I recently read about the charity Fine Cell Work, founded in England, which aims to train prison inmates in the art of embroidery. Envisioned by Lady Anne, Fine Cell Work was formed to provide the inmates purpose and an occupation during longs days within their prison cell. Lady Anne commissioned the British government to allow the prisoners to be compensated for their work. She succeeded and an incredible charity was born. The inmates are trained and receive 37% of the proceeds from the sale of their work. Those skilled in the art spend upwards to 40 hours stitching a week! Remarkably, 75% of the participants are male. 71,000 pounds were collected by FCW stitchers in 2010, alone. See their work below; so, fascinating:
Think a similar charity would be successful in the United States, where the cultural environment is so varied? Perhaps? Only time will tell…(there are evidently plans to try it out in the U.S., soon).
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