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Case Studies Youth Justice Board Magazine - Bullying is not cool - 'Choices' film: - 'Boosted the boys' confidence and gave them a sense of pride and responsibility.' - After returning from the 2003 Amaudo project in Nigeria (see 'Previous Experience') Restorative Arts UK was approached by the Youth Justice Board to give an interview for their article about 'Choices' a film which depicts the possible causes and effects of bullying upon young men at Young Offender Institution's (YOI's). It is the product of twelve workshops with a group of young men at HMYOI Thorn Cross, where we facilitated our Responsibility, Empathy and Tolerance (RET) process to engage the young men to contemplate and envisage the consequences of their behaviour on those around them. The participants devised, produced, performed and directed 'Choices' for the benefit of new inductions into the YOI environment as part of a wider on going programme. To read more click here Satellite Broadcast - The Echo, Liverpool - '...a fascinating glimpse inside our justice system and gave four men a chance to be heard.' - The Denied was a first time event within the UK and consisted of Art installations, an 'In conversation with...' Professor James McGuire, Criminologist and a live satellite linked devised performance between the Paul McCartney Auditorium (LIPA) and a Probation Hostel on Merseyside. To read more click here The Bard Behind Bars - The News, Portsmouth: - 'We have to break the offending cycle somehow. Drama can do that.' - Prior to the project in Melbourne, Australia in 2004 Restorative Arts UK were approached to give an interview for The News (Hampshire) regarding our Multi Dimentional Restorative Programme with a juvenile and Young Offenders unit. To read more click here Insiders Story - The Daily Post, Liverpool -'Two men played prisoners incarcerated in 2103 and another two portrayed their captors with the themes of prejudice and loss of freedom intertwined.' The Denied was a devised performance by men and young men serving sentences at HMP Liverpool, HMYOI Thorn Cross and a Merseyside Probation Hostel. Through Music, Drama and Visual Arts exercises the process explored participants perspectives on the lives they have led as well as the present and future consequences of their actions. To read more click here Listen to examples of work produced 'UNTOLD STORIES' - Melbourne and Malmsbury Juvenile Justice Centres, Australia: - In 2004 Restorative Arts UK was commissioned to facilitate a first time Collaborative Arts project working with young men from Melbourne and Malmsbury Juvenile Justice Centres in Australia. Restorative Arts UK worked in conjunction with the Victoria YMCA on a six week project using our specialised RET (Responsibility, Empathy and Tolerance) process to engage the participants in addressing the actions and consequences of offending behaviour. Music, Drama, Visual Arts, Lyric Writing and Multi Media techniques were explored and used to convey the individual stories of the young men's past, present and future lives. Below are four extracts from the devised work created, produced and performed solely by the participants through the RET process. "Keep it real" - A Nelson Mandela speech chosen and performed by two Aboriginal participants as part of their response to issues of prejudice and Race. click here "Don't wanna be the same!" A piece of lyrical and visual work devised, produced and performed by a participant who wanted to reflect on the choices he had made and contemplate a better future for himself. "I wake up every day with a thousand thoughts on my mind, living the life i'm living wanting to press rewind. Always tryin my hardest to achieve my biggest goal but i'm locked inside a mind that is out of control with family trouble, drug use, pier pressure shit - sometimes it's too much and I just wanna quit but gotta keep moving gotta get my life straight and do this all now coz there's no time to be late so I grab the mic now put the drugs down get up in your system and rock your ****ing town. Give no time to agression show no fear towards depression i've been locked up too long now I think i've learnt my lesson, and when the light shines and I start to awake there's thoughts in my mind of how to escape - to escape my own mind state fact or false i'm trapped inside a body that is hard to find a pulse but when negative thoughts dominate there's nothing you can do, knowing what you're doing is wrong can always leave you blue times two."click here "Imprisoned by four walls for boys" A piece devised and performed by a participant who decided to explore the consequences of re offending.click here HMP Liverpool - Big House Arts - Work devised with participants serving sentences at HMP Liverpool. Creative Writing, Drama and Music techniques were used to develop collaborative pieces of work which produced a platform for the men to gain a wider perspective on their individual life choices and shared experiences. "As I look back..." click here "The Beauty of love..."click here "If I look through my window." click here
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