07.04.2022 • News
Since reopening three of our restaurants at HMPs Brixton, Cardiff and Styal towards the end of last year, our trainers have been delighted to welcome new and returning students to complete their City & Guilds qualifcations. In recent weeks, the students have been busy preparing, cooking and serving our delicious spring menu featuring dishes including grilled mackerel & charred grapefruit... View post
22.02.2022 • News
This year, we are delighted to be one of the twelve charities working with Sporting Chance, a platform that gives charities a new opportunity to raise funds for their work. Sporting Chance work with their partners to organise a prize draw where potential winners can enter the draw for as little as a £10 donation to win some fantastic sporting... View post
20.01.2022 • Events
It is with regret that we have decided to postpone The Clink Charity Ball until Friday 22nd July. Having taken into account the present Covid situation, and whilst still wishing to support the hospitality industry, the decision has been made that we cannot put our graduates, students and staff at risk. The Ball is a major fundraiser for the charity... View post
22.12.2021 • News
Yvonne Thomas has been appointed as the new Chief Executive of The Clink Charity and will be joining the charity in January 2022. She will replace Christopher Moore who will be leaving the charity this month after 11 years running the charity. Yvonne joins having had three decades of leadership experience gained across public and private sector organisations including BT,... View post
21.09.2021 • News
Chris Moore is to step down from his role as Chief Executive of The Clink Charity after eleven years. The Clink Charity trains serving prisoners to gain their City and Guilds National Vocational Qualifications in hospitality and horticulture, in a real-life working environment whilst serving their sentence and supports them upon release into the community to gain full time employment... View post
03.09.2021 • Events
We are delighted to announce that The Clink Charity Ball returns on Friday 4th February 2022 to the Royal Lancaster after a two year break. Enjoy dinner with wine prepared and served by Clink graduates, students from Westminster Kingsway and Centrepoint students in training with Clink Events. Bid in the auction, enter the raffle, hear from Clink graduates and dance... View post
24.08.2021 • News
Thousands of offenders will be steered away from a life of crime thanks to the roll-out of The Clink training kitchen scheme to 25 jails by the end of the year, Prisons Minister Alex Chalk has announced. Already running at prisons including HMPs Bristol, Downview, and Styal, the programme sees prisoners train in professionally-run prison kitchens for up to 35... View post
20.07.2021 • News
The 2021 Virgin Money London Marathon will take place this year on Sunday 3rd October and we are delighted to announce that our very own James Walters, who works in The Clink Events team, will be running in aid of The Clink Charity. James said, “Hospitality, and especially events, have taken a massive hit recently and this has had a... View post
16.07.2021 • News
The Julia and Hans Rausing Trust have made a 3 year commitment to fund The Clink Charity (£6m) in order to roll out The Clink Kitchens. The Clink Kitchens is the latest programme developed by The Clink Charity as part of their Clink Integrated Rehabilitation Programme (CIRP). For the first time in custodial services, the sector is driving the training... View post
06.07.2021 • News
Clink Events, the external catering service run by innovative prisoner training scheme The Clink Charity, will be partnering with Woolwich Works, London as an approved caterer when they open their doors on the 23rd September 2021. Woolwich Works has transformed five historic Grade II and Grade II* listed buildings on the Royal Arsenal into what is set to become a... View post
24.06.2021 • News
Celebrity chef and restaurateur Cyrus Todiwala OBE DL has been appointed Group Chef Ambassador for The Clink Charity. He follows in the footsteps of Albert Roux OBE who previously held the post. Cyrus is a long-time supporter of The Clink Charity’s work in reducing reoffending. He previously held the post of chef ambassador for The Clink Restaurant at HMP Brixton,... View post
18.06.2021 • News
Our students training at The Clink Restaurant at HMP Brixton have been busy preparing for summer and we are delighted to announce the launch of the NEW summer menu from Clink@Home. Featuring delicious starters, main courses and desserts including sun-dried tomato & parmesan arancini, jerk chicken with rice, peas & coleslaw and baked lemon cheesecake with berry compote. Complement your... View post
23.02.2021 • News
Following the success of three Clink Kitchens pilot sites set up in February 2018 at HMP Bristol, HMP Risley and HMP Styal, The Clink Charity and Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service are delighted to announce the adoption of the scheme across more UK prisons. The Clink Kitchens is the latest programme developed by The Clink Charity as part of... View post
