Date: June 28 2007
Release: Immediate
YOUNG OFFENDERS SHOWCASE TALENTS AT ART EXHIBITION IN
READING
Artwork produced by talented young offenders in the south of
England’s secure establishments will be showcased for the first
time at the headquarters of international education charity CfBT
Education Trust in Reading next month.
CfBT Education Trust manages education and training programmes in a
number of institutions for young people under the age of 18,
including HMYOI Huntercombe near Henley-on-Thames. Every year, the
charity helps around 1,000 young adults to improve their
educational achievements and build their vocational skills.
The art exhibition, taking place on July 5, 2007, will celebrate
the achievements of the young people who benefit from CfBT’s
education and training programmes which include art and design.
Young people from HM Huntercombe YOI, Oakhill Secure Training
Centre and HMP Woodhill juvenile unit in Milton Keynes, and young
women in the Josephine Butler Unit at HMP Downview in Sutton and
Sir Evelyn House at HMP Cookham Wood in Rochester will be taking
part in the exhibition. Their work, created as part of the art and
design curriculum led by CfBT’s teaching staff in the secure
estate, will be judged by CfBT’s Chief Executive Neil McIntosh on
Thursday July 5 at 2.30pm at CfBT’s Queens Road office.
Lesley Moore, Director of Schools & Justice Services at CfBT
Education Trust said: “We are looking forward to seeing this unique
arts exhibition visit Reading. The Arts play an important part in
the education of young people in the secure estate, providing them
with the opportunity to explore and develop both technical and
critical skills. Many of the young people exhibiting have never
studied art before; the standard of artwork produced is outstanding
and I am delighted to recognise the talents of these young people
in this way”.
Up to 90 works of art including painting, drawing, sculpture,
animation and sound installations are to be included in the
exhibition and the public are welcome to view it at CfBT’s offices
on 60 Queens Road, Reading, from 2pm to 5pm on Thursday July 5,
2007.
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Notes for Editors:
CfBT
Education Trust is a leading education consultancy and service
organisation. Our objective is to provide education for public
benefit both in the UK and internationally. Established 40 years
ago CfBT Education Trust now has an annual turnover exceeding £100
million and employs more than 2,000 staff worldwide who support
educational reform, teach, advise, research and train.
As a not-for-profit organisation we re-invest around £1 million
of our surpluses every year for practice-based educational
research.
Visit www.cfbt.com for more information.
For more information contact:
Gillian Parry
Marketing Communications Officer
CfBT Education Trust
60 Queens Road
Reading
Berkshire
RG1 4BS
Tel: 0118 902 1221
gparry@cfbt.com