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Here Richard shares his story for The PPT Winter Appeal, giving back to the charity that helped him in prison. Richard spent most of his early life in ‘the system’: growing up in care, his autism undiagnosed, he got into trouble, served time in detention centres and borstal, and eventually prison. But today the chaos and suffering that once surrounded him is in the past. With support from meditation and yoga, he is leading a meaningful life: he volunteers to read more
Support yoga and meditation in prison by buying festive cards designed for The Prison Phoenix Trust by artists in prison. We’ve chosen two great designs from scores of entries to this year’s competition. Andrew in HMP Moorland created the snowy scene and Lindsey in HMP Eastwood Park the yoga robins design. Place your order here. Mixed packs of 10 cards cost £7 (inc P&P). Payment can be by bank transfer to CAF Bank account 00029577, sort code: 40-52-40, putting reference read more
The Prison Phoenix Trust has reached a milestone of 10 contracts providing yoga, meditation or mindfulness programmes to prisons throughout England. People serving sentences in HMP Maidstone now have the chance to take care of their mental and physical health with regular yoga and meditation classes in the prison’s new sports hall. The contract to deliver a year of yoga classes was awarded through the Ministry of Justice Dynamic Purchasing System and guarantees reliability and certainty for prison staff and read more