In 2012, Children of Prisoners Europe was Eurochips. The staff spent the majority of the year organising an international conference to raise awareness on children of prisoners by presenting the findings and recommendations of the COPING project. The main activities of the year included (not limited to): The COPING Project Coping with a Parent in … Read More
Year: 2012
6 November COPING Conference
The Eurochips staff have been preparing for the upcoming conference Coping with a Parent in Prison: An Agenda for Policy reform to take place on 6 November in Brussels. The event marks the end of the 3-year COPING research project. Bolstered by a child’s rights framework, more than 800 children affected by parental incarceration have … Read More
COPING end of project conference to be held in Brussels
COPING partners have spent the past six months gearing up for the end-of-project conference, Coping With a Parent in Prison: An Agenda for Policy Reform, to be held 6 November 2012 in Brussels to showcase research findings. With the objective of utilizing research findings to work towards EU policy-reform initiatives, the planning committee chose a … Read More
COPING project expected results & findings
The COPING project research is entering its final stage, so comment upon the impacts of it at this point is still premature. However, throughout the four nations in which the research is conducted, five main themes have been emerging from the in-depth child-centred interviews. These themes were highlighted last October and all of them have … Read More
‘My COPING’ website launched
Spring 2012 – The “My Coping” web pages, developed by the Huddersfield University Learning Technology team as part of the 7th Framework COPING Research Project, have been launched. The pages feature consultation from children with imprisoned parents. Children and young people affected by parental incarceration, for example, are invited to e-mail their thoughts and experiences … Read More
Public event in Dresden helps raise awareness for children with imprisoned parents
COPING partners TUD and Treffpunkt e.V. prepared the public event “Wenn Papa im Gefängnis sitzt – Hilfebedarf und Hilfen für die Kinder von Inhaftierten” (“If daddy is in prison – needs and support for the children of prisoners”), which took place prior to a project consortium meeting in Dresden. The aim of the symposium was … Read More
Eurochips’ new full members
EUROCHIPS welcomes four new full members into the network—Carrefour Prison of Switzerland, NIACRO of Northern Ireland, Families Outside of Scotland and the Children’s Ombudsman’s Office of Croatia. All of the organisations have been doing pioneer work on behalf of children with imprisoned parents. Geneva-based Carrefour Prison accompanies children on prison visits, trains professionals and raises … Read More
Joint World Conference
From July 8 to July 12, Eurochips member Bryggan will attend the Joint World Conference held by the Social Work and Social Development Communities 2012 in Stockholm. The main focus of the conference, entitled “Action and Impact,” will be to reinforce the impact of social workers on a regional, national, and international scale. Some 2,000 … Read More
IPRT researches prisoners’ families
The Irish Penal Reform Trust (IPRT) is currently undertaking research on prisoners’ families in Ireland. The main objective of their research is to raise awareness about the grievances of prisoners’ families, including prison visits, financial difficulties and difficulties associated with separation. The trust intends to examine the issue of children’s rights from the perspective of … Read More
Dutch website launched and film released focusing on prisoners’ children
New technological advancements in the Netherlands have resulted in the creation of a new website targeting prisoners’ children. Young people aged 12-24 are invited to participate by logging in anonymously to chat with one another or the professional coach provided by the site staff. In addition, a social psychiatric nurse is blogging information from prison … Read More
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