6 November COPING Conference
October 18, 2012
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
COPING end of project conference to be held in Brussels
July 18, 2012
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
COPING project expected results & findings
July 18, 2012
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
‘My COPING’ website launched
July 18, 2012
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
Public event in Dresden helps raise awareness for children with imprisoned parents
July 18, 2012
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
Eurochips’ new full members
June 19, 2012
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
IPRT researches prisoners’ families
June 19, 2012
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
Dutch website launched and film released focusing on prisoners’ children
June 19, 2012
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
Relais-Enfants Parents launches prison father-child lunch Wednesdays
June 19, 2012
Eurochips’ member Relais Enfants-Parents and the Department of Melun’s Centre of Detention in southeastern Paris are launching a new initiative to allow incarcerated fathers to have lunch with their children one Wednesday every month starting in June. Two Relais staff workers will supervise the lunches; the prison will provide special meal-trays funded by participating families.
