Spark Inside

Who we are

Spark Inside is an award-winning charity that has transformed the lives of over 1,000 people living and working in our prisons. We have pioneered coaching in prisons, showing the value of coaching to change lives and systems. In the next decade, we set out to make coaching available to anyone who wants it in the justice system and aim to reach 10,000 young people with our coaching programmes.

We are one of the first organisations to take life coaching to people living and working in prison and to use systems coaching to bring together staff and prisoners in UK prisons. Our expert coaches are qualified and trained professionals. In addition to developing and delivering innovative coaching programmes, we are also committed to working with parliamentarians and government officials to influence criminal justice policy, and shift the perception of people in prison, platforming their voices and highlighting their unlocked potential.

In addition to our coaching programmes for people in prison, we have also begun coaching prison staff and young people in the community.

OUR VISION
The futures of people affected by the criminal justice system are determined by their
potential, not their past.

OUR MISSION
We use coaching to unlock the potential of individuals and drive culture change in the
criminal justice system so that rehabilitation is possible.

Our culture and values

Our values were designed with young people’s input and we are proud to be living them. We will be reviewing these values with input from young people that have lived experience in the near future.

• SPARK — We want to feel a strong sense of passion and ​‘spark’ for everything we do. We commit to people, projects and partnerships that align with our values.
• HEART — We maintain an open mind and an open heart, and we always act with kindness and consideration.
• STICKABILITY — When the going gets tough, we stick with our participants, our projects and our commitments. We channel our grit and resilience to make it through challenges and we don’t give up easily.
• IMPACT — Our impact on our participants is at the heart of every decision we make and it is how we judge our success, so we take evaluation seriously.
• LEARNING — We are humble, curious and constantly developing. We apply and share our learning to amplify our impact.
• INNOVATION — We celebrate creativity and design new ways of doing things, based on evaluation data and stakeholder feedback. We innovate to remain relevant to our participants’ needs.