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...
Good Vibrations part of the Gong Festival
This week's Good Vibrations project at Deerbolt Young Offenders Institution is being run as part of the Gong Festival, an annual celebration of "northern gamelan". See the Gong Festival's website for more details.... Cathy, 10 May 2012...
Good Vibrations video
At last we've got round to uploading to Youtube this great short film about Good Vibrations! Filmed at Peterborough Prison by Prison Video Magazine, and edited by Claire Guillon, it gives a brilliant insight into how we work -including the ups and downs of a typical Good VIbrations project. Enjoy!
Recent pictures and music
We've got together some pictures and music from our most recent "Working It Out" project, run in December. About twice a year, we run one week "gamelan challenges" at the Southbank Centre for young people doing an employability skills course called "Working It Out"...
Article in Inside Time
Nice article in recent "inside Time" including interviews with two Good Vibrations participants....
This page last updated May 10th 2012.
