To read a summary of the day and the outcomes that we hope to follow, click here “We’ve been unlocked for showers one by one, an officer’s face reveals something wrong. A prisoner hanged, presumed dead though CPS there is no pulse read. While I was in my dreams and in my bed I snuggled, […]

An annual policy event with a difference, this year’s theme will be groundbreaking and captivating. MOVING. HOME. will be a day that focuses on transitions, step changes and building stronger community relationships. Following on from the success of last year’s participatory and interactive debate, Safe Ground will look to ask the difficult questions that are […]

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 […]

Poetry is so easy. So simple in fact, we will make you a poet in 45 minutes. Using your senses, scenarios, scripts and sounds you will be rhyming and performing aloud in no time. Bite Size Poets is a series of mini poetry workshops led by renowned poets and performers Joelle Taylor and Sara Hirsch […]

Poetry is so easy. So simple in fact, we will make you a poet in 45 minutes. Using your senses, scenarios, scripts and sounds you will be rhyming and performing aloud in no time. Bite Size Poets is a series of mini poetry workshops led by renowned poets and performers Joelle Taylor and Sara Hirsch […]

Our poetry workshops turned local Wandsworth residents into Bite Size Poets. Come watch them perform their full size poems, next to illustrious names such as Joelle Taylor and Sara Hirsch. There is an open mic if a poet resides within you, or just come along and stand up for stanzas. Bite Size Poets Mic Night […]

Safe Ground uncovers for the general public the criminal justice history of Battersea, bringing fresh perspectives to well established landmarks and also leading people to places, areas and buildings they would never normally visit. Participants will follow poetic clues leading towards a final destination, which might be a poetry workshop or free entry into a […]

This performance event marks the end of the GROUNDation Poetry Project. GROUNDation II: Poetry, Power, People engages men in prison with the library, literacy, creative writing and public presentations skills. Through active learning, dialogue, debate and expression through writing participants will develop a greater understanding and better relationships with themselves, each other, poetry and the […]

Safe Ground’s annual symposium, entitled Great Minds (Think. Differently.), will continue the participatory debate we began last year with It’s a Man’s World. As usual, the event will include a specially commissioned theatre performance by ‘Playing ON’. This year’s twist on the panel debate and key note speeches will be facilitated by Safe Ground’s Chief Executive, Charlotte Weinberg, and psychoanalyst […]

The fourth and last but by no means least of a four poetry workshop series in HMP Wandsworth running in parallel with workshops being run in the local community. The aim is to engage men in prison with the library, literacy, creative writing and public presentations skills. Through active learning, dialogue, debate and expression through writing […]