GOOD VIBRATIONS AIMS TO HELP PRISONERS, PATIENTS IN SECURE HOSPITALS, EX-PRISONERS AND OTHERS IN THE COMMUNITY DEVELOP TEAM-WORKING, COMMUNICATIONS AND OTHER IMPORTANT LIFE SKILLS, THROUGH PARTICIPATING IN GAMELAN (INDONESIAN PERCUSSION) WORKSHOPS.
Welcome to Good Vibrations
Good Vibrations is a registered charity (number 1126493) that helps prisoners, secure hospital patients, ex-prisoners and others in the community develop crucial life and work skills, through participating in intensive gamelan (Indonesian bronze percussion) courses. Since 2003, Good Vibrations has worked with more than 2400 individuals in 33 different secure institutions...
16 June 2010: New research report concludes that Good Vibrations can help rehabilitate prisoners
A team of researchers from Birmingham City University's Department for Applied Criminology are publishing a report tomorrow, called Continuing Positive Change, which looks at the long-term impact on Good Vibrations participants. They have found long-term and positive impacts on prisoners social,...
Good Vibrations now an approved intervention in High Security Prisons
Good Vibrations has recently been awarded "Approved Regime Intervention" status by the Directorate of High Security Prisons. Basically this means that we are now officially recognised as an effective tool for high security prisons in their efforts to reduce reoffending. We...
Freedom of expression
An article in the latest Public Service Review (Home Affairs) about Good Vibrations and the case for arts in prisons generally:
Professor David Wilson and Laura Caulfield, of Birmingham City University's Centre for Applied Criminology, highlight the arts-based project helping to rehabilitate offenders. In recent times the existence and role of the arts in criminal justice has received more attention than ever before. On the one...
"I can see a bit of tomorrow now"
PARTICIPANT, PETERBOROUGH PRISONThis page last updated Jun 16th 2010.
