Latest Projects
Lippy Futures – Change Yourself, Your Community, Your World
Lippy Futures develops and supports Social Entrepreneurs to affect personal, social and economic change; contributing to healthier lifestyles, a more sustainable planet and a World without poverty. We are currently piloting the programme in partnership with Askham Grange Women’s Open Prison funded through Yorkshire Forward and Leeds Community Forum. The project aims to help individuals plan, set-up, run and develop micro social-enterprises as part of both reparation and resettlement. It seeks to positively build on the often ‘enterprising nature’ of prisoners at a point in their lives when they have had time and support to reflect on their impact and plan for the future. The programme will support the women to develop ethical businesses that build on their experience and future social impact ambitions in ways that are achievable, sustainable and purposeful.
Colours
The Colours project is financed by the Home Office through the Communities Against Gangs, Guns and Knives Fund. Working in partnership with Kirklees Youth Offending Team and HMP Wetherby. This project aims to capture the real experiences of young offenders and to give them the opportunity to inform and influence the way practitioners and decision makers interact with them. Traditionally in the criminal justice system, the voice of the offender is seldom heard. If we can capture a narrative through creative writing workshops and a documentary music video, it will lead to practitioners gaining a better insight into the minds of young people which will inform how they engage with them. We are working with Martin Glynn, a highliy qualified criminologist with an International reputation for his commissioned work in theatre, radio drama, live literature, and poetry.
SFUK Online Profiles
Funded through NOMS, this pilot project aims to test out the impact of working with ex-offenders to produce their own 3 minute online profiles to promote the real person behind the offence to potential employers and the wider public.