We partnered with the National Literacy Trust on their new pilot project, Readconnect, a series of workshops and events delivered by the NLT and partners across three years at HMP Swaleside with a group of men from A and C wings.
The programme engaged the groups in reading with the children in their lives through storytelling, puppetry and visiting authors.
Kestrel delivered the first of these workshops in June 2022. Working with a book chosen by the men for their child, our storytelling and performance sessions focused on bringing the text to life over the phone through range, pitch, characterisation and improvisation.
Each family member has since been sent their own copy of the same book for the children and men to read along together.
Theatre and films from Kestrel.