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We use coaching to unlock the potential of people caught in the justice system.

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Spark Inside @sparkinside.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Did you know that hope is a science, that it can be measured, and that it is one of the most powerful predictors of wellbeing across someone’s lifespan? It's a way of thinking that can be nurtured and restored - and it's key to rehabilitation. Find out more 👇 www.sparkinside.org/news/the-sci...
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Spark Inside @sparkinside.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
We've been proud to partner with @prtuk.bsky.social for the last year, offering one-to-one coaching as part of their Next Gen leaders programme PRT have now published their review, highlighting we provided a bridge from inspiring sessions to practical problems in prison. tinyurl.com/4afkdxmd
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Spark Inside’s coaching supports Next Generation prison leaders to drive forward change | Spark Inside
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Spark Inside @sparkinside.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
This Sunday will mark International Women's Day 2026. We were really excited to start offering women in prison one-to-one coaching for the first time last year. This year, we're building on this to develop a tailor-made group programme for women. Find out more: www.sparkinside.org/news/interna...
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International Women’s Day 2026 – Spark Inside’s coaching for women | Spark Inside
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Spark Inside @sparkinside.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
Who's watched BBC’s Waiting for the Out? Inspired by Andy West’s A Life Inside, the show resonated with our coach Caterina Declas. For her, it reflects the reality of creating space for men to talk about life's big questions in prison. Read Cat's blog here: www.sparkinside.org/news/waiting...
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Spark Inside @sparkinside.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
It was great to be at #Clinks26 yesterday, connecting with friends across the sector. The theme of #StrongerTogether shone through - we left with a powerful sense of our sector's determination to keep driving forward positive change, even through tough times.
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Spark Inside @sparkinside.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
Want to coach with us? Now's your chance! We're looking for freelance life coaches to work with us, supporting the delivery of our programme workshops and one-to-ones for young people aged 15-30 in prisons and the community. Find out more and how to apply: www.sparkinside.org/were-hiring
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Spark Inside @sparkinside.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
Thank you to the Jules, Zak and Chris Baker for shouting out our work on this recent episode of Life After Prison! 🙏 Young people growing up with adverse experiences have likely never had someone back them, but coaching can build confidence, self-belief and hope. open.spotify.com/episode/4HNH...
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Turning Trauma Into Purpose After 10 Years In Prison - Chris Baker
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Spark Inside @sparkinside.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
Important new briefing released from our friends at Unlock: 'The Right to Be Forgotten'. The report explores how our increasingly digital culture has undermined people's rights around disclosing criminal records, making it harder to move on from a conviction: www.russellwebster.com/the-right-to...
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The Right to be Forgotten
Unlock report shows how digital search is undermining the rehabilitation of offenders
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Spark Inside @sparkinside.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
🎉 We did it! We are thrilled to have reached 94% of our Big Give Christmas Challenge target, meaning we've raised over £65,000! Thank you so much to everyone who gave or shared our campaign. Together, we are empowering young people in prison to build brighter futures for themselves. 🌅
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Spark Inside @sparkinside.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
The Big Give Christmas Challenge is LIVE! For one week only, your donation to Spark Inside is doubled ✨ Help us expand to coach to more young people in prison — including beyond London and women in prison! Donate now & make 2x the impact - bit.ly/BGCC25donate
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Building a better future for young prisoners. – Big Give
Young prisoners receive little support to turn their lives around and escape the revolving doors of custody and disadvantage. We …
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Spark Inside @sparkinside.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
And that's a wrap! We've just delivered our first ever Hero's Journey at HMP Moorland 🎉 This is a huge milestone, marking the start of our work at a second prison beyond the South East. That means more young people outside of London supported with transformative coaching - here's to that! 🥳
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Spark Inside @sparkinside.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
@madlinsudn.bsky.social hi 👋 are you still adding to your UK charity starter packs? if so, would you be willing to add us? thank you!
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Spark Inside @sparkinside.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
It’s #TrusteesWeek, so we want to take a moment to celebrate our brilliant Board. They offer their time, energy and expertise to guide our work, ensuring Spark Inside can achieve our pioneering mission to unlock young people's full potential with the power of coaching.
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Spark Inside @sparkinside.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
We’ve hit the ground running this Autumn! 🍂🏃‍♂️ We’re pleased to have delivered our life-changing coaching programmes across ten prisons over this last quarter, and to have kicked off work with our third cohort of women at HMP East Sutton Park 🚀 Here’s to transformation, growth, and hope💫
Spark Inside coaches Lilian Flynn and Michael Roper working with a group of young men inside HMP/YOI Isis, London, United Kingdom
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Spark Inside @sparkinside.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
✨ What an unforgettable evening! We were honoured to attend The October Club Annual Dinner at The Savoy last week, and are blown away by the funds raised for Spark Inside. Find out more about the incredible night here www.sparkinside.org/news/an-insp...
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Spark Inside @sparkinside.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
⚡ Big day for Spark Inside! Tonight we join 360 city execs at The Savoy for The October Club’s annual dinner — and we’re honoured to be this year’s charity partner. Their transformational support will help us expand in the East Midlands, reaching 300+ young people with life-changing coaching.
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Spark Inside @sparkinside.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
✨ Freelance Life Coach Opportunity ✨ We’re looking for inspiring coaches to deliver our Hero’s Journey programme with young people in prisons & communities across East Midlands & South Yorkshire. Make a real impact through workshops + 1:1 coaching. 👉 Details: www.sparkinside.org/were-hiring
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Spark Inside @sparkinside.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
We're thrilled that we WON the Community Organisation Award for Race, Faith & Religion at the National Diversity Awards 2025🏆 This recognition is a celebration of a collective effort - most importantly the brilliant young men who, from the start, have shaped this programme. Here’s to what’s next 🚀
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Spark Inside @sparkinside.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
Another Hero's Journey programme has wrapped up in HMP Isis with 10 young men taking their critical first steps in building their self-esteem, ambition, and perception of their future ✨🚀 Next, the young men will begin one-to-one coaching where they can start planning for a future that excites them.
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Spark Inside @sparkinside.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
Whilst it is clear that the prison has areas for improvement, especially increasing purposeful activity, we were pleased to see our programme, Black Hero's Journey, highlighted as notable positive practice in the HMP Wormwood Scrubs HMIP report this week. Our comment here 👉 tinyurl.com/bd5py3x3
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HMP Wormwood Scrubs | Spark Inside
We were pleased to see our programme, Black Hero's Journey, highlighted as notable positive practice in the HMP Wormwood Scrubs HM Inspectorate of Prisons report today. It is clear that the prison ha...
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Spark Inside @sparkinside.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
✨ We’re hiring! ✨ Spark Inside is looking for a Service Delivery Manager 📍 Location: Mainly working in prisons across the East Midlands and South Yorkshire (including HMP Ranby and HMP Moorland), with some office and home-working flexibility 💷 Salary: £33,437 www.sparkinside.org/were-hiring
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Spark Inside @sparkinside.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
This summer we've been delivering the Hero's Journey at HMP High Down & will be working 1:1 with the young men after the workshops, supporting them as they start to plan for a bright future that excites them ✨ Judging by these beaming smiles, we think it's safe to say it's going pretty well 😀
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Spark Inside @sparkinside.bsky.social · 04/08/2025
📢 We’ve been shortlisted! 📢 We’re proud to announce that our Black Hero’s Journey programme has been shortlisted for the Community Organisation: Race, Faith or Religion Award at this year’s National Diversity Awards, in association with HSBC UK! Find out more ➡️ www.sparkinside.org/news/spark-i...
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Spark Inside @sparkinside.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
🌟 JOB VACANCY: Service Delivery Manager, London/South East 🌟 📌 Position: Full-time, permanent 📍 Location: Primarily in prisons in London and the South East, including HMP High Down and HMP Coldingley 💼 Salary: £37,850 ⏳ Deadline to apply: 9am on Friday 15th August www.sparkinside.org/were-hiring
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Spark Inside @sparkinside.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
👋 Say hello to the newest member of Team Spark Inside! ✨ We’re delighted to welcome the fantastic Hannah (pictured right) who has joined us as our new Service Delivery Manager at HMP High Down, supporting young men to embark on their Hero’s Journey 🦸
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Spark Inside @sparkinside.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
We were extremely proud to be shortlisted in the Children & Youth Category of the Charity Awards and to receive the honour of being 'Highly Commended' by the panel 🏆 This recognition is a testament to the hard work & dedication of our wonderful team, and most of all, the young people we work with 🎉
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Spark Inside @sparkinside.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
Introducing our 2024-25 Impact Report! This year at Spark Inside has been defined by our growth, innovation and recognition. Through it all, one thing remains unchanged: our commitment to championing the power of coaching in the justice system. Read the report: www.sparkinside.org/news/growth-...
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Spark Inside @sparkinside.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
🌟 NEW ROLE: Communications Manager 🌟 📌 Position: Full-time, permanent 🕒 Hours: 35 per week 📍 Location: Hybrid/London 💼 Salary: £37,850 ⏳ Deadline to apply: Monday 14 July Learn more and apply 👇 www.sparkinside.org/were-hiring
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Spark Inside @sparkinside.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
Nothing shows Spark Inside energy like unintentionally showing up in matching kit 👊 Welcome to the team Elfreda Kamanda & Reneece Williams, our two fantastic new Service Delivery Managers!
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Spark Inside @sparkinside.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
🌟 Join Our Team – We're Hiring a Deputy Head of Service Delivery! 🌟 📌 Position: Full-time, permanent 🕒 Hours: 35 per week 💼 Salary: £43,500 ⏳ Deadline: Monday 23 June Ready to make a difference? Learn more and apply 👉 www.sparkinside.org/were-hiring
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Spark Inside @sparkinside.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
Keep an eye on your inbox for our latest updates, including: 🎉 Celebrating new partnerships & award nominations 💥 The exciting pilot of our systems coaching programme ✨ Recapping our Champions' recent roundtable ...and more! Sign up: eepurl.com/drdwN1
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Spark Inside @sparkinside.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
✨ We're hiring a Deputy Head of Service Delivery ✨ Status: Full time, permanent role Hours: 35 hours per week Salary: £43,500 Deadline: Monday 23 June Find out more ➡️ www.sparkinside.org/were-hiring Please SHARE to help us find the newest member of our growing Spark Inside team!
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Spark Inside @sparkinside.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
We welcome yesterday's publication of the sentencing review that has been undertaken by Former Lord Chancellor and Justice Secretary, the Rt Hon David Gauke, alongside an expert panel. 🧵👇
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Spark Inside @sparkinside.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
Coaches Luke & Michael are smashing Hero’s Journey at HMP Coldingley! After Possiping, one participant told Sophie: "It's really emotional, I don't know these guys that well but hearing them say all of these positive things about me has made me feel really emotional, it's brought us together" 💫
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Spark Inside @sparkinside.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
Yesterday, our brilliant Champions, Jason and Javel, met with one of our valued funders, The Henry Smith Charity, to take part in a photoshoot and film talking about our work, the power of coaching, and Javel and Jason's exciting plans for the future ✨💪
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Spark Inside @sparkinside.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
Coaches Michael and Frank are busy preparing to deliver Black Hero's Journey in HMP Isis to mark Black Inclusion Week between 12th - 18th May! Read our Black Hero's Journey Report to find what makes this programme so powerful: www.sparkinside.org/news/black-h... 📸: @andyaitchison.bsky.social
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Spark Inside @sparkinside.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
We're so inspired by the commitment shown by the women in cohort 2 at HMP East Sutton Park who all have 100% attendance so far for their one to ones! Working in the women's estate is still fairly new to us as at Spark Inside, but our team are truly rising to the occasion.
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Louise Potter @loupot.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
This quote 👇If you've had coaching I'm sure you can relate to this! It's incredible how much a session can help you to see new possibilities where before you saw none. Something that is incredibly powerful for anybody, but is particularly transformative for people stuck in the justice system.
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Spark Inside @sparkinside.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
Big shoutout to our team in HMP Highdown for their recent Hero's Journey programme success! Every single person signed up for one-to-ones with coaches Alex Whitton and Caterina Declas after the group work 👏🔥 📸: @andyaitchison.bsky.social
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Spark Inside @sparkinside.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
Over the past 12 months, we have delivered nearly 900 one-to-one coaching sessions! Each conversation, whether it's with young people in prison, through the gate, or with prison staff, has represented a step toward unlocking potential in the justice system so that rehabilitation is possible.
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Spark Inside @sparkinside.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
We ran our third Hero's Journey programme for teens at Oasis Restore Secure School! Participants shared:​ 💬 “Lanre and Milca were supportive and made me feel comfortable to share” When children in custody are given tools, they begin to see, and believe in, a different future.
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Spark Inside @sparkinside.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
With a warm welcome from prison staff, our incredible Service Delivery Manager, Sophie, and powerhouse Coach, Lilian, launched Spark Inside’s very first one-to-one coaching programme for young women at HMP East Sutton Park last year – and the impact has been game-changing!
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Spark Inside @sparkinside.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
Recently, we were welcomed by Maria Marina to give them an insight into the power of the Hero’s Journey, so they can see first-hand the impact of our coaching programme. The team told us it was a transformative experience & they had a greater understanding of the impact the programme has in prison.
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Spark Inside @sparkinside.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
At our recent roundtable, our Champions flipped the script on what mental health means to them. They talked about Mental *Wealth* as something to build, invest in, and strengthen over time 💪🏾 and shaped real conversations about wellbeing for Black men in prison: www.sparkinside.org/news/being-w...
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Being Well Being Equal: Elevating Young Black Voices in the Justice System | Spark Inside
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Spark Inside @sparkinside.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
Our experienced life coaches are trained to listen, to understand and to ask brilliant questions that support the young people into finding their own solutions. Recent feedback from our latest Hero's Journey in HMP Ranby highlighted exactly that 👇
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Spark Inside @sparkinside.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
We would like to say a HUGE thank you to everyone who attended our event yesterday, to explore the question: How do we promote the Mental Wealth of young Black men in custody?
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Spark Inside @sparkinside.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
Team Days are really important to us! Yes, it's a great opportunity to step away and have some fun, which is of course important given we spend so much of our lives at work. But being intentional about building connection is a key part of what we see as creating a coaching culture at Spark Inside.
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Spark Inside @sparkinside.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
This week our team of coaches are delivering Hero's Journey to a full house at HMP Standford Hill - Spark Inside's first open prison! Pictured are Service Delivery Managers Sophie Wood and Lanre Hameed alongside coaches Milca Morat and Mark Bixter.
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Spark Inside @sparkinside.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
We're delighted to welcome four new trustees! Fionnuala Gordon, Heather Whitehead, Jazz Singh and Lynn Dunne add a wealth of diverse experiences to our committed, curious and values-led Board. Read more about our trustees: www.sparkinside.org/about-us/mee...
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Spark Inside @sparkinside.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
We're hiring a PA to the CEO and office administrator! Hours: Part Time or Full Time available. Location: Hybrid office and remote working. Central London office 1 to 2 days per week depending on hours agreed. Salary: £30,000 FTE Apply by 9am on Monday 3rd March: www.sparkinside.org/were-hiring
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