27.11.2025 • News
One Donation. Twice the Impact. Help The Clink Charity raise £100,000 to prevent offending by donating to support a young person to be trained in our Clink Café. Next week, on Tuesday 2 December, our 2025 Big Give campaign begins, during which we are aiming to raise £1,000 to support at-risk young people at The Clink Café. Our new project,... View post
23.06.2025 • News
The Clink Charity are delighted to announce that HRH The Princess Royal has generously agreed to offer her patronage to the charity, in recognition of the work that we do to prevent and reduce reoffending through training, rehabilitation and support. Her Royal Highness supports several organisations working in both the education and training, and criminal justice space, and we are... View post
06.05.2025 • News
The Clink Charity regretfully announces that its restaurant at HMP Styal will close its doors on Thursday 31 July 2025. The Clink and HMP Styal have worked closely together for 10 years, offering training and employment opportunities to women at the prison, as well as providing a socially-conscious, award-winning experience to customers. Due to a number of factors including costs... View post
06.03.2025 • News
“When I was young, I had a pretty normal upbringing with my sister Tia. Family holidays, presents at Christmas, that sort of thing. “After 13 years my parents divorced and my mum got together with someone else. He changed my mum’s life and got her addicted to heroin. “It wasn’t nice seeing my mum on drugs. I had to look... View post
28.01.2025 • News
The Clink Charity is proud and excited to announce that Donna-Marie Edmonds will become its new Chief Executive at the beginning of April this year. Donna steps into the role taking over from Yvonne Thomas who, after more than three years leading The Clink, is retiring from executive responsibilities and moving into a new trustee role in the social justice... View post
01.11.2024 • News
A message to our friends and supporters from Yvonne Thomas, Chief Executive of The Clink Charity. I have had the honour of being the CEO of The Clink Charity since January 2022 and during that time I have been impressed and moved by how our students, graduates and colleagues work together to make rehabilitation a reality. We operate in an... View post
12.07.2024 • News
The Clink Charity is proud to announce that its popular afternoon teas with a difference will return to The Clink Restaurant at HMP Brixton this summer. Visitors to The Clink at Brixton this summer will be treated to an incredibly special afternoon tea inside a working prison, prepared and served by our students. Starting from Friday 5 July and taking... View post
26.04.2024 • News
The Clink Restaurant at HMP Brixton has received two accolades from the People 1st International Hospitality Accreditation Scheme: Gold Accreditation and an AA Highly Commended College Rosette, the highest level of recognition it is possible to receive through the programme. The People 1st International Accreditation Scheme, which has been running since 2012, was created as way to identify the best... View post
08.03.2024 • News
“I am an ex-offender, who resided at HMP Send. I first arrived there just over a year into my sentence, a shy and broken woman, with no confidence and minimal hope for the future. I did, however, have a real desire to make a meaningful change in my life and was adamant that I was not going to leave prison... View post
07.03.2024 • News
To help recognise and celebrate International Women’s Day 2024, we gathered some contributions from the fantastic women at The Clink Charity. My name is Grace and I am a Resettlement Support Worker at The Clink Charity. My work starts within the confined walls of the prison environment, supporting individuals, often with complex needs, to rebuild their lives. When they are... View post
20.02.2024 • News
As the days become longer and the winter months begin to give way to the brighter days of spring, gardens everywhere are bouncing back to life. Steve Head, our Clink Gardens lead trainer, has given us an update on how the Clink Gardens are preparing for the new season at our locations in HMP High Down and HMP Send. New... View post
09.02.2024 • News
The Clink Charity has identified the first students who will take part in its new apprenticeship programme, run in partnership with HIT Training. This will be the first time that apprenticeships have been delivered to serving prisoners. While many of these students have already been working in Clink training schemes and studying towards industry standard hospitality qualifications, the apprenticeship programme... View post
21.12.2023 • News
Thanks to your generosity, The Clink Charity has been able to train over 800 students and deliver over 500 qualifications in prisons this year. Many of these people are now on their way into employment and rebuilding their lives. One of those people is Claire*, who has shared her story with us. We hope you find Claire’s story inspirational and... View post
