Current Projects

Currently the company is engaged in several projects:

Ongoing Programmes

Talent 4..

We have recently received confirmation of funding towards a programme that will allow prisoners to re/define their life/work choices. Drawing on learning and vocation psychology, the science of aptitude and creative practice, this programme will enable participants to discover (a) what their innate talents are, and (b) what professions there are in which these aptitudes can most effectively play a part. Piloting of this programme will begin in early 2010.

The Truth About Crime and Justice in the UK

We are in the early stages of a visual arts project which begins with the frightening statistics of overcrowding and mental health problems in Britain's prisons, and will involve a range of artists delivering their interpretations of the current situation in an exhibition context. (see more)

Say Goodnight... - Six Films About Gang Life

Filmed in five different prisons with six different groups of prisoners, Rideout is now completing the second leg of this project (Say Goodnight to the Bad Guy) that started in 2008. Each film is a short feature, based on the ideas and experiences of the group, created using green-screen techniques.

Funding for this programme comes from Arts Council England Grants for the Arts, The Nationwide Foundation, and The Lankelly Chase Foundation.