The Cred-Ability project aims to develop accredited training programs for delivering arts in prisons across Europe. It will unify existing UK training initiatives into a single program, and transfer this to Germany, Latvia, and Lithuania to create the first training available at a European level. The training will cover all aspects of prison arts delivery and be accessible through an interactive website. It is intended for artists, teachers, prison officers, and arts students wanting to implement prison arts programs. The project is led by Seeds for Growth and involves partnerships with education and arts organizations in the UK and receiving countries.

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Developing accredited training programmes for delivering arts in prisons
October 2012 – September 2014
Funded through UK Leonardo Transfer of Innovation

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“Prison educators currently come from a wide range of backgrounds and may have no
specific training or experience in working with offenders.
In addition, non-educational prison staff and other professionals involved in supporting
offenders can play a vital role in motivating them to take up learning opportunities and
therefore can help to create a positive environment for learning within the prison.”
From „Pathways to Inclusion: Strengthening European Cooperation in Prison Education
& Training‟, report on the European Conference on Prison Education in Budapest 2010,
organised by the Grundtvig programme of the EC
R AT I O N A L E

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“A key questions for delivering arts in Europe‟s prisons is proper
preparation, both for outside artists and for those already working in prisons
with limited experience …
Those leading arts programmes need to be properly briefed and prepared, not
only about the approaches they use but also about the context in which they
work.”
K E Y F I N D I N G

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• Escape Artists, London: „Arts Practitioners Training‟
E X I S T I N G T R A I N I N G & G U I D A N C E I N T H E U K
• Prison Arts Foundation, Belfast: Staff Induction
• The Unit for the Arts and Offenders, Canterbury: accredited
framework for artists wishing to work in the criminal sector
• Arts Alliance, London: „Criminal Justice, An Artists Guide‟
• Hannah Hull, London: „Art vs Rehab‟
• & lots more….
A lot of past and existing artists training and guidance…

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• Bring all of those initiatives together, creating the first unified training for artists and others
wanting to work in the Criminal Justice System
M A I N A I M S O F C R E D - A B I L I T Y
• Transfer and pilot the training in other European countries: Germany, Lithuania and Latvia, to
create the first course available at a European level
• Organise accreditation at an international and a national level to ensure practitioners obtain a
validated qualification on completion of the course
• Promote and launch the training through a Cambridge conference in summer 2014

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• An interactive website with e-learning facilities & examples of good practice in a variety
of formats
• Training with accredited modules, covering all aspects of prison arts delivery
• A consortium able to provide advice, training courses & workshops to those wishing
to apply the training model
P R O J E C T O U T C O M E S

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• Teachers
• Artists already practicing
• Prison officers/staff
• Arts Students
W H O I S C R E D - A B I L I T Y T R A I N I N G F O R ?
…wanting to run or already running arts programmes inside the Criminal Justice System

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LATVIA
Latvia Culture College
ENGLAND
The College of
Teachers GERMANY
AufBruch LITHUANIA
Lithuanian University of
Educational Sciences
ENGLAND
Seeds for
Growth
N.IRELAND
Prison Arts
Foundation
P R O J E C T PA RT N E R S

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• Seeds for Growth (Project Manager): is a charity aiming to advance the education of
those from disadvantaged communities, specialising in devising arts education
programmes within the Criminal Justice Sector & other challenging settings.
• The London College of Teachers (Project Contractor): is the UK's professional
educational institute for teachers, supporting the teaching profession through networks
of membership and qualifications. It is an international accrediting body.
• Prison Arts Foundation (Project Partner): is a Northern Ireland charity aiming at
releasing the creative self of all prisoners, ex-prisoners, young offenders and ex-
young offenders, using all of the arts and crafts.
P R O J E C T PA RT N E R S : I N T H E U K

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• Latvia Culture College (Project Partner): is one of the most experienced colleges in
Latvia providing professional higher education programmes in arts and culture
management.
• aufBruch (Project Partner & Steering Group member): is the most important theatre
project within the German prison system. It aims to open the prison to the excluded
public and to give the prisoners a language, a voice and a face through the arts.
P R O J E C T PA RT N E R S : R E C E I V I N G T H E T R A N S F E R
• Lithuanian University of Educational Sciences (Project Partner): is a major
teacher training institution in Lithuania and provides continuing education by
offering pre-and-in-service training for social educators, social
workers, social, cultural and re-creative activity managers.

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HOW CAN YOU GET INVOVED?
This is also your project, not just ours !!

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• Cred-Ability is not just
another training
A T H E H E A RT O F T H E P R O J E C T
• Transfer the training to
other countries to create
a training relevant at a
European level
• So firstly it needs to be relevant to
arts practitioners and arts
organisations in European
countries.
• Its seeks to
unify
previous
training
initiatives
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It needs to be relevant to you!

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• Find out more during today‟s workshop
G E T I N V O LV E D !
• Follow us on Arts Professional website & twitter account
• Ask to be put on the project mailing list and find out more as we go along
• Come to our Cambridge conference in summer 2014
• Give us your feedback & make suggestions for the training!
• Take part in our UK pilot in London – dates to be confirmed
• Follow us on our website & twitter account

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G E T I N V O LV E D !

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Developing accredited training programmes for delivering arts in prisons
October 2012 – September 2014
Funded through UK Leonardo Transfer of Innovation