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Abstract

This year, LandWorks has experienced both highs and profound challenges. In July 2024, LandWorks won the Overall Award for Excellence at the Charity Awards — the most prestigious awards scheme in the charity sector. The judges highlighted LandWorks’ greatest achievement as “the way it built trust with its trainees and helpe them rebuild their lives by understanding the experiences that led to their criminal behaviour in the first place.” Staff, trainees, and graduates were deeply proud of this recognition, which serves as a national endorsement of LandWorks’ accomplishments since its establishment in 2013. Alongside this success, the past twelve months have been marked by the deaths of six graduates. Despite these challenges, LandWorks continues to make a meaningful difference. This year’s evaluation report highlights both the obstacles trainees and graduates face as they move away from a criminal lifestyle, and the ways in which LandWorks supports them to build skills, confidence, and a future in the law-abiding community. In celebrating achievements and reflecting on losses, the organisation remains committed to fostering hope, resilience, and lasting positive change.

Publication Date

2026-01-09

Publisher

University of Plymouth

Deposit Date

2026-01-09

Keywords

Evaluation, Research, lived experience, desistance, criminology, social harm, Social justice, criminal justice, charity, Rehabilitation, Resettlement, impact, Support, community

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