Evaluations

Exploring Good Vibrations projects with vulnerable and challenging women in prison

This research involved 26 women who had successfully completed a Good Vibrations project, finding that:

  • for women in prison, taking part in a Good Vibrations project can reduce anger, worry, and levels of unhappiness, and improve social skills
  • reductions in anger, worry, and unhappiness may be sustained in the weeks ... read on →

    Author Laura Caulfield (Bath Spa University)

    Published December 2015

    Artform Music

    Organisation Good Vibrations

    Participant type Female Adult Offenders

    • Evaluation of Artlink Central in HMP & YOI Cornton Vale

    This evaluation is based on the work of Artlink in HMP/YOI Cornton Vale from April 2008 to April 2009, as part of the Arts and Restorative Justice Programme introduced there in 2007. The first section of this report briefly reviews the relevant literature, which highlights the benefits of having prisoners ... read on →

    Authors Nancy Loucks, Briege Nugent (Families Outside)

    Published May 2009

    Artform Multi-Arts

    Organisation Artlink Central   Project venue Cornton Vale

    Participant type Female Adult Offenders, Female Young Offenders

    Sample size: 12

    The Academy: a report on outcomes for participants

    An evaluation of the two-year experimental phase of Dance United’s Academy project, this report showed that the Academy’s dance-led education programme delivered measurable increases in their capacity to learn and imparted a range of so-called ‘soft’ skills, which can, in turn, be linked to very favourable ‘hard’ outcomes in criminal ... read on →

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

    Published 2008

    Artform Dance

    Organisation Dance United   Project venues Askham Grange, Bradford, Leeds, Wetherby

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

    Sample size: 64

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