Evaluations

Women at the HeArt Evaluation Report

Women at the HeArtwas a Thames Valley Partnership project, funded by Arts Council England,  The Monument Trust and Thames Valley Probation, building on the organisation’s experience of using the arts with vulnerable groups. Aims:

  • Creatively empower vulnerable women by offering participatory arts sessions
  • Embed good creative practice into support services ... read on →

    Author Alison Leverett-Morris (Thames Valley Partnership)

    Published February 2014

    Artforms Drama, Mixed Media, Visual Arts

    Organisation Thames Valley Partnership   Project venues Alana House Womens Centre, Crisis at the Old Fire Station, Elizabeth Fry Approved Premises

    Participant type Female Adult Vulnerable women

  • Supporting employability and personal effectiveness through the arts: international evaluation of this European Project by Jo Cursley

    Supporting employability and personal effectiveness (SEPE) is the name of a qualification which was first conceived by the University of Exeter, developed and accredited by Edexcel and piloted through Superact by funding from Leonardo Lifelong Learning Project and the Medicor Foundation in five European countries. The arts were used as ... read on →

    Author Jo Cursley (University of Exeter)

    Published 2012

    Artforms Dance, Drama, Music, Visual Arts

    Participant type Male and Female Adult Offenders

    Miss Spent in Custody

    An independent evaluation of a pilot for a new skills development course for young women in custody delivered by Clean Break in April 2010. The evaluation report identified that the project convincingly demonstrated the value of drama exercises, creative education and the use of role play in teaching personal skills, ... read on →

    Author Karin van Maanen

    Published 2010

    Artform Drama

    Organisation Clean Break   Project venue Downview

    Participant type Female Young Offenders

    Sample size: 9

    Evaluation of Supporters' Participation in Family Man Trials

    AN EVALUATION OF SUPPORTERS’ PARTICIPATION IN THE REVISED ‘FAMILY MAN’ PROGRAMME DELIVERED IN BELMARSH, BIRMINGHAM, BRISTOL, HIGHPOINT AND WANDSWORTH PRISONS read on →

    Author Avril Price

    Published June 2009

    Artform Drama

    Organisation Boswell Research Fellows   Project venues Belmarsh, Birmingham, Bristol, Highpoint, Wandsworth

    Participant type Male and Female Adult Families of offenders

    Sample size: 21

    Tagged to a number

    An evlauation of the impact of involvement of young offenders and ex-offenders in the production and performance of an issue-based play and the impact on the audiences. The project reached its target of reaching audiences of at least 1,000 young people and the production had a clear impact on young ... read on →

    Author Karin van Maanen (Anne Peaker Centre)

    Published

    Artform Drama

    Organisation Synergy Theatre   Project venues Latchmere House, Richmond Police

    Participant type Male Adult Offenders, Male and Female Child School pupils

    Sample size: 885

    Elmina's Kitchen

    An evaluation of the impact of the performance of play in HMP Brixton on the Synergy Theatre participants invloved and the audiences. read on →

    Author Karin van Maanen (Anne Peaker Centre)

    Published 2007

    Artform Drama

    Organisation Synergy Theatre   Project venue Brixton

    Participant type Male Adult Offenders, Male and Female Adult Prison Staff, Male and Female Adult Public Audience

    Sample size: 417

    Child's Play: Evaluation Report

    An evaluation of the impact of a NYT drama project on the paretning skills and rehabilitation of young offenders. The experiential nature of this course enabled participants to explore and experience the issues they are likely to face as young fathers in prison, whilst incarcerated, and on release. The experiential ... read on →

    Author Karin van Maanen (Anne Peaker Centre)

    Published

    Artform Drama

    Organisation National Youth Theatre   Project venue Rochester

    Participant type Male Young Offenders

    Sample size: 13

    The Arts in Criminal Justice: a Study of Research Feasibility

    A feasibility study examining the practical, logistical and methodological issues involved in carrying out effective research on the impact of arts interventions in criminal justice settings. Rather than producing evidence of project outcomes, this study addresses the issue of what constitutes good quality research and evidence in this context and, ... read on →

    Authors Rebecca Clarke, Andrew Miles (Centre for Research on Socio-cultural Change, University of Manchester)

    Published 2006

    Artforms Creative Writing, Dance, Drama

    Project venues Bullwood Hall, Dovegate, Styal

    The Means of Production

    Evaluation of a long-term drama residency facilitated by Rideout at HMP Dovegate Therapeutic Community. The residency consituted a number of participatory performance projects and a Creative Leadership Skills course in which prisoners attended workshops about all aspects of running community arts projects. This report assesses the impact of the residency ... read on →

    Author Kate Goodrich

    Published October 2004

    Artform Drama

    Organisation Rideout   Project venue Dovegate

    Participant type Male Adult Offenders, Male and Female Adult Prison Staff

    Sample size: 15

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