CJS Research and Reports

Our work has a personal and social impact and is underpinned by evidence-based theory. Our work within the Criminal Justice Service has been and continues to be independently evaluated and we are working towards furthering our research in an academic context.

Our current work in HMP/YOI Winchester is being researched in conjunction with the HMPPS National Research Committee.

We are proud to have a report published in the NCJAA Evidence Library.

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Applied Theatre is a powerful tool for opening dialogue, raising voices, conflict resolution and personal transformation.

Academic Reports

Creating Change Report 2018/19 

Creating Change Evaluation Report Appendix 2019/20

HMP/ YOI Pilot report 2018

Creating Change Summary Report 2019/20

Creating Change Evaluation Report 2019/20

Creating Change Evaluation Report 2022

Press and Articles

Article in Hampshire Chronicle for HMP/YOI Winchester - Saving Face 2019

Inside Times review HMP/ YOI Winchester, Saving Face 2019

Creating Change Article Basingstoke Gazette 2019

"[BFT] establishes a safe and informal learning space that promotes play and spontaneous interactions within a group, allowing participants to deconstruct their identities through a guided process, enabling groups to share their lived experiences within an ethical and forward looking framework, ensuring individuals and the collective are protected from reliving previous lived trauma."

Independant Report 2023

"I use an interdisciplinary lens to observe, analyse and interpret work designed and facilitated by BearFace Theatre CIC (BFT). This involves drawing on evidence based practice and theory from Applied Theatre, Applied Criminology, Sociology and Psychology. BFT uses a process that is co produced and ultimately participant led."

Alex Russell, Independent Researcher