International dev. charity work ➡️ GB rower ➡️ Maldives rowing coach. Now running Boats Not Bars: prison rowing to reduce reoffending & improve mental health
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Until 12noon Tuesday, all donations will be doubled! So if you’ve ever thought about giving a quid or two to FRBC, now is a really good time to do it 🙏
🤩 3-10 Dec DONATIONS will be DOUBLED⭐️⭐️ as part of the @BigGive #ChristmasChallenge.
Help us raise £40K for:
💫2 tub boats
💫Provide bursary memberships for #YoungPeople
To donate now & double your impact 👇
donate.biggive.org/campaign/…
#RowingForAll #SportForGood #PowerOfSport
The importance of purposeful activity in prisons to both individual & community, mustn’t be underestimated or thought of as a “perk”. It’s vital to reduce offending on release. Sport/gym identified as one such activities. We aim to give that opportunity to as many as possible!
Today, we have published a key findings paper that digs deeper into the ongoing failings in purposeful activity.
Read the paper: hmiprisons.justiceinspectora…
And our media release: hmiprisons.justiceinspectora…
Great to see this holistic approach to nourishment. Having worked @HmpSend for some time, I know how much staff work to support & empower the women, to live a crime-free life on release. Prison is punishment, but also preventing possible future offending
bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c1m0…
“Nearly 80% of offenders are reoffenders”
James Timpson’s first speech living up to expectations, acknowledging the current failings of the system and need to address staff morale
Imogen Walsh retweeted
Charlie Taylor, the chief inspector of prisons, said: “An urgent conversation is needed about who we send to prison, for how long, and what we want to happen during their time inside” and how they are managed and supported on release. theguardian.com/commentisfre…
Sport can do so much more than just build physical health. Thanks @PrisonStorm for the shout out! – at South West, England
#TheBoatRace is a good moment to remember that the #powerofsport is often superior approach to rehabilitation than banging people up for 23 hours a day in #prisons, with nothing to do.
Award winning initiatives such as #BoatsNotBars exemplify what is possible.
@imogenwalsh
Huge thanks to @LondonSport @ITVX @amberahmad55 for making this piece about Boats not Bars. With more support we hope to reach more participants, and help people stay away from crime on release, helping not just them, but the communities around them.
itv.com/watch/news/life-afte… – at South East, England
Huge thank you Tim, for your ongoing interest and support for the project, and your post below! – at South East, England
On HTBS: @imogenwalsh, 2013 @WingfieldSculls winner and a GB member in 2011-2016, is since 2019 the Prisons Manager at the charity @FulhamReachBC. Walsh is head of the rowing project “Boats Not Bars.” heartheboatsing.com/2024/03/…
Was great to have you down! And looking forward to the “premier”! – at South East, England
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Thanks @BBCRadioLondon and @EddieNestorMBE for giving me the chance to chat about Boats not Bars. The more we tackle reoffending rates, the better the lives all Londoners will be. – at South East, England
FRBC Prisons Manager @imogenwalsh was on the @EddieNestorMBE Show yesterday on @BBCRadioLondon discussing #BoatsNotBars’ nomination for the @LondonSport Award.
To hear Imogen & @anilmanjiuk talk about the #LondonSportAwards 🎧 1:37- 1:47:
bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0h715…
#LetsMoveLondon
Re-watching “Trading Places” after many years… it’s both totally outdated and racist, but (sadly) totally on point and current at the same time. – at South East, England
How anyone with even the slightest awareness of the figures - produced by the MoJ and the government no less, can say this is astounding. To say it makes me angry reading this is an understatement… – at South East, England
Interesting evening hearing the recommendations of the centreforsocialjustice.org.u… report at @APPG_SPACJS tonight - access to sport isn’t enough, the intentionality with which it’s delivered is vital to conveying positive effects on anti-social behaviour and crime – at South East, England
Imogen Walsh retweeted
🚨 Our #FestiveFunRiverRun is this Sun Dec 3rd! We need more people to sign up & volunteers. Without enough support, we might have to cancel.
🙏 Sign up to run or volunteer before 9PM! Let's make this #fundraising event happen! 🙌
register.enthuse.com/ps/even…
@LBHF @LondonPortAuth
For those interested in understanding more about why we’ve got into the state we have in the prison system, and how we might get out of it, @RoryStewartUK lecture @LongfordTrust is well worth a listen (from 28mins in)
youtube.com/watch?v=8Vn_Ppfa… – at South East, England
Thank you @UKSportsInst for inviting me to speak about sport and its role in society - so encouraging that even at the elite level, practitioners are looking at how sport can be used for social good #powerofsport
Delighted that Boats not Bars won the Innovation category at the Sports Business Awards on Friday - the more we value such projects, the more likely we can make prison a one-off punishment instead of the start of a revolving door pattern #powerofsport – at South East, England
“Pregnant women in English prisons are seven times more likely to suffer a stillbirth than those in the general population”. Whatever you think about prisons being for punishment vs. punishment AND rehabilitation, this stat has to appall and trigger Qs.
theguardian.com/society/2023… – at South East, England
Thought this was an interesting read - on the need to take risks and fail in childhood, to be able to having coping strategies in adulthood. – at South East, England
We've got a youth mental health epidemic.
Part of the reason?
Without being aware of it, adults are training kids to have hypersensitive threat alarms, without the tools or resources to handle any sort of challenge. The consequences are dire.
thegrowtheq.com/stop-hoverin…