Food Matters in Prisons: Sharing good practice

Food plays a critical but under-appreciated role in creating more rehabilitative, safe, and healthy prison environments. Yet transforming the food systems within prisons is a notoriously complex undertaking.

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That’s why, in this webinar, we’ll be sharing inspiring examples of organisations and projects that have been undertaking transformative work in prisons through food, looking at best practice within prisons from across the UK prison system. Join us for insightful discussion with pioneers in prison food initiatives—from professional training restaurants to multi-prison health and wellbeing programmes. Learn how they navigated the prison system, their key takeaways, and practical advice for starting similar projects.

We’ll be joined by Victoria van Rooyen (The Right Course), Pamela Murray and Wendy Handley (NHS Forth Valley), and  David Hill (HMP Buckley Hall), and will be covering:  

• Professional hospitality businesses within prisons: using hospitality skills to transform lives in prison by providing sustainable employment opportunities while inspiring self-belief and values.  
• Running long-term whole-prison healthy eating initiatives across Forth Valley prisons: taking a food systems approach to create health improvement opportunities within the prison + justice system.
• The transformative impact of improving the look, taste and nutritional qualities of prison food: how emotional wellbeing, physical health, and job opportunities were created at HMP Buckley Hall by making improvements to prison food.

Whether you're a policymaker, advocate, practitioner, or simply passionate about food and criminal justice reform, this webinar offers valuable insights into the criminal justice system, and strategies for creating a more humane and effective prison system using food.   This is the second webinar in our ongoing Food in Prisons webinar series - the first one sold out, so make sure to register today to secure your place!