Our Newsletter is produced twice a year. It includes information and updates on the Oswin Project and our initiatives, as well as examples of Oswinners experiences with the charity.
To subscribe to our email newsletter, please fill in the form below. We take your privacy very seriously, we will not share your contact details with anyone else. We do use Mailchimp to manage our list, and you can unsubscribe at any time.
News
-
One year of wonderful Cake and changing lives at Cafe 16 in Newcastle Cathedral
Today Café 16 in Newcastle Cathedral celebrates its first full year of operation. In that time, as well as serving breakfast, lunch and cake to the general public, we have catered afternoon teas, conferences, birthday parties, meetings, cathedral events, civic events, and even served lunch to a member of the royal family. It’s not been…
-
Café 16 at Newcastle cathedral hosts a food aid dinner with creative rewards.
On 20th July dining was turned upside down in Café 16 at Newcastle Cathedral! 50 diners chose their unique bowls created and donated by potters across the area, then filled them up with a delicious vegan and gluten free chilli. Local Community Interest Company, The Clay Team and local Charity the Oswin Project are organising…
-
Lord Lieutenant Retirement Afternoon Tea
On Sunday 8th May Café 16 in Newcastle Cathedral provided afternoon tea following Choral Evensong. This was to mark the retirement of Mrs Sue Winfield OBE,CstJ, Lord Lieutenant of Tyne & Wear. The beneficiaries of the collection were the Oswin Project and Newcastle Cathedral. The Oswin Project is most grateful to Mr Gavin Black CBE Vice Lord Lieutenant…
-
Community Foundation Grant helps give prison leavers a second chance
A grant from the Pattinson Estate Agents Fund at the Community Foundation Tyne & Wear and Northumberland, has supported a mentoring project that helps prison leavers into employment. Oswin Project works closely with HMP Northumberland aiming to break the cycle of re-offending by sourcing paid employment and apprenticeships with businesses and other agencies for ex-offenders…
-
Letter to The Times 8th March
Fiona Sample our CEO wrote a letter to the Times on the 8th of March, highlighting the importance of rehabilitation as part of the Government’s prison building programme.
-
Inaugural prisoner rehabilitation conference by charity The Oswin Project hailed a landmark success
A landmark new Northeast conference forum for the rehabilitation of former prisoners took place in Newcastle this week and has been hailed a great success by participants including Northumbria Police and Crime Commissioner Kim McGuinness, CEO of the Northeast England Chamber of Commerce John McCabe and Lindsay Blackmoor Deputy Director of HMP Northumberland. As keynote…
-
BBC Radio Newcastle Interview with Fiona Sample
On Sunday the 20th of February, Fiona Sample our CEO was interviewed by Kelly Scott on Breakfast on BBC Radio Newcastle. She spoke about the effect of COVID 19 on Prisons and Prisoners, the role The Oswin Project plays in giving second chances to ex-offenders, and our upcoming conference & art show entitled “Changing Perceptions”
-
Changing Perceptions: A Prison Art Exhibition
Changing Perceptions: A Prison Art Exhibition will be opening on Tuesday 1 March 2022. This innovative exhibition will showcase artworks created within a selection of prisons, challenging society’s preconceived attitudes towards prisoners and prisons. Exhibited in the Cathedral’s Refectory, the exhibition will run until Sunday 3 April 2022. We will be hosting a Preview…
-
Oswin Project Conference 2022
The Oswin Project is holding a conference on 2nd March at Newcastle Cathedral, the theme is ‘ Changing perceptions’. A panel of people with ‘lived experience’ are guiding the day; speakers include Kameel Khan, the inspiration behind Project ReMake, Darren Burns, National Recruitment Ambassador for Timpson’s, Kim McGuiness , police and crime commissioner, Lance Harris…
-
Bishop of Newcastle Leaving Service
On Sunday, the Diocese of Newcastle held a goodbye service to mark Bishop Christine Hardman’s retirement. Oswin’s CEO (Fiona Sample) and Chair of Trustees (Pam Walker MBE) spoke at the event, expressing thanks to the Bishop, and her husband Roger; a long serving trustee of the Oswin Project. You can view two clips from…
