The children of prisoners seem invisible in this whole equation,” says Sarah Burrows, founder of Children Heard and Seen. The charity supports children and families with parents or partners serving time, fighting the stigma and shame they face in their communities. Children whose parents have been convicted are three times more likely to commit a crime […]
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On Friday 14th June a group of children and young people travelled to Westminster to tell MPs, Peers (members of the House of Lords), policy officials, journalists, prison governors and a handful of academics, what it has been like for them to experience parental imprisonment, and what they think should be done to change that
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Each year it’s estimated that 312,000 children are impacted by the imprisonment of a parent. As the prison population continues to rise, so does the number of children who experience a parent in prison. In the last 4 years we at Children Heard and Seen have worked with almost 400 children, young people and their
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In 2017, Sarah was awarded the ‘Points of Light’ award by Theresa May. Points of Light are outstanding individual volunteers – people who are making a change in their community. The Prime Minister uses Points of Light to recognise an inspirational volunteer. In a personal letter to Sarah, Prime Minister Theresa May said: “Through ‘Children
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To whom it may concern, Two years ago my husband was sentenced to prison for fraud and he is due for release in early September 2018. We have two children and are now divorced. A POCA hearing and subsequent confiscation has taken everything he owned so he has nothing. He has been working for the
Georgia was a teenager when her mum went to prison. Now 23, she’s written about the impact it had on her then, and how it still affects her now.
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Luke, alongside his volunteer mentor Jess decided that he would like to make a film which he titled “A Point of View”. The film is about what is it like to have a parent in prison from Luke’s perspective.
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What is it like to have a parent in prison? A child we support has spent a year with his volunteer mentor, creating a film reflecting what it is like. Here is the trailer!!
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One of the young people we support had the opportunity to interview Ralph Lubkowski, Deputy Governor at HMP Leicester. The discussed family visits, family friendly prisons and the role of the prison system, really interesting to watch, looking forward to sharing the full interview soon.
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Over half term we teamed up with Modern Art Oxford for a tapestry takeover, inspired by the work of artist Hannah Ryggen, who told stories through her tapestries. The project was run with three groups of young people who we support; each group came up with a 1m by 1.5m design within their teams. The
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