Our Professional Approach

We understand the realities of working in secure settings. We understand that security must always take precedence and that the unexpected can, and will happen. We also recognise that every prison, secure hospital and probation hostel is different: each has a unique culture, structure and way of operating. In our work we strive to understand each individual host institution and tailor what we do to its regime, priorities, and way of doing things.

Every member of the Good Vibrations Team works to the highest professional standards. We always deliver what we have agreed. We are flexible, meticulous and constructive. We adopt an intelligent and positive attitude to problem-solving. We are inspired to meet these extremely high standards by knowing that this professionalism and commitment comes across in our workshops and that participants respond well to this.

Every member of the Good Vibrations team is subject to a review of his/her work and approach by others, to ensure any opportunities to learn and improve are taken up. We value critical reflection and this permeates every aspect of the project.

We require concrete and specific evidence of the effectiveness of our work. We believe that carrying out robust and well-constructed monitoring and evaluation is vital.

Finances

Although we are a charity, we believe everyone in the team should be paid a professional fee for their work.

When raising funds for Good Vibrations, we seek to avoid diverting funds from other Gamelan projects and wherever possible, raise our funds from sources who have not supported Gamelan before.

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