18.01.2019  •  News

The Clink Charity raises £35,000 for their prisoner rehabilitation initiative

An evening of fine food and entertainment on Friday 11th January, saw The Clink Charity Ball raise £35,000 for their prisoner rehabilitation initiative. The evening involved catering college students from Westminster Kingsway, Clink graduates and Centrepoint students all cooking and serving a delicious meal to the 350 guests. Held in association with venue partner Royal Lancaster London on Hyde Park,... View post

13.12.2018  •  News

Christmas Gifts from The Clink

If you’re looking for Christmas presents for someone special or someone who’s difficult to buy for, take a little something home from our shop and help to support The Clink Charity’s work even further. Choose from mugs,chutneys, cookbooks, tea towels, bags and more. All proceeds go directly to the charity to fund future prisoner training projects and support graduates as... View post

26.11.2018  •  News

Christmas Menu at The Clink Restaurant

Christmas is the season for goodwill to all and there is nowhere better to celebrate the festive season than at The Clink Restaurant. The menu has the festive favourites including roast turkey with apricot and sage stuffing and pigs in blankets followed by traditional Christmas pudding, but also a tantalising range of fine dishes for those wanting something different. These... View post

16.11.2018  •  News

Graduate Reunion at The Clink Cafe

On Friday 12th October, we held the first ‚ÄòGraduate Reunion’ for all the women who have been through The Clink programme at HMP Styal, since it openedin April 2015. Graduates, as well as friends and families, attended the event at The Clink Café in Manchester and were entertained on arrival by Mr Alexander Wells, the amazing magician, illusionist and conjurer.... View post

09.11.2018  •  News

A report from the Social Gastronomy Summit in Rio by Chris Moore, The Clink’s Chief Executive

In 2012 Chris Moore, Chief Executive of The Clink Charity, visited Rio and The Clink joined Refettorio Gastromotiva, an initiative set up by chefs Massimo Bottura & David Hertzand journalist Ale Forbes, to contribute to fighting food waste, malnutrition and social exclusion. Refettorio – in latin Reficere – means recuperate and restore. At the Refettorio Gastromotiva recuperating food is just... View post

04.09.2018  •  News

The autumn menu arrives at The Clink Restaurants

With the change of season The Clink Restaurant, the unique prison dining experience, is launching its new autumn menu. Making the most of the wonderful seasonal ingredients the new menu provides a wealth of delicious dishes for all palates. The new lunch menu, available in all four of The Clink Restaurants – HMP Brixton, HMP Styal, HMP High Down and... View post

07.08.2018  •  News

The Clink Charity appoints new Trustees and Ambassador

The Clink Charity is delighted to announce the appointment of Jeremy Paxman, Shabaz Mohammed and Bojana Ignjatovic as Trustees and Lady Edwina Grosvenor as a Clink Ambassador for its female graduates. In taking up this new role Lady Edwina will be stepping down as a Trustee of the charity. Finlay Scott, Chairman of The Clink Charity said: “On behalf of... View post

03.08.2018  •  News

Book Clink Events for your autumn party

Are you planning an autumn or winter party? Whether it’s a small gathering or a dinner for lots of guests, let Clink Events prepare and cook the food for your party. Food is prepared by serving prisoners at HMP Downview in Surrey and delivered to events in refrigerated vehicles. The food is served at events by graduates of the Clink... View post

25.07.2018  •  News

Cardiff receives Certificate of Excellence from TripAdvisor

Congratulations to the team in our restaurant at HMP Cardiff who have received a Certificate of Excellence from TripAdvisor for five years of consistently high ratings and reviews from guests who have dined in our restaurant. Thank you to all of those who continue to support our work in training prisoners for those who want, need and deserve a second... View post

19.07.2018  •  News

General Manager Catrin Aherne wins third place at ACE Robyns Awards 2018

Catrin Aherne, General Manager of our Styal restaurant, was awarded third place at the ACE Robyns Awards on Wednesday 18th July. Guests boarded the Bateaux London and following a boat trip along the Thames, the finalists were revealed in front of 150 guests. The ACE Robyns awardswere created in memory of CH&CO co-founder Robyn Jones OBE and the 12 finalists... View post

03.05.2018  •  News

National Gardening Week 2018 – A Clink Gardens graduate shares her story

  To celebrate National Gardening Week (30th April – 6th May 2018) we’re celebrating our Clink Gardens graduates’ amazing achievements. Here’s Georgia’s* story… Georgia was sent to HMP Send after being charged with fraud in 2015. During her induction, she met Gary Gates, the Clink Gardens General Manager Trainer, who really impressed her so she applied to work in the... View post

23.04.2018  •  News

Justice Data Lab Results: April 2018

Success for The Clink Charity following independent report confirming reoffending has reduced by 49.6% New data analysis from a report conducted by the Justice Data Lab (JDL) and the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) provides evidence that prisoners participating in The Clink Charity’s innovative hospitality training scheme in partnership with HMPPS reduces reoffending rates, with the report stating the charity has... View post

19.04.2018  •  News

Q&A with Gary Gates at The Clink Gardens

As the sunshine hasfinally arrived, it’s the perfect time to find out what’s going on over in The Clink gardens at HMP Send.We caught up with Gary Gates, our General Manager Trainer for the Clink Gardens, to find out what a typical day looks like, what we’re growing in the gardens this year and how he’s helping our prisoners in... View post