What Uganda’s prisons can teach us
In July, two of our current Longford Scholars were awarded travelling scholarships by the Longford Trust so they could spend a month in Uganda working… Read More
Join Our Big Conversation about Second Chances
The Longford Blog is an all-year-round conversation – about, amongst other things, prison, the criminal justice system, and what a difference education can make in turning (prison) sentences into degrees as our Longford scholars are all doing. This Blog page is an opportunity for our scholars (like Gavin, pictured above) who are at the heart of what we do - as well as our mentors and others involved in the scholarship programme - to share first-hand experiences and ideas for change.
If you have something you’d like to say, find out how at office@longfordtrust.org
Closing the Education Gap for Prisoners
Prison is often described as ‘a microcosm of society’ but that bears little resemblance to what goes on behind the walls, reports our current Longford… Read More
How the post-exam challenge of ‘what next?’ became do-able
A key part of a Longford Scholarship is the Employability support given to all award-holders to turn a degree into a degree-level job when they… Read More
Why a university education has been a win-win for me
David is a psychology student at an East of England university. He left school with no qualifications and has had to work hard to get… Read More