Sharing the festive spirit at our Apprentice Christmas Lunch

The Apprentice Christmas Lunch is a very special day in the Fine Cell Work calendar. Our staff look forward to it, as it really brings home what we are trying to achieve through our work...

Fine Cell Work Stitcher Awards 2023

As the year draws to a close, it's the perfect time to reflect on our achievements - and those of Fine Cell Work’s stitchers. In 2023 we gave out 206 Stitcher Awards and bonuses to...

Portraits in Poetry: a series of tapestries by Daisy Constance May Shields

Back in 2020, the Chelsea-based poet and artist Daisy Constance May Shields commissioned Fine Cell Work to produce a series of tapestries to recreate her typewritten poems. The finished works were recently exhibited on Kings Road,...

A Day in the life of Matt, a FCW stitcher

Stitcher Matt works as part of an in-cell stitching group.   Every day, as routinely as I do my daily ablutions, I assess my current stitching project with the discernment of an armchair virtuoso. Yes, I...

Meet the designer - Neisha Crosland

With her second design collaboration for Fine Cell Work launching this week, we wanted to shine a light on the work of the London-based designer Neisha Crosland. Having designed patterns for fabrics and wallpapers, fashion...

Support our appeal

Help prisoners rebuild their lives 'one stitch at a time'. “Fine Cell Work made me feel like I was doing something constructive and creative in a prison environment. And showed me that I am capable...

Our Annual Report

 At Fine Cell Work, we are committed to our mission and immensely proud of our achievements. To learn more about our charitable purposes; what we are set up to do and how we go about...

Become a FCW Mentor

We are recruiting mentors to help support our current and future ‘apprentices’ in the Open The Gate (OTG) programme.

Sewing by Sue: A Stitcher's Story

Previously an in-cell stitcher and later an Open The Gate 'apprentice', Sue has been a part of the Fine Cell Work community for many years. Here’s her story, in her words.  On the waiting list ...