As part of Safe Ground’s 21st Birthday celebrations, there will be an Open House event at our Battersea offices to mark the charity’s inauguration day. This will be a fantastic opportunity for the public to drop in and learn more about the organisation’s history. Hear first-hand accounts of the impact of Safe Ground’s programmes from Alumni members and delivery staff, watch film screenings from our archives, visit the pop-up gallery space where Alumni art work will be on display and attend an object handling session with Stewart McLaughlin from Wandsworth Prison Museum. Drop by at any point in the day.

Itinerary

10am – 10.30am Breakfast bites

10.30am – 10.45am  Executive Director, Charlotte Weinberg – Home in Hearts [Talk: Who is Safe Ground now?]

10.45am – 11am  Founder, Antonia Rubinstein – History of Safe Ground [Talk]

11.15am – 11.30am Alumni Member, Gus – Family Man, Transitions, Man Up + Safe Ground (inc. screening of “Transitions”) [Talk]

11.30am – 11.45am  Trustee and Head of Family Interventions, Corin Morgan-Armstrong – Parc Life [Talk]

12pm – 12.15pm Alumni Member, Michael Brown – Professional Love [Talk] TBC

12.30pm – 12.45pm Alumni Member, Jason Smith – Write Out [Poetry reading]

12.45pm – 1pm General Manager, Jatinder Kailey – Curator’s tour of exhibition

1pm – 1.30pm Lunch bites

1.30pm – 2pm Historian and Museum Curator, Stewart McLaughlin – History of HMP Wandsworth [Talk]

2.15pm – 2.30pm Artist, Matt Hopwood – Human Love Story [Talk]

2.45pm – 3pm GROUNDation explained + video [Talk & screening]

3pm – 3.15pm Katherine Low Settlement – Home [poetry readings]

3.30pm – 4.15pm Wandsworth Youth Council panel debate – Home and safety (young people’s ideas on prison, community and safety) TBC

4.15pm – 5pm Tea + Cake

This event will be free to attend but capacity is limited. To confirm your place please book your tickets here.