Throughout 2017, COPE worked closely with the Council of Europe’s Council for Penological Co-operation (PC-CP) to draft a Recommendation and Explanatory Memorandum on children with imprisoned parents. We are very pleased to announce that the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe has adopted this Recommendation and issued it to its 47 Member States … Read More
Year: 2018
Register now for EuroPris’ Good Practice workshop
EuroPris (European Organisation of Prison and Correctional Services) is organising a workshop on Family Relations the 11-12 April 2018 in Vienna, highlighting the relationships between children and their imprisoned parents as well as relationships of prisoners with siblings and parents. EuroPris’ Family Relations expert group, who has recently published their Good Practice Collection, will head … Read More
Help send two sisters affected by parental imprisonment to the 2018 CATS conference
Children with imprisoned parents need your support to allow their voices to be heard Following last year’s CATS conference focusing on “Reaching for an inclusive world”, the 2018 edition will be centred on the theme of “Safe Together”. Chosen to focus on the importance of collaboration between age groups in creating safe environments for … Read More
Registration now open for POPS-COPE conference in Manchester
This year’s conference is called ‘Keeping Children Connected’ – Progress and Parental Imprisonment: A Child’s Perspective. The conference will take place on Friday 8 June 2018, at the Geoffrey Manton Building, Rosamond Street West, Manchester M15 6EB Early bird discounts for registration are available until Friday 23 March, 2018. Register here This pan-European conference, hosted … Read More
Launch: Papa Plus parent support initiative
On 13 February, COPE, in partnership with the Fédération des Rélais Enfants Parents (FREP) and Child and Space, officially launched its new “Papa Plus” initiative. The launch took place at COPE and FREP’s new shared office space, and was an intimate evening of presentations and fruitful discussion followed by live music and conversation. Through presentations … Read More
Establishing Baselines: Data collection towards better safeguarding children with a parent in prison (2018)
The collection of data presented in COPE’s 2018 ‘Establishing Baselines’ report is the first of its kind. It draws from a qualitative questionnaire designed by COPE in 2017 and was distributed to prison administrations and services in 47 member states in the lead up to the publication of Recommendation CM/Rec2018(5). The work of data collection … Read More
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