Sycamore Voices
  • Home
  • About
    • How does STP work?
    • Origins of STP
  • Donate
  • Contact

Author Archives

Martin Howard

Martin lives in Brisbane Australia and loves meeting and writing about the amazing people who are changing our justice system. He is a prison facilitator for the Sycamore Tree Project in Queensland, Australia. Contact: martinhoward.info

Sycamore Tree Project: Academic research overview

Sycamore Insight

The Effectiveness of the Sycamore Tree Project: A Review of the Research The Sycamore Tree Project is a restorative justice

+

TV Crew captures crime victims in prison encounter

Stories

TV Cameras were permitted in a high security prison to film the Sycamore Tree Project in Queensland, for the first time.

+

Video: Inside the Sycamore Tree Project

Stories

In June 2014, six crime survivors talked exclusively about their experiences inside the breakthrough restorative justice program called The Sycamore

+

A judge and a politician visit the Sycamore Tree Project

Stories

The final session of the Sycamore Tree program is open to public figures who can visit the prison to join the

+

My gratitude is to never offend again.

Stories

A Western Australian prison inmate describes his experiences in the Sycamore Tree Project I was apprehensive at first about joining

+

Sycamore Tree Project is ‘tougher on crime’

Stories

Our guest writer is restorative justice practitioner Melissa, whose life was turned upside down as a result of a bank robbery in April

+

Learning respect for a victim’s pain – a powerful speech to prisoners and criminal justice officials

Stories

A Brisbane mother of three gave this powerful speech after completing the 8-week Sycamore Tree program. Belinda Cairns (pictured at

+

Shafts of Light: A book of Sycamore stories

Stories

A collection of stories and quotations from participants in the Sycamore Tree Project in Western Australia. They are compiled in

+

Helen and Fiona tell their story

Stories

Listen to an interview of two victim participants in the Sycamore Tree Project in Western Australia. Fiona was randomly and

+

I wanted revenge but found compassion

Stories

Our guest writer is school restorative justice practitioner Michelle Jackson, who has been a victim participant on three occasions in the Sycamore Tree

+
123
    • Latest
    • Popular
    • Tags
      • Sycamore Tree Project: Academic research overview

      • TV Crew captures crime victims in prison encounter

      • Video: Inside the Sycamore Tree Project

      • A judge and a politician visit the Sycamore Tree Project

      • My gratitude is to never offend again.

      • Sycamore Tree Project is ‘tougher on crime’

      • What happens in the Sycamore Tree Program?

      • Telling our story: Inside the Sycamore program

      • Sycamore used for mafia inmates in Italy

      • Sycamore Tree Project: Academic research overview

    • ABC Belinda Cairns bullying cathartic correctional centre crime crime victim crime victims Criminology Emotions Ethics family featured Forgiveness Human behavior inmate judge justice Law enforcement Martin Howard Michelle Jackson Murder offender Pain Philosophy of mind Prison prisoner Prison Fellowship Prison Fellowship Queensland Prison Fellowship Sycamore Tree Project prisons prison services Queensland Religion restorative justice Social philosophy Sociology Spirituality storytelling sycamore sycamore tree project victim Victimology victims western australia
  • What is STP?

    Almost one third of Aussies have been victims of some kind of crime. Chances are, you know a few. The Sycamore Tree Project (STP) is a program designed to give them a chance to tell their story and help them find closure. It is highly regarded by crime victims, inmates and officials. Not just here but in 25 countries around the world. Crime victims find this program so helpful, they come back for more!
    READ MORE

  • Get In Touch

    Please leave this field blank:

    loading...

Copyright © 2023 Sycamore Tree Project – Australia
Design: Martin Howard Restorative Justice Projects