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Pictora was launched with support from Ministry of Justice, as a pilot project to demonstrate the impact that a Social Enterprise can have in the criminal justice system, in terms of both cost implications and reduction of re-offending.
Since its establishment in 2009, Pictora has widend it work to embrace all those in our society who are excluded, vulnerable and in 2020 self isolating due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Since 2009 Pictora has led on several innovatve Erasmus+ european wide projects:
* Learned Helplessness and the Glory of Failure
* Social Vaccinations
* Creativity, The Connected Economy and Offenders
With the support of the Big Lottery, Pictora has also implemented several innovative projects:
* Pictora Works
* Creativity and the Connected Economy
* Made Visible
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The sale of the art of offenders and related merchandise on the Pictora website helps to fund our work, which includes:
* Training prisoners in prisons to develop practical business enterprise skills to increase employability on release from prison. This in turn is shown to help reduce re-offending in the community.
*The development of a Social Firm arm to the Pictora Social Enterprise to support the meaningful employment of Offenders on licence from prison or upon release, those supervised by probation and the most vulnerable working with agencies such as JobCentre Plus. Through this we aim to support their inclusion back into the community and the world of work.
* To provide practical Social Incubation support as required for offenders "Through the Gate" from prison to society in order to help reduce re-offending
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The day to day running activities of Pictora are financed SOLELY through the sale of art and merchandise on the Pictora.org websites. Pictora is reliant on income generated as a social enterprise to develop its work.
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Pictora wishes to thank NOMS for its support in its initial development stage and the Big Lottery for supporting the development of offender skills and employability through the provision of merchandise printing equipment, framing and digital tools.
Pictora would also like to thank European Social Fund and Erasmus + for support in developing new and innovative approaches to learning and employability for offenders, ex-offenders and individuals at risk in our complex society.
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