…for changing times
Caspar writes…
Our work began in the prison and youth offending team system in 2005. The name Write to Freedom encapsulated what we were doing to help young people access freedom through their imaginations - primarily the written word.
Write to Freedom was always meant to have three meanings: write, right and rite…
When you heard it spoken it could mean any of the three.
At the heart of what we do is offer rites of passage through a range of programmes and ongoing support. This is truer now than ever in our new delivery focus since 2016, working with adults in addiction recovery. The writing element of our work is still an important part of what we offer, while now exploring creativity more widely, including sound, music, photography and filmmaking.
We’ve been shifting into a new shape and name over the last 5 years, finding our feet in a firmer even more focussed way. As a community of volunteers, paid staff and trustees, we are now fully on track for the foreseeable future, supporting recovery in the widest sense. We achieve this through our three pillars of healing and meaning: nature connection, creative practice and the mindful life. With this shift, it’s time to change the name of our organisation to represent more widely and clearly what we do.
Drum roll…! we are dropping the W from Write to Freedom and becoming, Rite to Freedom.
Our community was consulted over many months about the new name, design of logo and general re branding. We’re seriously proud of our co designed final artwork by Design Kind.
So here’s to new beginnings, transformation and healing, to service in the world. To bringing the love, skills and passion we have, to our unique and broad reaching paths to recovery.
The journey continues for us all …