Ever wondered what volunteering in a participatory arts environment can be like? After a year of supporting Artlink Central projects, Eleanor MacLeod reveals all...

What are the kinds of challenges facing visual artists in supporting creative expression in prison settings and what role can Arts Awards play in challenging the sector to evolve practice? Our Freedom to Create artist Frances Douglas travelled to the Koestler Arts Exhibition at the Southbank Centre to see our work on display and hear from Benjamin Zephaniah and Anthony Gormley amongst others...

 Never has it seemed so good to be bad. And as we sit as judge and jury, we are constantly asked to weigh up how we measure redemption. Can theatre by non-actors with experience of criminal justice bring us some answers?