To coincide with Mental Health Awareness Week, we wanted to share with you a recent letter sent to us by one of our stitchers, Roy, who explains how Fine Cell Work has helped him cope...

It is always a pleasure and honour to be asked to collaborate with an artist or institution such as The Old Vic. These collaborations offer a great opportunity for our stitchers to feel involved in...

Elise Valmorbida is an award-winning and critically acclaimed author and independent film producer. She was the first to propose a creative writing course at Central St Martins in 1997 and continues to teach there today....

The Sleep Quilt is the subject of a beautiful new book with forewords by renowned author Tracy Chevalier (Girl With A Pearl Earring, The Last Runaway) and Fine Cell Work's Founding Director, Katy Emck. Read...

Fine Cell Work's Open the Gate Programme, funded by the National Lottery Community Fund, supports prisoners with reintegration into society upon their release from prison.   The programme offers a range of support to prison leavers, who we...

“It’s quite daunting to start with. They have chains with great rings of keys. You open a door and close it behind you again, and then you open another door and close that one behind...

“I’ve been a member of Fine Cell Work for just over 8 years now and it has been the best experience ever, I never knew how to stitch before and now I can’t go a...

"There were a fair number of raised eyebrows back in 1997 when I described my new job selling prisoners’ embroidery, in Lady Anne Tree’s bold words, 'to top shops'. A sweet and rather lunatic idea,...

Fine Cell Work would like to acknowledge and thank the following funders for their contribution to our work: AB Trust Adrian Swire Trust Aldo Trust Alice Cooper Dean Charitable Foundation Ancaster TrustASK Trust Bromley Trust...