Celebrating International Women’s Day
March 8th is International Women’s Day, so to celebrate we’re looking back over some of the work we’ve done with women over the years! The Irene Taylor Trust was of [...]
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“This is the best therapy available”: Mental Health Awareness Week
Mental Health Awareness Week is a good reason to celebrate the impact the work we do has on supporting people’s mental health and well-being. The people we work with are [...]
Sounding Out: The story so far…
In 2012 we formalised our support for former prisoners on release by developing the Sounding Out programme. To date four bands have emerged from the programme and the [...]
Celebrating 25 years in November
We’re celebrating 25 years of the Irene Taylor Trust throughout November up to 25/11/20, which officially marks our 25th anniversary! Join us as we share memories & [...]
Lullaby Project featured on BBC Proms At Home
We’re delighted to feature on this week’s BBC Proms interactive Proms At Home, which profiles our Lullaby Project. Creative workshop leader Lucy Drever interviews some [...]
Sounding Out band feature on Changing Lives Podcast
The Pinnacle, the latest band to emerge from our Sounding Out ex-prisoner musicians programme, feature in the new edition of the ‘Changing Lives’ podcast. In [...]
Sounding Out band The Pinnacle go ‘Unplugged’
We’re proud to present ‘Unplugged’, the second collection from Sounding Out ex-prisoner band ‘The Pinnacle’. The band focussed on creating stripped-back [...]
New Sounding Out band ‘The Pinnacle’ to perform at Southbank Centre 11.10.19
As part of ‘Koestler Curates’, we are very excited that The Pinnacle, the latest band to emerge from our Sounding Out programme for ex-prisoner musicians, will make their [...]
Colourful Radio interview with Artistic Director Sara
Last week our Artistic Director Sara Lee was a guest on Colourful Radio, interviewed by Jacqueline Malcolm on her Jabber Talk show. In a wonderfully wide-ranging interview, [...]
Re: Lease: Music in Prisons & Sounding Out at Snape Maltings 24.08.19
We are delighted to be part of Re: Lease, a celebration of the arts in criminal justice at Snape Maltings in Suffolk on Saturday 24 August. Snape Maltings is marking 20 years [...]
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