While the Butler Trust’s Annual Awards are for outstanding individuals – the Trust’s Ruth Mann Trophy is for notable custodial-based initiatives, which have brought significant benefits locally and could be rolled out more widely. All submissions for the Trophy are added to this site – and the latest submissions and winners are listed below. For more information, visit the Butler Trust website.
View searchable list of all recent submissions
2022 Finalists
[Winner] Creating Green Spaces (Brixton)
[keywords: environment, wellbeing]
Restart Dogs (Dovegate)
[keywords: animal training, education, wellbeing]
Expectations Hub (Ranby)
[keywords: rehab culture, prisoner engagement, standards improvement]
2022 Submissions (All)
Compassion Prison Project (Addiewell)
[keywords: trauma, wellbeing]
Family Interventions Unit (Altcourse)
[keywords: families]
Café & The Grange (Askham Grange)
[keywords: training, education, employment]
Creating Green Spaces (Brixton)
[keywords: environment, wellbeing]
Bullingdon Insiders (Bullingdon)
[keywords: peer mentors, safer custody]
Restart Dogs (Dovegate)
[keywords: animal training, education, wellbeing]
Independent Living Unit (Ford)
[keywords: resettlement, IPPs, lifers]
Opt-out (catering scheme) (Full Sutton)
[keywords: catering, wellbeing]
Staff Family Open Days (Grendon)
[keywords: staff wellbeing, staff morale]
The Hive (Haverigg)
[keywords: wellbeing, training, peer mentors]
Staff Support Guide (Hewell)
[keywords: staff wellbeing]
Autism Visits (Hindley)
[keywords: neurodiversity, families]
Drug Recovery Programme (Holme House)
[keywords: substance misuse]
Hull TV (Hull)
[keywords: training, education, communications]
HOPE Unit (Humber)
[keywords: IPPs, lifers, progression]
Foreign Nationals Resettlement (Huntercombe)
[keywords: resettlement, foreigh nationals]
Healthy Relationships Programme (Kilmarnock)
[keywords: families, domestic violence]
Wellbeing Unit (Liverpool)
[keywords: health, mental health, complex needs]
‘Hive’ Drug Recovery initiative (Manchester)
[keywords: substance misuse, healthcare]
Mothers Union Cooking Sessions (New Hall)
[keywords: personality disorder, catering]
Families Come Dine With Us (Nottingham)
[keywords: families, visits]
Early Days in Custody (Parc)
[keywords: reception, induction, peer support]
Time4Change (Pentonville)
[keywords: young people, counselling, peer support]
Persons of Concern Review Group (Perth)
[keywords: healthcare, mental health, safer custody]
Motherhood Project (Peterborough)
[keywords: families, peer support]
Be Rock Solid Rugby Academy (Portland)
[keywords: health, gym, wellbeing]
Expectations Hub (Ranby)
[keywords: rehab culture, prisoner engagement, standards improvement]
Veterans-Based Wellbeing & Resettlement (Risley)
[keywords: veterans, wellbeing, resettlement, peer mentors]
Toastmasters Programme (Springhill)
[keywords: communication skills, self-esteem]
Restart Workshop (Stafford)
[keywords: complex needs, challenging behaviour]
Remade with Hope (Styal)
[keywords: training, employment, upcycling]
Veterans Programme (Sudbury)
[keywords: veterans, peer support]
Reverse Mentoring (Swaleside)
[keywords: staff-prisoner relationships]
Equine Prison Programme (Thameside)
[keywords: young people, education, complex needs]
OMU Engagement Programme (Thorn Cross)
[keywords: resettlement, employment, peer support]
Willow Unit (Warren Hill)
[keywords: resettlement, progression]
Catering Projects (Wealstun)
[keywords: catering, health]
Lego League (Wetherby)
[keywords: young people, education]
CASH (Self-Harm) Project (Whatton)
[keywords: self harm, safer custody]
Prison Officer Guide (Woodhill)
[keywords: staff welfare]
