28.11.2025 • News
We are absolutely delighted to announce that The Clink Charity has won a competitive commercial procurement process to retain our restaurant at HMP Brixton for a further five years. This is the culmination not only of a year of hard work, but of 11 years of reducing reoffending, setting exceptional standards and working side by side with our friends and... View post
27.11.2025 • News
On Thursday 13th November, The Clink Restaurant at HMP Brixton was delighted to welcome back one of our graduates Nathaniel Mortley, aka NattyCanCook, who prepared and cooked a delicious meal alongside our current cohort of students. Around 70 guests joined us on the evening to enjoy a pan-Caribbean menu including delicious dishes like rice and peas arancini, beef short ribs... View post
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
12.09.2025 • Events
We are hugely excited and privileged to announce that chef Jon Watts will be joining us for a very special evening on Thursday 9 October. Jon will be working alongside our students and staff in The Clink Restaurant at HMP Brixton on an unforgettable menu inspired by his best-selling cookery books, as well as talking about his remarkable journey. Jon... 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
17.09.2024 • Events
Join us at The Clink Restaurant HMP Styal for a special evening of fine food and poetry on Thursday 7 November! Included in the ticket price is a delicious three-course meal cooked by our students and an arrival drink. All proceeds from the evening will go to The Clink Charity. Tickets can be purchased here: https://www.tickettailor.com/events/theclinkcharity/1383054 Joy Winkler and John Lindley first... View post
17.09.2024 • Events
Come and join Parklife and The Warehouse Project co-founder, Sacha Lord at The Clink Restaurant, HMP Styal this October for an insightful talk and delicious three course dinner. Recounting the heady days of ‘Madchester’ and 24 hour party people, Sacha will recall anecdotes from his Sunday Times bestselling book ‘Tales from the Dancefloor’, and talk about his fascinating career, starting... View post
12.07.2024 • Events
Join us on Wednesday 25th September to raise vital funds for our students and graduates at ‘Clink at the Canalside’. Enjoy a BBQ, prize draw, live auction and more on the evening courtesy of our hosts at Rotunda bar & restaurant in King’s Cross. Canapes, 2 cocktails or sparkling wine on arrival, two-course BBQ meal and 2 drinks to enjoy... 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
