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Natasha Bucknor MBE

Black History Month: Honouring Community Leaders with Executive Director Natasha Bucknor MBE

Clean Break's Executive Director explores the 2026 Black History Month theme of 'Honouring our Communities', sharing reflections on the spaces and people she's found community in
a rehearsal of Macbeth from Italian prison theatre company

Blog: Anna Herrmann Visits Prison Theatre Company in Italy

Clean Break's Artistic Director attends a study day with European prison theatre companies
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Bitesize Learning: Holding Trauma Responses with Care

How do Clean Break facilitators hold spaces safely when trauma responses show up?
Lakesha talks to the camera, illustrated pink swirls surround her

Bitesize Learning: Creative Activity Ideas for Frontline Workers

Three top tips for how to bring creativity into your work as a frontline practitioner.
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Bitesize Learning: Overcoming Self Limiting Beliefs at Work

Understand how self-limiting beliefs could be holding you back and achieve your full potential.
Dr laura abbott presenting research findings

The Lost Mothers Project: Revealing the Hidden Trauma of Maternal Separation in Prison

Midwife and researcher Dr Laura Abbott shares insights from her ground-breaking research project
Anna Herrmann and Neetu Singh

Behind the Scenes from Lost Mothers

Director Anna Herrmann and Assistant Director Neetu Singh discuss the process of creating Clean Break's touring play
scenes from lost mothers

Hearts, minds and bodies: cultural power will end the imprisonment of pregnant women and mothers

Janey Starling is co-director of Level Up, a feminist organisation that campaigns for an end to the imprisonment of pregnant women and mothers. After seeing Clean Break's play Scenes from Lost Mothers, she writes about the power of culture in creating political change.
a photo of a pregnant woman

Why the campaign to end the imprisonment of pregnant women must include new mothers

An introduction to the research behind our touring production, Scenes from Lost Mothers
women at a Clean Break workshop sat on chairs in a circle, the Big Give logo in the corner

How can the arts help break the cycle of gender-based violence and criminalisation?

Jacqueline Stewart, Head of Participation and Deputy CEO and a Clean Break Member share their insights on how survivors are swept into the criminal justice system, and what Clean Break can do to help.
a still from Buddleia: the unchained story

10 Stories by Black Artists That Reclaim the Narrative

Clean Break's Associate Artistic Director Lakesha Arie-Angelo shares her picks from stage and screen for Black History Month
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Barristers from Red Lion Chambers Review Clean Break's Film Festival

Expert insights into the themes in our Film Festival Programme
Still from Buddleia: The Unchained Story

Buddleia: Clean Break Member Review

Member Pepe shares her interpretation of the film Buddleia: The Unchained Story
clean break film festival artwork. three stills of Clean Break Members with a blue filter on a yellow background, with illustrated film cells around them

Clean Break's Online Film Festival 2024

Films from Clean Break and beyond, hosted on our Knowledge Hub
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What Does the Criminal Justice System Look Like in 2024?

Clean Break Trustee Naima Sakande explains what the criminal justice system really is, and what needs to change.

Pride Month Blog: Bent Bars

A blog from LGBTQ+ prison pen pal project
'what's she building in there' by Laura Dean

Virtual Gallery: Women/Theatre/Justice artist in residence

Visual artist Laura Dean responds to the Women/Theatre/Justice research project about Clean Break
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Why does Clean Break have a Co-Chairing Model?

Clean Break’s previous Co-Chairs Tanya Tracey and Alison Frater share insights from their two years of sharing leadership of our Board of Trustees
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Yasmin Joseph on Playwrighting with HMP Downview Theatre Company

An interview with the writer of A Proposal for Resisting Darkness
Natasha on a stage, looking upwards, surrounded by Clean Break Members

Preventing violence by investing in hope

Clean Break Trustee and Agenda Alliance Deputy-CEO, Jess Southgate responds to this years 16 Days of Action Against Gender Based Violence campaign
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Dr. Emily Hart on Hope

An activist's response to Clean Break's film Hope
the cast of Hope embracing

Co-creating Hope

We asked Hope's co-creators, what was unique about making this film?
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Blueprint for Hope

A toolkit of ideas, exercises and prompts to accompany our co-created film, Hope.

What does being a research project 'artist-in-residence' mean?

Laura Dean on being artist-in-residence for the Women/Theatre/Justice research project

Why does she stay?

Stephanie Covington explores the link between gender-based violence and the criminal justice system

What is needed from society to break the cycle of violence against women and girls?

Baroness Helena Kennedy KC on taking VAWG seriously
a photo of Briana from Dixon and Daughters

How can we support survivors of Child Sexual Abuse?

Nicole Walsh on why CSA needs to be treated as more than a 'negative childhood experience'
a photo of the set of Dixon and Daughters which is a 2 story house

How do I plan a theatre trip for people with lived experience of trauma?

Our team have shared how they plan a theatre trip for Clean Break Members
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Co-producing a Clean Break play with Maya Ellis

Producer Maya Ellis explains how a Clean Break play is made
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Performing in a Clean Break play with the cast of Dixon and Daughters

An interview with Alison Fitzjohn, Yazmin Kayani, Posy Sterling, Andrea Lowe and Liz White
a photo of Deborah Bruce in a theatre

Writing a Clean Break play with Deborah Bruce

Dixon and Daughters writer talks about writing a Clean Break play

There are no women’s prisons in Wales. What does this mean for Welsh women?

An Investigation by Development and Communications Volunteer, Dulcie Fraser

How do we change the story about women in the criminal justice system?

Watch speeches from a joint event with Women/Theatre/Justice.
a photo of a woman performing to a mirror at Clean Break

Actions not Words: anti-racism consultancy with darvaja

Anti-racism consultants darvaja in conversation with Clean Break
A photo of JB Rose at the opening of a new women's centre, delivering a signing workshop with Clean Break Members

Singing Workshops in Women's Centres

Facilitator JB Rose on her creative work in women's centres.
a photo of the cast of catch taking bows at the end of a performance. they are smiling and have their arms around each other

The cast of Catch and Sonya Ruparel on the value of Women's Centres

A conversation with the cast and director of our play Catch and Women in Prison's CEO
a production photo for Favour, Aleena is holding Leila's face in her hands and looking at her. In the background a banner reads 'Welcome home

Why does the criminalisation of Muslim people need our attention?

Nejma Collective on why it's important to provide specialist support for Muslim people in prisons
Liz Whitbread presenting the I am a theatre exhibition

Liz Whitbread on becoming a designer

Liz Whitbread tells us about her journey to becoming a designer through Clean Break
A photograph of a woman playing drums.

Music Workshops in Prisons

Artistic Director of the Irene Taylor Trust writes about the transformative work of music in prisons.
The Typical Girls cast on stage, Lara Grace Ilori is closest to the camera, she is sat on the floor with her legs crossed, looking at the floor.

What is a PIPEs unit?

Lucinda Bolger, the National Clinical Development Lead for PIPEs tells us what these specialised units are and how they work.

What's it like being a woman in film?

Sweatbox producer Clancie Brennan writes about being a woman in the film industry and the difference of working with Clean Break.
a woman looks out of the window of a prison van

Sweatbox

Chloë Moss’s Clean Break play is transformed into an electric adaptation for the screen.

Waking Up and Surviving Everyday: Reflections from National Ugly Mugs

NUM Outreach Worker shares her experiences of street sex work and the need for women to tell their own stories.

What does Clean Break do in women's centres?

Delivering creative workshops with women in the community
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Imagine Another Way

Our Patrons, Baroness Helena Kennedy KC and Dame Harriett Walter DBE respond to questions from Clean Break Members.

Clean Break’s Archive: Our Founders in Conversation with Dr Alison Frater

Clean Break's Co-Chair reflects on 40 years of the company.

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