[citation needed] The charity aims to break the cycle of crime by changing attitudes, creating second chances and reducing reoffending rates.

Whilst working in a Clink Restaurant prisoners gain experience within an operational business and receive in-depth guidance to find full-time employment within the hospitality industry upon release.

The first Clink Restaurant opened in 2009 at HMP High Down in Surrey,[1] when Alberto Crisci, then catering manager, identified the need for formal training, qualifications and support for prisoners in finding a job after release.

Prisoners with six to 18 months of their sentence left to serve are recruited for the programme and receive full-time training in order to reach the required level to succeed in the hospitality industry upon release.

Whilst the food tries to offer a contemporary twist on traditional British cuisine, with each menu being designed around locally sourced and seasonal ingredients, the restaurants also intend to provide an educational insight into the positive effect of rehabilitation and helps change public perceptions of prisoners.

In 2019 a survey by Justice Data Lab found that re-offending rates for those trained in the Brixton restaurant were only 11%, in comparison with 32% for prisoners not involved in the project.

[citation needed] Clink Events launched in 2014 to offer external catering services for private cocktail parties and receptions.

The cafe is set in a Grade II listed building called Canada House, owned by Kinrise, on Chepstow Street in the heart of Manchester's city centre.