. […]…

'So after coming out of prison I thought my life was gonna be amazing,[…], I would go back to normal life but without the stresses and the dramas of being on bail…that wasn’t the case.'

Read more here:

#landworks #reducingreoffending #transforminglives

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We were delighted to welcome Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal to LandWorks yesterday.

It was a wonderful acknowledgement of the hard work and commitment of our staff, volunteers and partners - and not least the individuals on the project here - who prove every day that change is possible.

Name and Praise - LandWorks Blog Hello, I’ve just been reading a newspaper article – Ministers are pushing through powers to photograph and publicly name and shame people in the justice system who have been ordered to complete unpaid...

'I’ve just been reading a newspaper article – Ministers are pushing through powers to photograph and publicly name and shame people in the justice system who have been ordered to complete unpaid community work in England and Wales...'

Read the full blog here:

www.landworks.org.uk/nameandpraise/

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

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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:

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‘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

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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

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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

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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

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