‘They should have thought about their children before they committed the crime’ Whenever an article appears in the media with a focus on children impacted by parental imprisonment many of the responses will be along the lines of the quote at the top of the page. Families have come to expect it, brace themselves for […]
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This report seeks to analyse the findings of the most recent set of Independent Monitoring Board (IMB) annual reports to analyse and evaluate the consistency, or lack thereof, of the experiences of children and families with a parent currently serving a sentence in a UK prison. The report shines a light on the most egregious
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Children Heard and Seen Launch ‘Life In Lockdown’ Report in Conjunction with Inside Time. Since the start of lockdown in March 2020, and the subsequent cancelation of all prison visits, we have seen a significant rise in requests for support from families with a parent in prison. The majority of families understood the need for
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In March 2020 our founder Sarah Burrows and some of the young people we support were invited to speak at the Oxfordshire Safeguarding Children Board’s annual safeguarding conference. The theme of the conference was ‘Understanding My World’ and focused on hearing children’s voices to better understand their lived experience. As well as Children Heard And Seen, attendees heard from
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Children supported by Children Heard and Seen were interviewed by Channel 5 News speaking about their lived experience of parental imprisonment. Please watch the video below. Back to Our News
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Earlier in the year our founder Sarah Burrows was invited to be interviewed by Laura Thomas for BBC Radio 4’s Woman’s Hour, for a series they were running which celebrates the women in our communities who get things done. The interview was broadcast on 30th June 2020 and is available to listen to via the
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As with many charities and organisations we have been faced with huge challenges by Covid-19, mainly how we can continue to support our vulnerable and already isolated families whilst maintaining social distancing. On 24th March 2020 prison visits in the UK were suspended, meaning that many of the children we support were unable to have
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On Friday 14th June 2019, Children Heard and Seen and MyTime jointly hosted the first children’s voice conference for children with a parent in prison, ‘Our Time To Be Heard‘. The conference was held in the iconic Churchill Rooms at Westminster, and was attended by MPs, policy makers, Peers, academics and journalists. It was entirely
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