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A Decade of Impact and Growth at Social Interest Group
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Make Your Mark is a creative self-development drop-in programme designed for women. Participants are supported through a process of personal reflection and creative self-expression. They are invited to tell their story and make their mark in this space.
Make Your Mark is a creative self-development drop-in programme designed for women. Participants are supported through a process of personal reflection and creative self-expression. They are invited to tell their story and make their mark in this space.
Personal reflection, self-expression and group discussion are inspired by various creative stimuli, including self-portraiture; abstract painting; speech writing; drama; artistic manifesto; performance art; collage; poetry, and spoken word.
Women benefit from participating in each stand-alone session, although attendance at all eight sessions is encouraged.
8 weeks.
8 weekly sessions, each lasting 2 hours.
Delivered on a part-time basis.
6-12 participants (18+).
2 x Female Programme Facilitators
Quality assurance (train the trainer), co-delivery, and direct delivery models are available.
Over eight sessions, Make Your Mark participants reported significant increases in the ability to:
Participant at HMP Wandsworth.
Participant at YOI Wetherby.
Participant at HMP Berwyn.
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Celebrating a Decade of Collaboration and Innovation
