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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....
A Good Vibrations word cloud....
A word cloud created out of a large sample of Good Vibrations participants' feedback from 2010 and 2011... ...
Chief Inspector of Prisons speech focusing on central role of education in prisons, using Good Vibrations as good example
Nick Hardwick, Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Prisons (and former trustee of Good VIbrations) gave the Prison Education Trust Annual Speech on 18 October. His wide-ranging speech included looking at his experiences in the role, describing what has most shocked and surprised him in his first...
Founder and Director Cathy Eastburn ran the Royal Parks Half Marathon today for Good Vibrations
Very tired but happy to have run the Royal Parks Half Marathon today for Good Vibrations. Nearly £1000 raised so far - so please help increase that even more by visiting www.mydonate.BT.com/fundraisere/cathyeastburn1 - Cathy Eastburn, 9 oct 2011...
Big Lottery Fund, Esmee Fairbairn Foundation and Musicians' Company all supporting our work
Brilliant news from the Big Lottery Fund, the Esmee Fairbairn Foundation and the Worshipful Company of Musicians, all of whom have decided to support our work. The Big Lottery Fund has agreed a five-year grant of up to £40,000 a year. The Esmee Fairbairn Foundation has pledged £20,000...
Some typical feedback from a Good Vibrations group...
Some great feedback from the Good Vibrations group at Dovegate Prison last week, a good summary of what Good Vibrations is all about.... "I've learnt not to give up at the first hurdle." "[I've learnt that] life is what you make it - you can choose to enjoy things or not....
Arts Council England award grant to Good Vibrations
Great news! we’ve been awarded a grant of up to £70,000 from Arts Council England towards our work programme over the next two years. In an environment of severe funding cutbacks this is fabulous news and reflects the Arts Council’s belief in the value of our work. We...
Our response to the Ministry of Justice's Green Paper "Breaking the Cycle"
Last week we submitted our response to the MoJ's Green Paper on the future of prison rehabilitation. Good Vibrations welcomes the Green Paper and its clear intention to focus on effective ways of rehabiltating prisoners and therefore bring down the huge costs to society of repeat offending. However,...
Good Vibrations receives Lloyds Charities Award
Good Vibrations was a recipient of one of this year's Lloyds Charities Awards. Our Chair, Andy Prindl, accepted the award on Good VIbrations' behalf at a reception at the Lloyds Building in the City of London on 14 December. ...
Article about Good Vibrations and women prisoners
There's an article by Laura Caulfield and Professor David Wilson from Birmingham City University in the current Journal of Social Criminology about the impact of Good VIbrations on women prisoners. Having interviewed women prisoners and prison staff shortly after a Good Vibrations project, they...
First Good Vibrations annual report and accounts
We've just signed off our first annual report & accounts since we set up as an independent charity in April 2009. As well as providing the information required by the Charity Commission, we have taken the opportunity to describe the rationale for our work and the outcomes we deliver, provide an...
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...
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...
"I can see a bit of tomorrow now"
PARTICIPANT, PETERBOROUGH PRISONMessage to all our participants
Are you interested in playing in Good Vibrations performances on the out? Or could you help us learn from your experience by completing a questionnaire or talking to one of our friendly researchers? Or just let us know how you're doing? If you would like to stay in touch then click here
Good Vibrations play-throughs - your invitation
Every Good Vibrations course culminates in an informal performance in front of an audience. The play-throughs last around 45 minutes...
This page last updated Jan 30th 2012.
