Community payback
Our Hidden Garden project built on the close link forged between The West Wing Arts centre in Slough and Thames Valley Probation under the unpaid work schemes. The project offered [...]
Community projects
We have brokered a number of projects set in the community: QuarreTiles in Aylesbury, Changing Walls in South Bucks and Gener8 in Newbury.QuarreTiles. Our community project in Quarrendon Aylesbury has [...]
Developing the Arts
We continue to explore, support and evaluate a number of different arts projects in the future.
Family Matters & the Arts
We have supported our Family Matters programme and have worked in Aylesbury Young Offender Institution, Reading Prison and in the community. Our work in Reading supported Ballads of Reading Jail – [...]
Supporting young people on the edge
We support young people in a variety of ways and in collaboration with a wide spectrum of partners. Take a look at the sort of work we have been involved with.
Transit Dance Project
An example of the way we work is our ‘Transit’ Youth Dance Project. “Dancing is like marching, you have to be in the right step in the right time.” If [...]
Working with victims of domestic abuse
Creative activity is immensely absorbing and rewarding. It can often be the key that opens the door on a brighter and more hopeful future, helping women to change their futures. [...]
Publications for Arts Based Approaches
- Art & Community Safety - An Evaluation of the Community Arts Programme (Feb 2005)
- Art of the Possible – Achieving Change Through Creative Practice (2006) – A pictorial Conference reminder
- SROI – Measurement for the Future – An Evaluation of the Urban Beatz project 2007
- Tales from the Riverbank - A write-up up of the 2007 Lifecrafts Conference by Richard Ings
- Phat Kanz Street Art Support Pack for Young Artists
- Phat Kanz Street Art Support Pack for Support Workers
(Note – these files are very large- you will require Acrobat Reader version 6 or later to read them; if you wish to print you will need to select the “fit to paper” option in Acrobat Reader).
- Runners Support Pack - Designed to accommpany the Runners dvd which looks at the sensitive and difficult issue of young people becoming involved in drug dealing. Dvd copies can be obtained from judy@thamesvalleypartnership.org.uk
- Unlocking Value (2011) – A report by New Philanthropy Capital exploring the economic benefit of the arts in criminal justice.
