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 Report: Community Exchange project between detainees at Harmondsworth Immigration Removal Centre and young people at West London YMCA

    The report explores the project’s impacts on participants’ wellbeing and resilience, awareness and understanding, and musical skills. Based on observations, questionnaires, interviews and focus groups, it contains a wealth of detail about the creative process and the experience of participants. The report also looks at the project as an example of ... read on →

    Author Katie Bruce (National Foundation for Youth Music)

    Published July 2015

    Artform Music

    Organisations Music in Detention, Sound Connections   Project venue Harmondsworth IRC

    Participant type Male Adult Detainees, Male and Female Young Young People at risk

    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

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