"None of us can predict the future, but I hope to be leaving prison very soon. I would like to take this opportunity to try to express what Fine Cell Work means to me, has done...

Founding Director of Fine Cell Work, Katy Emck, writes on the connection between iconic Londoner William Shakespeare and our work.

Want to help Fine Cell Work to keep providing paid, creative and productive work to even more prisoners around the country, helping them to acquire skills, confidence and pride and to look forward to a...

For Cressida Bell's first collaboration with Fine Cell Work this British designer, renowned for her uncompromisingly decorative style, has blended the influence of her well-known Bloomsbury Group forebears with diverse sources of inspiration to create...

For those of you who read my blog post last year you will be aware that stitching was my life line when I was diagnosed with depression. This is still true, although I am not...

To coincide with Mental Health Awareness Week, we wanted to share with you a recent letter sent to us by one of our stitchers, Roy, who explains how Fine Cell Work has helped him cope...

It is always a pleasure and honour to be asked to collaborate with an artist or institution such as The Old Vic. These collaborations offer a great opportunity for our stitchers to feel involved in...

Elise Valmorbida is an award-winning and critically acclaimed author and independent film producer. She was the first to propose a creative writing course at Central St Martins in 1997 and continues to teach there today....

The Sleep Quilt is the subject of a beautiful new book with forewords by renowned author Tracy Chevalier (Girl With A Pearl Earring, The Last Runaway) and Fine Cell Work's Founding Director, Katy Emck. Read...