Changing Tunes
We harness the power of music to help our participants lead crime-free lives that are meaningful and creative. Our long-term programmes run in Alternative Provision Schools, Secure Children’s Homes, Young Offender Institutions, prisons, and the community. We also run Red Tangent Records – a lived experience record label supporting talented artists who’ve been in prison or on the edges of the system. Our programmes bring about positive outcomes because they are ‘participant-centred’ (tailored to the needs and strengths of each individual), ‘trauma-informed’ (creating safe, supportive environments for participants impacted by trauma) and long-term (enabling meaningful outcomes overtime).
Our work began in 1987 at HMP Bristol, where we still operate. Today, we’re active in 16 prisons across the Southwest, South-Central England, and the Midlands. Our post-release music work started in Bristol in 2000 and now includes programmes in Exeter, Portsmouth, Birmingham, Stoke, and Wolverhampton. In 2021, we launched Young Voices to support vulnerable young people, including those in prison. It now runs in three Alternative Provision Schools (Bristol and Birmingham), three Secure Children’s Homes (Bristol, Exeter, and Wales), and a Young Offenders Institution in Lichfield. The Lightbulb Trust has been key to its development.
Red Tangent Records, also founded in 2021, has grown into a thriving label, managed by a producer who also brings lived experience. The Lightbulb Trust has played a vital role in its pilot and its ongoing growth.
Over the next three years, we’ll expand our Prison, Youth, and Community Work, and strengthen our Advocacy and Anti-Racism efforts. We’ll continue amplifying participant voices, including lived experience leaders within our organisation. The Lightbulb Trust’s support will be crucial in helping us achieve these goals.
“Changing Tunes has been one of the best decisions of my life, now I can see a bright future for myself.” Changing Tunes Participant.
Changing Tunes
We harness the power of music to help our participants lead crime-free lives that are meaningful and creative. Our long-term programmes run in Alternative Provision Schools, Secure Children’s Homes, Young Offender Institutions, prisons, and the community. We also run Red Tangent Records – a lived experience record label supporting talented artists who’ve been in prison or on the edges of the system. Our programmes bring about positive outcomes because they are ‘participant-centred’ (tailored to the needs and strengths of each individual), ‘trauma-informed’ (creating safe, supportive environments for participants impacted by trauma) and long-term (enabling meaningful outcomes overtime).
Our work began in 1987 at HMP Bristol, where we still operate. Today, we’re active in 16 prisons across the Southwest, South-Central England, and the Midlands. Our post-release music work started in Bristol in 2000 and now includes programmes in Exeter, Portsmouth, Birmingham, Stoke, and Wolverhampton. In 2021, we launched Young Voices to support vulnerable young people, including those in prison. It now runs in three Alternative Provision Schools (Bristol and Birmingham), three Secure Children’s Homes (Bristol, Exeter, and Wales), and a Young Offenders Institution in Lichfield. The Lightbulb Trust has been key to its development.
Red Tangent Records, also founded in 2021, has grown into a thriving label, managed by a producer who also brings lived experience. The Lightbulb Trust has played a vital role in its pilot and its ongoing growth.
Over the next three years, we’ll expand our Prison, Youth, and Community Work, and strengthen our Advocacy and Anti-Racism efforts. We’ll continue amplifying participant voices, including lived experience leaders within our organisation. The Lightbulb Trust’s support will be crucial in helping us achieve these goals.
“Changing Tunes has been one of the best decisions of my life, now I can see a bright future for myself.” Changing Tunes Participant.
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