2010 News Archives

United Kingdom - 10th October 2010

Kids Vip launches the new How to Run a Family Day Toolkit

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.

Report on the Children’s Ombudsman’s expert group and other news

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.

News from Croatian Ombudsman for Children

The Office of the Croatian Ombudsman for Children 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.

European Union - 6th October 2010

Updated statistics on prisoners’ children in EU-27

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.

European Union - June 1-6 2010

EUROCHIPS launched first European Prisoners Children Week

EUROCHIPS network launched Europe's first awareness-raising campaign for children with imprisoned parents during the first week of June 2010.

Denmark - 7th September 2010

SAVN joins Eurochips network

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.

European Union - Coping 2010 -2013

Eurochips umbrella partner in Coping Research project

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.

Grundtvig Learning Partnership training packs to be launched

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”.

Exchanging experience and good practice in Europe

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.

Ireland - 2nd April 2010

Effects of parental imprisonment on children

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

Denmark - 2nd April 2010

When the Innocent are Punished – Children of Imprisoned Parents

"When the Innocent are Punished – Children of Imprisoned Parents" is a EU-funded transnational project launched in October 2009 and piloted by the Danish Institute for Human Rights (DIHR).

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