Human Touch - One Year On

It is hard to believe that one year has passed since we closed the doors on Human Touch - our unique exhibition of artworks designed in collaboration with eight of the world's leading contemporary artists. We welcomed hundreds, possibly...

How Fine Cell Work is Keeping the Sewing Going

It has been a challenging year for us all and here at Fine Cell Work we have had to make significant changes to how we work in order to ensure that we are still able to provide meaningful,...

Stitching through a pandemic

Over the past six months, Fine Cell Work has worked really hard to adapt our way of working in order to continue providing much needed support for the people at the heart of our organisation...

'Stitchers' by Esther Freud

An exclusive archival recording of 'Stitchers', the fantastic debut play by renowned writer Esther Freud, was broadcast by Jermyn Street Theatre on 10, 11 & 12 September 2020. Read on to hear what inspired Esther to...

Volunteer with us!

VOLUNTEERS In the years since fine Cell work was first established, our community has grown to include more than 100 volunteers involved in directly delivering our programmes. There are multiple ways for volunteers to get...

How It's Made... Colour Theory

Originally written for Stitch Up - our bi-annual newsletter for our prison stitchers Have you ever wondered how designers and artists find the perfect colour combination? They use colour theory. Colour theory is a practical combination...

How It's Made... Wool

Originally written for Stitch Up - our bi-annual newsletter for our prison stitchers - below is a brief background to the history of wool. The hairy coats of many wild animals provided our ancestors with...

Volunteers' Week 2020

At Fine Cell Work, we are incredibly fortunate to have the most formidable team of volunteers supporting our work. Without them, we would not be able to support our service users in such a meaningful way. Our...

How To... Herringbone Stitch

Learn how to hand-embroider by joining Fine Cell Work's new Virtual Stitch Club. The fifth stitch we're teaching is Herringbone Stitch, simple but effective with lots of potential for fun embellishment with contrasting thread colours....