Since its establishment in 1989, RhodesFST has provided 56 bursaries to support 77 individuals to visit projects across 5 continents. This has encompassed places as far apart as Leicester, Seoul and New Orleans. Topics covered can be broadly categorised under the following:
Besides supporting scholars to visit projects and organisations, Rhodes has also funded attendance at conferences and the completion of research.
- Dangerous offending individuals including sex offenders and those committing terrorist offences
- Young people who offend including prevention and restorative justice
- Domestic abuse
- Women who offend
- Race and the criminal justice system
- Residential services for individuals who offend
- Homophobia and hate crime
- Mentally disordered service users
- Operation of the criminal justice system including courts, sentencing, probation programmes, electronic monitoring, commissioning of services and use of volunteers/mentors
- Serious and organised crime
- Victims of modern slavery
- Violence Reduction Units
Besides supporting scholars to visit projects and organisations, Rhodes has also funded attendance at conferences and the completion of research.
In 2020 we published our 30th Year Anniversary Review: 1989 - 2019. It provides a comprehensive overview of the work of Rhodes.
Included in the Anniversary Review is a list of all the bursaries awarded by the Trust. This gives an excellent sense of the range and diversity of scholarships undertaken and the countries visited.
Included in the Anniversary Review is a list of all the bursaries awarded by the Trust. This gives an excellent sense of the range and diversity of scholarships undertaken and the countries visited.