✅ Last year:
- We offered creative learning opportunities to 30 people housed at HMP Brixton and HMP Styal
- 100% reported improved confidence and self esteem
- 100% reported improved digital skills
Our in-prison work helps to re-frame education for the people involved 🎙️
- We offered creative learning opportunities to 30 people housed at HMP Brixton and HMP Styal
- 100% reported improved confidence and self esteem
- 100% reported improved digital skills
Our in-prison work helps to re-frame education for the people involved 🎙️
January 24, 2026 at 10:30 AM
✅ Last year:
- We offered creative learning opportunities to 30 people housed at HMP Brixton and HMP Styal
- 100% reported improved confidence and self esteem
- 100% reported improved digital skills
Our in-prison work helps to re-frame education for the people involved 🎙️
- We offered creative learning opportunities to 30 people housed at HMP Brixton and HMP Styal
- 100% reported improved confidence and self esteem
- 100% reported improved digital skills
Our in-prison work helps to re-frame education for the people involved 🎙️
9. One of our NPR presenters within HMP Brixton editing a show
10. Trustee Hilary and @scott_mills outside HMP Brixton
11. @scott_mills on National Prison Radio at HMP Styal
12. NPR presenters at HMP Styal
10. Trustee Hilary and @scott_mills outside HMP Brixton
11. @scott_mills on National Prison Radio at HMP Styal
12. NPR presenters at HMP Styal
January 23, 2026 at 9:39 AM
9. One of our NPR presenters within HMP Brixton editing a show
10. Trustee Hilary and @scott_mills outside HMP Brixton
11. @scott_mills on National Prison Radio at HMP Styal
12. NPR presenters at HMP Styal
10. Trustee Hilary and @scott_mills outside HMP Brixton
11. @scott_mills on National Prison Radio at HMP Styal
12. NPR presenters at HMP Styal
This is the first (and hopefully the last time) I have met with a pink enamelled range during a tour at #QuarryBank #Styal. The guide did an amazing job on a rainy day, but....pink! Really folks, pink!!!
January 18, 2026 at 8:49 PM
This is the first (and hopefully the last time) I have met with a pink enamelled range during a tour at #QuarryBank #Styal. The guide did an amazing job on a rainy day, but....pink! Really folks, pink!!!
Lisa Haughey had only previously had a handful of minor brushes with the law, and yet she was left a nervous wreck as she faced the all too real prospect of being sent to HMP Styal @liverpoolecho.co.uk
www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpo...
www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpo...
The nefarious gang tactic which leaves many women facing jail
This Week in Court: The image of one mum being left a nervous wreck in the dock should act as a stark warning
www.liverpoolecho.co.uk
January 10, 2026 at 11:13 AM
Lisa Haughey had only previously had a handful of minor brushes with the law, and yet she was left a nervous wreck as she faced the all too real prospect of being sent to HMP Styal @liverpoolecho.co.uk
www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpo...
www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpo...
New Year's Day walk at Styal
January 1, 2026 at 3:21 PM
New Year's Day walk at Styal
The #mill#wallalong the #rivergo back to the #cotton#weaving#historyof the #northwestof #England.#nationaltrust/ #StyalMill in #Wilmslow#Cheshire.#Photographyby Darren Smith Photography a #local#photographer.Visit the #websiteto see more like this. #architecturephotography
December 30, 2025 at 3:00 AM
The #mill#wallalong the #rivergo back to the #cotton#weaving#historyof the #northwestof #England.#nationaltrust/ #StyalMill in #Wilmslow#Cheshire.#Photographyby Darren Smith Photography a #local#photographer.Visit the #websiteto see more like this. #architecturephotography
The #small#tortoiseshell#butterflyresting on the floor in the #Styal#Nationaltrust#park.This #insectis #widely#foundin #gardens+ #parksand is lucky to not be #Endangered.Shot using #SigmaImagingUK#macro#lens#insectphotography#wildlifephotography#macrophotography
December 29, 2025 at 2:00 PM
The #small#tortoiseshell#butterflyresting on the floor in the #Styal#Nationaltrust#park.This #insectis #widely#foundin #gardens+ #parksand is lucky to not be #Endangered.Shot using #SigmaImagingUK#macro#lens#insectphotography#wildlifephotography#macrophotography
August! August was the month where 2025... started to fall apart, if I'm being perfectly honest, but still. Started strong with the Greatest Gathering, then a few spots across the north of England. (8a/12)
December 27, 2025 at 10:24 PM
August! August was the month where 2025... started to fall apart, if I'm being perfectly honest, but still. Started strong with the Greatest Gathering, then a few spots across the north of England. (8a/12)
An old #stone#bridgecrossing a #streamin the #QuarryBank#parkjoining #styal#villageto the #mill.Many #visitorscross this bridge every day on their #dailywalk.See more at www.darrensmith.org.uk #blackandwhitephotography#blackandwhite#landscapephotography
December 26, 2025 at 9:00 PM
An old #stone#bridgecrossing a #streamin the #QuarryBank#parkjoining #styal#villageto the #mill.Many #visitorscross this bridge every day on their #dailywalk.See more at www.darrensmith.org.uk #blackandwhitephotography#blackandwhite#landscapephotography
🎄 This week Pact’s team in HMP Styal got this lovely card from one of the women we support through the Visiting Mum programme.
Here's why our team found it so moving... (thread)
Here's why our team found it so moving... (thread)
December 21, 2025 at 4:30 PM
🎄 This week Pact’s team in HMP Styal got this lovely card from one of the women we support through the Visiting Mum programme.
Here's why our team found it so moving... (thread)
Here's why our team found it so moving... (thread)
Pauper apprentices were 'sold' to factory owners like Samuel Greg at Styal from the 1790s at least. They were indentured until they were 21 years old, and broke the law itif they ran away. Litton Mill was one of the most infamous places of work www.gracesguide.co.uk/Litton_Mill,...
In 1811-12, the Luddites attempted to resist some of the first waves of machine-industrialisation. They were crushed.
20 years later "pauper apprentices" (= orphan children) were being SOLD to factory-owners as cheap labour.
Think on, dear hearts, think on.
20 years later "pauper apprentices" (= orphan children) were being SOLD to factory-owners as cheap labour.
Think on, dear hearts, think on.
Oh no the Governor of the Bank of England compared AI to the Industrial Revolution
December 19, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Pauper apprentices were 'sold' to factory owners like Samuel Greg at Styal from the 1790s at least. They were indentured until they were 21 years old, and broke the law itif they ran away. Litton Mill was one of the most infamous places of work www.gracesguide.co.uk/Litton_Mill,...
5 Julie had the privilege of being interviewed for National Prison Radio this week- a brilliant scheme that runs from Styal Prison that supports the women there as they gain skills, confidence and opportunities in radio production and presenting.
December 13, 2025 at 12:53 AM
5 Julie had the privilege of being interviewed for National Prison Radio this week- a brilliant scheme that runs from Styal Prison that supports the women there as they gain skills, confidence and opportunities in radio production and presenting.
Mauldeth Road [MAU] ✅ (135/138)
Styal Line ✅
Gosh darn it, it's that awful platform surface again that's completely lethal in icy conditions.
Mauldeth Road has a ticket kiosk and step free access. Other than that... Nothing of note. Bit of a dump really.
Styal Line ✅
Gosh darn it, it's that awful platform surface again that's completely lethal in icy conditions.
Mauldeth Road has a ticket kiosk and step free access. Other than that... Nothing of note. Bit of a dump really.
December 11, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Mauldeth Road [MAU] ✅ (135/138)
Styal Line ✅
Gosh darn it, it's that awful platform surface again that's completely lethal in icy conditions.
Mauldeth Road has a ticket kiosk and step free access. Other than that... Nothing of note. Bit of a dump really.
Styal Line ✅
Gosh darn it, it's that awful platform surface again that's completely lethal in icy conditions.
Mauldeth Road has a ticket kiosk and step free access. Other than that... Nothing of note. Bit of a dump really.
Heald Green [HDG]
Another one on the Styal Line. Step free, ticket office, all the good stuff.
Much better platform surface than the others I've been to on this line as well.
Heald Green is also perfect for those who like to spot their planes!
Another one on the Styal Line. Step free, ticket office, all the good stuff.
Much better platform surface than the others I've been to on this line as well.
Heald Green is also perfect for those who like to spot their planes!
December 11, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Heald Green [HDG]
Another one on the Styal Line. Step free, ticket office, all the good stuff.
Much better platform surface than the others I've been to on this line as well.
Heald Green is also perfect for those who like to spot their planes!
Another one on the Styal Line. Step free, ticket office, all the good stuff.
Much better platform surface than the others I've been to on this line as well.
Heald Green is also perfect for those who like to spot their planes!
Burnage [BNA] ✅ (133/138)
Well I shouldn't have been out today but due to a change of scheduling I've been given some extra days off...
Anyway, Burnage is a step free station on the Styal Line. There's a ticket office here too! Unfortunately it has this shoddy platform surface that can be lethal.
Well I shouldn't have been out today but due to a change of scheduling I've been given some extra days off...
Anyway, Burnage is a step free station on the Styal Line. There's a ticket office here too! Unfortunately it has this shoddy platform surface that can be lethal.
December 11, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Burnage [BNA] ✅ (133/138)
Well I shouldn't have been out today but due to a change of scheduling I've been given some extra days off...
Anyway, Burnage is a step free station on the Styal Line. There's a ticket office here too! Unfortunately it has this shoddy platform surface that can be lethal.
Well I shouldn't have been out today but due to a change of scheduling I've been given some extra days off...
Anyway, Burnage is a step free station on the Styal Line. There's a ticket office here too! Unfortunately it has this shoddy platform surface that can be lethal.
Anyway, with that I only have 6 remaining stations.
They're all thankfully confined to the east of Greater Manchester, with three on the Styal Line, one on Crewe - Stockport and two on, maybe surprisingly for some people, the Hope Valley line...
They're all thankfully confined to the east of Greater Manchester, with three on the Styal Line, one on Crewe - Stockport and two on, maybe surprisingly for some people, the Hope Valley line...
December 8, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Anyway, with that I only have 6 remaining stations.
They're all thankfully confined to the east of Greater Manchester, with three on the Styal Line, one on Crewe - Stockport and two on, maybe surprisingly for some people, the Hope Valley line...
They're all thankfully confined to the east of Greater Manchester, with three on the Styal Line, one on Crewe - Stockport and two on, maybe surprisingly for some people, the Hope Valley line...
This week, we’re chuffed and excited to be welcoming the legend Julie Hesmondhalgh into our Styal studio 💫
But before she steps between the bars, she is asking YOU to support the very work she is about to experience firsthand: www.prison.radio/donate
#BigGive #ChristmasChallenge #TheSoundOfChange
But before she steps between the bars, she is asking YOU to support the very work she is about to experience firsthand: www.prison.radio/donate
#BigGive #ChristmasChallenge #TheSoundOfChange
December 8, 2025 at 11:15 AM
This week, we’re chuffed and excited to be welcoming the legend Julie Hesmondhalgh into our Styal studio 💫
But before she steps between the bars, she is asking YOU to support the very work she is about to experience firsthand: www.prison.radio/donate
#BigGive #ChristmasChallenge #TheSoundOfChange
But before she steps between the bars, she is asking YOU to support the very work she is about to experience firsthand: www.prison.radio/donate
#BigGive #ChristmasChallenge #TheSoundOfChange
A little snapshot into our work at HMP Styal - captured by the wonderful Andy Aitchison 📸
This is exactly what your donations will continue to fund - training, mentoring, and a safe space for women to re-find their voices and develop new skills.
Donate now: donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...
This is exactly what your donations will continue to fund - training, mentoring, and a safe space for women to re-find their voices and develop new skills.
Donate now: donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...
December 6, 2025 at 6:00 PM
A little snapshot into our work at HMP Styal - captured by the wonderful Andy Aitchison 📸
This is exactly what your donations will continue to fund - training, mentoring, and a safe space for women to re-find their voices and develop new skills.
Donate now: donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...
This is exactly what your donations will continue to fund - training, mentoring, and a safe space for women to re-find their voices and develop new skills.
Donate now: donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...
We first met Scout in our radio studio behind the bars of HMP Styal.
Less than two years later, Scout has won numerous industry Gold awards & this week they took home a Rose D’Or 🌹
Help us discover more Scouts in 2026: www.prison.radio/donate
All donations doubled. Thank you.
Less than two years later, Scout has won numerous industry Gold awards & this week they took home a Rose D’Or 🌹
Help us discover more Scouts in 2026: www.prison.radio/donate
All donations doubled. Thank you.
December 5, 2025 at 10:01 AM
We first met Scout in our radio studio behind the bars of HMP Styal.
Less than two years later, Scout has won numerous industry Gold awards & this week they took home a Rose D’Or 🌹
Help us discover more Scouts in 2026: www.prison.radio/donate
All donations doubled. Thank you.
Less than two years later, Scout has won numerous industry Gold awards & this week they took home a Rose D’Or 🌹
Help us discover more Scouts in 2026: www.prison.radio/donate
All donations doubled. Thank you.
Old photo: Built in 1784, Quarry Bank Mill, Styal, Cheshire, is at the heart of an early industrial community considered to be of international importance.
The cotton mill and its estate are now in the care of the National Trust, and operated as a museum.
The cotton mill and its estate are now in the care of the National Trust, and operated as a museum.
December 2, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Old photo: Built in 1784, Quarry Bank Mill, Styal, Cheshire, is at the heart of an early industrial community considered to be of international importance.
The cotton mill and its estate are now in the care of the National Trust, and operated as a museum.
The cotton mill and its estate are now in the care of the National Trust, and operated as a museum.
' An #inquest has found #HMP Styal guilty of #neglect after Alex Davies, who had a history of #mentalhealth struggles, was found dead inside a #segregation #cell.'
#women #prisoners
#women #prisoners
‘There is a gap where Alex should be’: the young woman who lost her life in a neglectful prison system
An inquest has found a Cheshire prison guilty of neglect after Alex Davies, 25, was found dead inside a segregation cell after a lifetime of mental health struggles
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:51 PM
' An #inquest has found #HMP Styal guilty of #neglect after Alex Davies, who had a history of #mentalhealth struggles, was found dead inside a #segregation #cell.'
#women #prisoners
#women #prisoners
An old #stone#bridgecrossing a #streamin the #QuarryBank#parkjoining #styal#villageto the #mill.Many #visitorscross this bridge every day on their #dailywalk.See more at www.darrensmith.org.uk #blackandwhitephotography#blackandwhite#landscapephotography
November 21, 2025 at 4:00 PM
An old #stone#bridgecrossing a #streamin the #QuarryBank#parkjoining #styal#villageto the #mill.Many #visitorscross this bridge every day on their #dailywalk.See more at www.darrensmith.org.uk #blackandwhitephotography#blackandwhite#landscapephotography
An inquest has found that neglect contributed to the death of Alex Davies, who was found dead inside the the care and separation unit at Styal prison after a lifetime of mental health struggles, including a history of suicide attempts and self-harming www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
‘There is a gap where Alex should be’: the young woman who lost her life in a neglectful prison system
An inquest has found a Cheshire prison guilty of neglect after Alex Davies, 25, was found dead inside a segregation cell after a lifetime of mental health struggles
www.theguardian.com
November 16, 2025 at 8:18 AM
An inquest has found that neglect contributed to the death of Alex Davies, who was found dead inside the the care and separation unit at Styal prison after a lifetime of mental health struggles, including a history of suicide attempts and self-harming www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
‘There is a gap where Alex should be’: the young woman who lost her life in a neglectful prison system An inquest finds HMP Styal guilty of neglect after Alex Davies, 25, was found dead inside a segregation cell after a lifetime of mental health struggles
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
‘There is a gap where Alex should be’: the young woman who lost her life in a neglectful prison system
An inquest has found a Cheshire prison guilty of neglect after Alex Davies, 25, was found dead inside a segregation cell after a lifetime of mental health struggles
www.theguardian.com
November 16, 2025 at 7:19 AM
‘There is a gap where Alex should be’: the young woman who lost her life in a neglectful prison system An inquest finds HMP Styal guilty of neglect after Alex Davies, 25, was found dead inside a segregation cell after a lifetime of mental health struggles
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Breaking: ‘There is a gap where Alex should be’: the young woman who lost her life in a neglectful prison system
Alex Davies, 25, was found dead in her segregation cell at Styal prison in Cheshire on Christmas...
Via The Guardian
#Prison #Prison #Neglectful
What's your take on this?
Alex Davies, 25, was found dead in her segregation cell at Styal prison in Cheshire on Christmas...
Via The Guardian
#Prison #Prison #Neglectful
What's your take on this?
November 16, 2025 at 6:13 AM
Breaking: ‘There is a gap where Alex should be’: the young woman who lost her life in a neglectful prison system
Alex Davies, 25, was found dead in her segregation cell at Styal prison in Cheshire on Christmas...
Via The Guardian
#Prison #Prison #Neglectful
What's your take on this?
Alex Davies, 25, was found dead in her segregation cell at Styal prison in Cheshire on Christmas...
Via The Guardian
#Prison #Prison #Neglectful
What's your take on this?