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Lifelong fan cheers for own runner
His horse didn’t win but it was a big day for Martin Winstanley, who works as a baker at a prison in Morpeth but escaped yesterday to cheer for Watch House Cross, being a member of the syndicate that owns the six-year-old. A lifelong fan of racing, Winstanley was given a syndicate membership in another…
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Fiona Sample interviewed on BBC Radio Newcastle
On the 8th of March Fiona Sample, CEO of The Oswin Project was interviewed on BBC Newcastle alongside Tony Simpson from Sodexo. Fiona talked about the work The Oswin Project does on our bakery and café inside HMP Northumberland, and our work supporting people on release from prison into employment and education. You can listen…
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Fiona Sample spoke at the Care Farming Event
On the 9th of March Fiona Sample spoke at the northern care farming event at Ouseburn Urban Farm organised by the Churchill Fellowship. The event promoted awareness of the social value of farming and speakers were from a range of projects including those working with people impacted by mental health, those with criminal records and…
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Poem about The Oswin Project
We operate a training Kitchen and Bakery inside HMP Northumberland called Cafe 16. Last week we received this poem from a serving prisoner applying to work in our Bakery. Here at Oswin we give you a second chanceCome have a look, get in touch, have a glanceWe do all manners of work on the outChallenging,…
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Fiona Sample spoke at CLA Conference
At a conference organised by the Country Land and Business Association (CLA), the largest rural landowner group in the country, Chief Executive Officer of The Oswin Project, Fiona Sample, outlined the benefits of offering a second chance to people with criminal records at rural businesses.
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Fourstones Church
Our ‘Inside & Out’ Team recently repainted the historic wooden St. Aidan’s Church in Fourstones built in 1892.
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NEPACs Awards for Fiona & Caroline
Following nomination by a service user, Fiona Sample (CEO) and Caroline Chrisp (Mentor Manager) yesterday won Awards for service to rehabilitation at the NEPACs Ruth Cranfield Awards 2022. The awards have been running since 2004 and in 2018 were renamed in honour of long standing Nepacs’ patron Ruth Cranfield who had the vision and energy…
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NDGW22: Generous Judgements
It is generosity week in the Church of England, and for day 3 Newcastle Diocese produced this video about Café 16, our joint enterprise with Newcastle Cathedral. Café 16 opened in August 2021, in the year since we have; used 150kg of Coffee, poured 2,500 litres of hot drinks, made 6 thousand lunches, and served…
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Inside & Out have been working at Nunnykirk Hall
Last month, the Inside & Out team were working at Nunnykirk Hall, a historic building near Morpeth and the site of a now closed specialist school. The team have been busy “de-schooling” the building; removing furniture and noticeboards, repairing damaged walls and ceilings, and painting and cutting back overgrown sections of the gardens. Because it was such…
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2,400 Sandwiches for Prison Visitors in HMP Northumberland
Following a conversation with Nepacs, who run the visitor centre in HMP Northumberland, Café 16 started supplying fresh sandwiches for visiting families in June of this year. Approximately 2,400 sandwiches later, the Team are now supplying Sausage Rolls, Chocolate Muffins and Baker Martin is developing a Vegan pastry. Head baker Martin, assistant manager Chloe and the prisoners…
