William Trotter, nicknamed Del Trotter in every prison he went to in the course of his sentence, worked with Fine Cell Work for several years before being moved to HMP Albany on the Isle of Wight. It was there that he started our first entirely inmate-run needlework class. It became one of FCW's most productive groups, with one of the highest standards of embroidery. He was resolute in making his peers unpick their work when the standard wasn't good enough, and once compared teaching to training lions and tigers in the zoo (his former job).

Del was released with "needlework" savings of roughly £3,000 and continued to stitch for FCW even as he went through the tricky process of adjusting to life in a probation hostel, getting a job and moving into his own accommodation. He has written about his experience below.

I had never done anything like tapestry before I put my name down to do Fine Cell Work. I did six years in prison and it was hard at the start as it was my first time inside. When I started doing tapestries time went very fast and I have saved all the monies that I got.

I came out of prison in 2002 and went into a hostel and the time I was there I got myself a job through agencies as it is very hard to get a job as an ex-offender. I have moved on and now I am in a shared house, soon to move again into a council flat. The money I have saved up will help to get all the things that I need for the flat as I lost all of them when I went into prison. I have now saved over £3,000.