Prison-staff training in Italy launched by Bambinisenzasbarre
November 4, 2011
Training workshops focused on combining security and safety for children visiting their parents in prison have begun in Italy. The workshops train existing prison staff on engaging and interacting with children in an environment often perceived as potentially traumatic. The initiative, spearheaded by Eurochips member Bambinisenzasbarre, began last spring. Last May, at the seat of
Meet our newest affiliate member, Pillars
November 4, 2011
Eurochips is pleased to announce our latest affiliate member, Pillars. Based out of New Zealand, we are particularly impressed with their online work provided to children with imprisoned parents. We’ve included here a brief outline of their work, mission, and website. Pillars is a charity organisation for children of New Zealand prisoners. Our aim is
Recent Developments for the COPING Research Project
October 14, 2011
COPING is a child-centred research project which aims to investigate the characteristics of children with imprisoned parents, their resilience, and their vulnerability to mental health problems. Launched in January 2010 the study covers four countries (UK, Germany, Sweden and Romania)and includes two umbrella organisations (one in Switzerland, the other in France) which each have specific
Emerging Findings of the COPING Research Project
October 13, 2011
The COPING project research is still at a relatively early stage, so comment upon the impacts of it at this point is premature. However, throughout the four nations in which the research is conducted, five main themes are beginning to emerge from the in-depth child-centred interviews. Firstly, the role of schools is emerging as very
COPING project expected results & findings
October 12, 2011
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
Committee on the Rights of the Child UN Day of General Discussion
October 12, 2011
The Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) focused the annual UN Day of General Discussion (DGD) this September on children with imprisoned parents. Representatives from the COPING project were in attendance amongst the various NGOs and European networks present. In addition, children from the COPING project were invited to attend and speak on
Mapping of services for children with imprisoned parents
October 10, 2011
Since the launch of the COPING project, one of the research teams has been patiently mapping the available services for children with imprisoned parents throughout Europe. Great progress has been made on this front, and the team is excited to be constructing a database of services available in the various nations. The combined efforts of
COPING Communication & Publication Strategy
October 8, 2011
The COPING project has many objectives, one of which being the production of several publications based on the research findings. At this stage in the project, the Communication and Publication Strategy is being put into action and the first publications emerging from the COPING project are being released. The Project has been promoted via media
Eurochips conference “Improving Children’s participation”
June 20, 2011
On May 13th, over 70 people from the Eurochips network and Catalunya gathered in Barcelona for a conference focussing on Child Participation and the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child: challenges and new perspectives – where speakers challenged and inspired us to think differently about the way in which we engage with, not
Eurochips General Assembly in Spain
June 20, 2011
20th June 2011 This year, Eurochips’ GA and conference were held in Barcelona where, over a sunny weekend that left little time for sleep, around 30 Eurochips members and staff crammed in as much formal agenda, informal networking, sight-seeing and tapas-eating as possible, around the extensive programme of activities organised for us by Elias and
