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Sycamore Tree Project® Celebration

Hundreds of PF England/Wales staff, volunteers and supporters joined several Sycamore Tree Project® victim participants for a joyous celebration at Holy Trinity Church in Coventry, England. Victims and other STP participants told moving stories of how they have been impacted by the project.

Evaluation of the Sycamore Tree Project®

The Sycamore Tree Project® is an in-prison restorative justice programme designed to help offenders understand the impact of crime on victims and the community. PF England and Wales, having implemented this programme in several prisons, recently released results of a programme evaluation.

Transforming Offenders in England and Wales

In a courtroom in London (UK) a young man accused of robbery changes his plea to guilty. Another young man asks for undisclosed offences to be taken into account and as a result gets a stiffer sentence. A drug-trafficker doing time in prison repents and seeks to rebuild his life. A murderer serving a life-sentence writes a declaration promising ‘to never again create victims by my irresponsible and violent actions’.

Fear Gives Way to Hope

Last year was particularly difficult for Eleanor Smith. First she was injured in a brutal assault that knocked her teeth out and left her temporarily deaf. Later her checkbook was stolen and her car was vandalised. Hoping to put the painful past behind her, she left her job as the owner of a bar and moved to a safer neighbourhood in England.