Writing the Members’ Manifesto
This is a guest blog by one of our talented and hardworking interns, Emmanuel Lee. He’s been instrumental in pulling together our first ever Manifesto. A Manifesto from the Streets:…
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“It’s organisations that create poverty, not people”
We were very pleased to contribute to the Fabian Society and Bright Blue’s book of essays, focused on poverty and what can be done to eradicate it. Our Facilities Coordinator Delroy…
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“I entered the prison system aged 34. Before that day I had never had so much as a speeding ticket.”
The latest in our series of guest blogs comes from Lydia*, who currently resides in a UK prison. Lydia is writing responding both to Delroy’s blog, and the call from…
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“Don’t tell me that it’s easy to do time” - a prison insider’s view
Below is a guest blog from a friend of Only Connect, John*. It follows our publication of a previous blog which advocated prisons taking a harsher approach to punishment. The…
Why prisons should be made tougher, by an ex-prisoner
Below is a guest blog from a friend of Only Connect, Delroy, who has extensive experience of the Prison system both internally as a prisoner and externally. This is Delroy’s…
Development of our Rising Season proves exciting, and humbling
December saw the end of our series of R&D projects for 2014. Our Head of Arts Becky Warnock talks us through the highs, lows and the lessons learnt from the development…