Prison

The Clink to launch its first restaurant outside of prison grounds

06-Mar-2018 By Georgia Bronte

Prisoner-rehabilitating restaurant charity The Clink is launching a new café in Manchester, staffed by offenders and homeless young people.

The Clink Restaurants reduce prisoner re-offending by 41%

14-Nov-2016 By Hannah Thompson

The Clink Charity – the hospitality and restaurant training scheme for prisoners operating across the UK – reduces re-offending rates among male ex-offenders by a “statistically significant” 41 per cent, a new report has shown.

The Clink Charity to open third prison restaurant

24-Sep-2013 By Emma Eversham

The Clink Charity, which currently operates training restaurants at Cymru and High Down prisons, has announced plans to open its third site, at HMP Brixton.

The Clink reveals plans for two prison restaurants a year as it prepares to open a Cardiff venue

10-Sep-2012 By Peter Ruddick

As The Clink Charity prepares to open its second prison restaurant, this time on the grounds of HMP Cardiff, chief executive Chris Moore has revealed the charity has plans to open two restaurants every year until 2016 with Greater London next on the horizon. 

Springboard helps The Clink prisoners find hospitality employment

16-Sep-2011 By Becky Paskin

Springboard has launched a career mentoring scheme with prison restaurant The Clink to help ex-offenders find careers in the hospitality industry.

Prisoners to serve haute cuisine in new public restaurant

16-Oct-2008 By Becky Paskin

High Down jail in Sutton is training prisoners to work in its new onsite restaurant to serve haute cuisine to paying guests