TEL : 020 7931 9998 CHARITY NO. 1049095
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VOLUNTEERING FOR FINE CELL WORK
Fine Cell Work has a staff of eight - three of them part-time - and a regular voluntary workforce of around 100.
Our charity has, from its very beginnings, depended on and learned from the expertise and initiative of its volunteers.
Fine Cell Work volunteers work in three main areas:
Teaching embroidery and quilting in prison
Sorting and preparing embroidery materials at FCW's office in London, Victoria.
Helping at FCW sales events around the country
Please be in touch with us if you are interested in volunteering for our charity - you can phone us on 0207 931 9998 and speak to our team or email volunteering@finecellwork.co.uk
Volunteering in prison
"I volunteer at SPS Peterhead. It can be a very challenging environment but on the other hand what else would I do on a Monday evening. When we are sitting round the table in a group the men enjoy the relaxed atmosphere created by the needlework and the freedom from cell life. They are a hard working group who often produce faster than I can supply. They help and support each other with the work both during the evening and back in their blocks. It is great to see the men working together to get the best out of each other."
Annette
“From what he said I calculated that on average he would spend 18 hours a day in bed. That changed. He became so motivated that he just got up and stitched and stitched!”
Volunteer Teacher HMP Glenochil
“I have just come back from the prison and I am still on a high. They were so enthusiastic. Never once did I think of them as prisoners.”
Volunteer, HMP Dovegate
“They clamour for work, and when they have to wait they get very agitated. Every week, three or four women turn up asking to join FCW. The prison keeps saying to me ‘can we send more people down to you’.”
Diana Barbour, FCW volunteer at HMP Drake Hall
“ …He had been moved from prison to prison and was frequently on report for his behaviour and for wreaking havoc in his cell. His stitching has become very important to him and his behaviour has changed. He doesn’t want anything to disqualify him doing his work in-cell or from attending the class – and that’s six months now.”
Volunteer Teacher HMP Glenochil
Volunteering at Fine Cell Work's office
"I became interested in the work following a broadcast on the radio and although I don't go into prisons to teach needlework (I'm sure the work that the prisoners do so beautifully would put me to shame!) I do enjoy the sorting of threads, fabrics and simple stitching which a group of us meet to do. I find it a great joy to play a small part in this wonderful organisation."
Tessa
Our charity has, from its very beginnings, depended on and learned from the expertise and initiative of its volunteers.
Fine Cell Work volunteers work in three main areas:
Teaching embroidery and quilting in prison
Sorting and preparing embroidery materials at FCW's office in London, Victoria.
Helping at FCW sales events around the country
Please be in touch with us if you are interested in volunteering for our charity - you can phone us on 0207 931 9998 and speak to our team or email volunteering@finecellwork.co.uk
Volunteering in prison
"I volunteer at SPS Peterhead. It can be a very challenging environment but on the other hand what else would I do on a Monday evening. When we are sitting round the table in a group the men enjoy the relaxed atmosphere created by the needlework and the freedom from cell life. They are a hard working group who often produce faster than I can supply. They help and support each other with the work both during the evening and back in their blocks. It is great to see the men working together to get the best out of each other."
Annette
“From what he said I calculated that on average he would spend 18 hours a day in bed. That changed. He became so motivated that he just got up and stitched and stitched!”
Volunteer Teacher HMP Glenochil
“I have just come back from the prison and I am still on a high. They were so enthusiastic. Never once did I think of them as prisoners.”
Volunteer, HMP Dovegate
“They clamour for work, and when they have to wait they get very agitated. Every week, three or four women turn up asking to join FCW. The prison keeps saying to me ‘can we send more people down to you’.”
Diana Barbour, FCW volunteer at HMP Drake Hall
“ …He had been moved from prison to prison and was frequently on report for his behaviour and for wreaking havoc in his cell. His stitching has become very important to him and his behaviour has changed. He doesn’t want anything to disqualify him doing his work in-cell or from attending the class – and that’s six months now.”
Volunteer Teacher HMP Glenochil
Volunteering at Fine Cell Work's office
"I became interested in the work following a broadcast on the radio and although I don't go into prisons to teach needlework (I'm sure the work that the prisoners do so beautifully would put me to shame!) I do enjoy the sorting of threads, fabrics and simple stitching which a group of us meet to do. I find it a great joy to play a small part in this wonderful organisation."
Tessa