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Imogen Walsh @imogenwalsh

International dev. charity work ➡️ GB rower ➡️ Maldives rowing coach. Now running Boats Not Bars: prison rowing to reduce reoffending & improve mental health

Joined July 2011
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Until 12noon Tuesday, all donations will be doubled! So if you’ve ever thought about giving a quid or two to FRBC, now is a really good time to do it 🙏
Fulham Reach BC@FulhamReachBC
7 Dec 2024
🤩 3-10 Dec DONATIONS will be DOUBLED⭐️⭐️ as part of the @BigGive #ChristmasChallenge. Help us raise £40K for: 💫2 tub boats 💫Provide bursary memberships for #YoungPeople To donate now & double your impact 👇 donate.biggive.org/campaign/… #RowingForAll #SportForGood #PowerOfSport
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The importance of purposeful activity in prisons to both individual & community, mustn’t be underestimated or thought of as a “perk”. It’s vital to reduce offending on release. Sport/gym identified as one such activities. We aim to give that opportunity to as many as possible!
HMI Prisons@HMIPrisonsnews
27 Sep 2024
Today, we have published a key findings paper that digs deeper into the ongoing failings in purposeful activity. Read the paper: hmiprisons.justiceinspectora… And our media release: hmiprisons.justiceinspectora…
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Great to see this holistic approach to nourishment. Having worked @HmpSend for some time, I know how much staff work to support & empower the women, to live a crime-free life on release. Prison is punishment, but also preventing possible future offending bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c1m0…

Surrey: Prison recipe book compiled after university study

Researchers have compiled a cookbook based on how women prisoners improvise to prepare food in cells.

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“Nearly 80% of offenders are reoffenders” James Timpson’s first speech living up to expectations, acknowledging the current failings of the system and need to address staff morale
Ministry of Justice
@MoJGovUK
25 Jul 2024
Watch Minister James Timpson's first speech in the House of Lords 👇
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Imogen Walsh retweeted
John Podmore@John_Podmore
30 Jun 2024
Charlie Taylor, the chief inspector of prisons, said: “An urgent conversation is needed about who we send to prison, for how long, and what we want to happen during their time inside” and how they are managed and supported on release. theguardian.com/commentisfre…

The prison and court systems are on the verge of collapse. Why aren’t Labour or the Tories talking...

Both parties try to appear tough on crime – but neither have convincing answers to the chaos in British criminal justice, says journalist Samira Shackle

theguardian.com
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Sport can do so much more than just build physical health. Thanks @PrisonStorm for the shout out!
PrisonStorm@PrisonStorm
30 Mar 2024
#TheBoatRace is a good moment to remember that the #powerofsport is often superior approach to rehabilitation than banging people up for 23 hours a day in #prisons, with nothing to do. Award winning initiatives such as #BoatsNotBars exemplify what is possible. @imogenwalsh
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Huge thanks to @LondonSport @ITVX @amberahmad55 for making this piece about Boats not Bars. With more support we hope to reach more participants, and help people stay away from crime on release, helping not just them, but the communities around them. itv.com/watch/news/life-afte…

Life after prison: the London charity that teaches rowing to people preparing for release - Latest...

Watch the latest from ITV News - Recently been nominated for a London Sport Award, Boats Not Bars uses the “Resettlement Day Release” scheme to provide work experience and life exposure.

itv.com
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Huge thank you Tim, for your ongoing interest and support for the project, and your post below!
Hear The Boat Sing@boatsing
15 Mar 2024
On HTBS: @imogenwalsh, 2013 @WingfieldSculls winner and a GB member in 2011-2016, is since 2019 the Prisons Manager at the charity @FulhamReachBC. Walsh is head of the rowing project “Boats Not Bars.” heartheboatsing.com/2024/03/…
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Was great to have you down! And looking forward to the “premier”!
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Thanks @BBCRadioLondon and @EddieNestorMBE for giving me the chance to chat about Boats not Bars. The more we tackle reoffending rates, the better the lives all Londoners will be.
Fulham Reach BC@FulhamReachBC
21 Feb 2024
FRBC Prisons Manager @imogenwalsh was on the @EddieNestorMBE Show yesterday on @BBCRadioLondon discussing #BoatsNotBars’ nomination for the @LondonSport Award. To hear Imogen & @anilmanjiuk talk about the #LondonSportAwards 🎧 1:37- 1:47: bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0h715… #LetsMoveLondon
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Re-watching “Trading Places” after many years… it’s both totally outdated and racist, but (sadly) totally on point and current at the same time.
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How anyone with even the slightest awareness of the figures - produced by the MoJ and the government no less, can say this is astounding. To say it makes me angry reading this is an understatement…
Suella Braverman
@SuellaBraverman
6 Dec 2023
Replying to @SuellaBraverman
Prison works. It is a deterrent, it takes criminals off our streets and is justice for their victims. This bill will severely undermine confidence in our criminal justice system. The solution to this problem is to build more prisons, not let criminals off the hook. 3/3
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“Our prison system needs reform. It fails to rehabilitate or make sure criminals are prevented from offending again”
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Interesting evening hearing the recommendations of the centreforsocialjustice.org.u… report at @APPG_SPACJS tonight - access to sport isn’t enough, the intentionality with which it’s delivered is vital to conveying positive effects on anti-social behaviour and crime

Game Changer: A plan to transform young lives through sport - The Centre for Social Justice

Sport has the power to transform lives. Of course, it keeps us fit. But so much more. For the young people of this nation, sport unlocks life-long friends,

centreforsocialjustice.org.uk
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Fulham Reach BC@FulhamReachBC
27 Nov 2023
🚨 Our #FestiveFunRiverRun is this Sun Dec 3rd! We need more people to sign up & volunteers. Without enough support, we might have to cancel. 🙏 Sign up to run or volunteer before 9PM! Let's make this #fundraising event happen! 🙌 register.enthuse.com/ps/even… @LBHF @LondonPortAuth
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For those interested in understanding more about why we’ve got into the state we have in the prison system, and how we might get out of it, @RoryStewartUK lecture @LongfordTrust is well worth a listen (from 28mins in) youtube.com/watch?v=8Vn_Ppfa…
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Thank you @UKSportsInst for inviting me to speak about sport and its role in society - so encouraging that even at the elite level, practitioners are looking at how sport can be used for social good #powerofsport
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Delighted that Boats not Bars won the Innovation category at the Sports Business Awards on Friday - the more we value such projects, the more likely we can make prison a one-off punishment instead of the start of a revolving door pattern #powerofsport
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“Pregnant women in English prisons are seven times more likely to suffer a stillbirth than those in the general population”. Whatever you think about prisons being for punishment vs. punishment AND rehabilitation, this stat has to appall and trigger Qs. theguardian.com/society/2023…

Revealed: one in three jailed pregnant women in England and Wales still to face trial

New data on prisons has added to calls by campaigners to end custodial sentences for expectant mothers

theguardian.com
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Thought this was an interesting read - on the need to take risks and fail in childhood, to be able to having coping strategies in adulthood.
Steve Magness
@stevemagness
19 Oct 2023
We've got a youth mental health epidemic. Part of the reason? Without being aware of it, adults are training kids to have hypersensitive threat alarms, without the tools or resources to handle any sort of challenge. The consequences are dire. thegrowtheq.com/stop-hoverin…
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