4 December 2010 COPING is a recently launched child-centred research project which aims to investigate the characteristics of children with imprisoned parents, their resilience, and their vulnerability to mental health problems. Over the period of the next three years, the study will cover four countries (UK, Germany, Sweden and Romania). The findings, however, are expected … Read More
Year: 2010
Kids Vip launches the new How to Run a Family Day Toolkit
10th October 2010 Kids VIP has launched a new resource for all staff involved in developing and running Family Day Visits. The How to Run a Family Day Toolkit is a comprehensive guide covering planning, security, health and safety and a range of tried and tested themes and activities for children and young people. It … Read More
Report on the Children’s Ombudsman’s expert group and other news
10th October 2010 Report on the Children’s Ombudsman’s expert group The final report from The Children’s Ombudsman’s expert group on children with an imprisoned family member will be distributed to the Ministry of Justice and all the 50 prisons in Norway. The report includes reference quotes from child experts as well as a list of … Read More
News from Croatian Ombudsman for Children
10th October 2010 Update from the Office of the Croatian Ombudsman for Children about their work for Prisoners’ children: The Office officially joined the Eurochips network in 2009, but has been a pro-active advocate for the rights of children with an imprisoned parents ever since attending the Eurochips conference in Paris 2006. Here a … Read More
Updated statistics on prisoners’ children in EU-27
6th October 2010 Using new data found in SPACE I, the 2007 survey on prison populations, published by the Council of Europe Annual Penal Statistics, Eurochips has updated our extrapolation on how many European children have a parent in prison. Our extrapolation uses a demographic ‘parenting rate’ of 1.3 offspring per offender, based on the … Read More
SAVN joins Eurochips network
SAVN, an NGO based in Copenhagen whose name means “missing someone” or “longing for someone” in Danish, has joined the Eurochips network. SAVN’s mission is to support children, as well as others, left behind when a relative is incarcerated by giving them useful tools as well as direct help. They achieve this by offering weekend … Read More
Eurochips launched first European Prisoners’ Children Week
1-6 June 2010 Eurochips network launched Europe’s first awareness-raising campaign for children with imprisoned parents during the first week of June 2010. Each participating partner organised a local or national event that coincided with EPCW to raise awareness on this group of children, the challenges they face and their special needs. Initiatives included: Carrefour Prison … Read More
Grundtvig Learning Partnership training packs to be launched
1st May 2010 Eurochips is pleased to announce that a series of Training and Information Packs (TIPS) for prison staff, professionals and schools, will be presented in May at a FFP/Eurochips seminar in Oslo entitled “Children of Imprisoned Parents: Exchanging Experience and Good Practice”. The TIPS were developed as part of a transnational Grundtvig Lifelong … Read More
Exchanging experience and good practice in Europe
28th April 2010 Norway’s Organization for Families and Friends of Prisoners (FFP), a Eurochips member, is organizing a seminar in Oslo entitled Children with Imprisoned Parents: Exchanging Experience and Good Practice, on May 7, 2010, to coincide with Eurochips’ annual General Assembly meeting the following day. The seminar will be a day to share experiences, … Read More
Effects of parental imprisonment on children
2nd April 2010 The Centre for Social and Educational Research, DIT, was commissioned by the Management Committee of the Visitors’ Centre in the Mountjoy Prison Complex to carry out research into the effects of parental imprisonment on children.The topic has to date received little formal attention in Ireland, despite the fact that imprisonment affects a … Read More
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