4th November 2008 The number of women in prison in the UK has spiraled from some 1,500 to more than 4,000 over the past ten years. More than one half of these women have a child under age 16. Eurochips member Action for Prisoners’ Families (APF) is organizing a conference to coincide with its General … Read More
Year: 2008
Eurochips and REP launch painting workshop
15th April 2008 Eurochips, in collaboration with its French member Relais Enfants Parents, has launched a painting workshop for children at Villepinte Prison outside Paris—the first painting workshop to be set up in France. Children waiting to visit their imprisoned fathers are given the opportunity to engage in a non-verbal means of expression that is less … Read More
Action for Prisoners’ Families Launches New Website
17th March 2008 Eurochips member Action for Prisoners’ Families (APF) has launched its new website. Feeling that their old site had begun to look jaded, and was limited in terms of how it could develop, APF raised funds to completely revamp the website, producing a new design that has a much more contemporary feel and … Read More
Bambinisenzasbarre Launches Newsletter and Network
9th February 2008 The Milan-based association Bambinisenzasbarre is launching its first newsletter, to be diffused four times a year (January, April, June, October). Entitled “Senzasbarre” (No Bars), the newsletter will feature ten pages of articles revolving around the issues of children, parents, prison, the community and context and the Eurochips network, of which it is … Read More
Papa Vaart Joins Eurochips Network
4th January 2008 Papa Vaart…, a Dutch association working on behalf of prisoners’ children that is part of the foundation Slechts op Bezoek (SOB), has joined the Eurochips network. Based in Rotterdam, SOB has been supporting the family members, friends and others close to offenders since 1996, the launch of Papa Vaart brings children with … Read More