Useful Links
Arts Alliance
The Arts Alliance is a coalition of the leading arts organisations that work in prisons, probation and other criminal justice settings.
Clinks
Clinks is a national membership body that supports the involvement of voluntary and community organisations in the Criminal Justice system.
NOMS
The National Offender Management Service (NOMS) is part of the Ministry of Justice and comprises the Prison Service and the Probation Service.
Offenders Learning & Skills Unit (OLSU)
Part of the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills (DIUS), OLSU is responsible for policy around education for offenders, including OLASS (the Offenders Learning & Skills Service) which provides the overall direction and framework for education in prisons, including the Learning & Skills contracts with prison education providers.
www.dcsf.gov.uk/offenderlearning/index.cfm
Learning & Skills Council (LSC)
The LSC is responsible for awarding and managing the contracts with "education providers" to deliver education in prisons.
Southbank Gamelan Players
An ensemble-in-residence at the Royal Festival Hall, SBGP is regarded as one of the leading Javanese Gamelan ensembles outside Indonesia. Several of the Good Vibrations team are members of the group.
UK Gamelan Network
The site for anyone interested in gamelan and related performing arts.
American Gamelan Institute
The American Gamelan Institute is an organization devoted to publishing, recording, distributing, and making available information on all aspects of Indonesian performing arts and their international counterparts.
The Gamelan Programme at the Southbank Centre
The Southbank Centre has had a Gamelan for over 20 years and runs a variety of workshops and courses for the public, schools, companies etc.
www.southbankcentre.co.uk/gamelan
St Giles Trust
The St Giles Trust runs a variety of services designed to help ex-offenders, including finding accommodation, help with finding a job, and community-based training.
Code 7 Music
Code 7, based in Brixton, runs various music-based services and training for local young people, ex-offenders and those at risk of offending, including recording studios and a radio station.
Koestler Trust
Arts by offenders - promoting the arts in prisons and beyond.
Tomorrow's People
Tomorrow's People helps break the cycle of unemployment so that people can take positive control of their lives and build a brighter future.
UK Gamelan Information
An information source on Indonesian gamelan in the UK.
Dance United
Dance United works with those who are marginalised in society and whose potential is often unrecognised or unfulfilled, using contemporary dance training and performance to unlock people's potential.
Fine Cell Work
Fine Cell Work is a social enterprise that teaches needlework to prison inmates and sells their products. The prisoners do the work when they are in their cells, and the earnings give them hope, skills and independence.
