About Fine Cell Work

Fine Cell Work is a UK-based rehabilitation charity and social enterprise which makes beautiful handmade products through the transformative power of needlework.

The social enterprise trains prisoners and prison leavers in high-quality needlework skills, and then supports and pays them to create beautiful handmade products, designed by world renowned artists.

Fine Cell Work addresses three key social issues:

- the need for rehabilitation for people in prison and for prison leavers in the community

- the challenges of release

- negative public perceptions of people who are or have been in prison.

What your support will do

- £1,000 supports training and security clearance for a group of 5 volunteers to teach in prison

- £500 pays for the training, materials and support for one prisoner for an entire year

- £250 covers the volunteer costs of a stitching class in prison for a month

- £100 provides a prisoner with the materials for 10 stitching kits (1000 hours of creative activity)

- £50 sponsors a prisoner to train as a volunteer 'class coordinator', teaching and mentoring other prisoners.

Did you know that more than 40% of adult prisoners in England and

Wales reoffend within one year of release? Help us stop the cycle.