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Italy - December 2009

Bambinisenzasbarre awarded “Special Merit”

Eurochips Partner Bambinisenzasbarre has been awarded the mention of "Special Merit" within the “Premio Amico della Famiglia 2008” (2008 Friend of the Family Prize)

Norway - December 2009

Schools Workshops on having an imprisoned family member

FFP and the company Splint have developed a workshop for youth on being a young person with an imprisoned family member.

Report to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child

The Norwegian Forum for the Convention of the Rights of the Child has submitted a shadow report to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child. FFP has contributed to this work. Among other issues, attention is drawn to the situation of children with imprisoned parents and children whose parents risk deportation after serving their sentence.

Norway - Winter 2009

Children’s Ombudsman’s Expert Group

The Children’s Ombudsman has set up an expert group to learn more about the situation of children with imprisoned parents.

Italy - 19th November 2009

Bambinisenzasbarre Launches Newsletter and Network

The Milan-based association Bambinisenzasbarre is launching its first newsletter, to be diffused four times a year (January, April, June, October).

Netherlands - 15th November 2009

Papa Vaart Joins EUROCHIPS Network

Papa Vaart, a Dutch association working on behalf of prisoners' children that is part of the foundation Slechts op Bezoek (SOB), has joined the EUROCHIPS network

Northen Ireland - 11th November 2009

Prison Governor Austin Treacy Becomes EUROCHIPS Member

EUROCHIPS is pleased to announce that Deputy Governor Austin Treacy of HMP Maghaberry in Northern Ireland has become a network member.

United Kingdom - 7th November 2009

APF AGM and Conference: 'Women Beyond Bars'

The number of women in prison in the UK has spiraled from some 1,500 to more than 4,000 over the past ten years. More than one half of these women have a child under age 16.

France - 2008

EUROCHIPS and REP Launch Painting Workshop

EUROCHIPS, in collaboration with its French member Relais Enfants Parents, has launched a painting workshop for children at Villepinte Prison outside Paris—the first painting workshop to be set up in France.

United Kingdom - 4th November 2008

APF AGM and Conference: 'Women Beyond Bars'

The number of women in prison in the UK has spiraled from some 1,500 to more than 4,000 over the past ten years. More than one half of these women have a child under age 16.

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