November 19, 2021 Below is the seventh in a new series of blog posts created by those... A Parent’s Story 7: Jessica
November 12, 2021 Below is the sixth in a new series of blog posts created by those... A Parent’s Story 6: Charmaine
November 11, 2021 Last week, Children Heard & Seen, Thames Valley Police and Thames Valley VRU launched a... Putting the focus on children and families when a parent is imprisoned
October 21, 2021 Below is the fifth in a new series of blog posts created by those... A Parent’s Story 5: Guilt
October 1, 2021 Below is the fourth in a new series of blog posts created by those... A Parent’s Story 4: The Wall That Divides Us
September 17, 2021 Below is the third in a new series of blog posts created by those... A Parent’s Story 3: Chicken Noodle Soup
September 1, 2021 In December 2020, Ryan was matched with a 16-year-old boy that we support (also... The Value of Mentoring Relationships through Children Heard and Seen
August 20, 2021 Below is the second in a new series of blog posts created by those... A Parent’s Story 2: Katie
July 30, 2021 Below is the first in a new series of blog posts created by those... A Parent’s Story 1: Adele
July 27, 2021 We have recently secured funding to introduce an innovative new support position to offer... Children Heard and Seen: Children with a Mother in Prison: Snapshot Report 2021
April 28, 2021 The last 12 months have proven to be a challenging yet brilliant year for... Impact Report 2020 – 2021
April 6, 2021 “It’s the shame and stigma… isolation and the trauma that the children experience that... Sarah Burrows interviewed for ‘One Small Thing’ Podcast about the impacts of parental imprisonment
March 31, 2021 On March 30th 2021, families supported by Children Heard and Seen were interviewed by... Watch families supported by Children Heard and Seen speak on the BBC about the impact of lockdown and their children’s relationship with the parent in prison
March 29, 2021 ‘They should have thought about their children before they committed the crime’ Whenever an... It isn’t About the Prisoner…
February 25, 2021 “How are people supposed to reform and make a change when there is a... Allowing families impacted by parental imprisonment voices to be heard: Vix’s response to public preconceptions about prisoners
February 19, 2021 Earlier today, four mothers that we support who care for children with a parent... Parent’s Voices
January 25, 2021 No such thing as a typical week…….. You know how you can rate an... No Such Thing as a Typical Week…
January 22, 2021 I would like to thank everyone for making this journey such a valuable one.... Leanne’s End of Placement Blog Post
January 14, 2021 Over the last twelve months, children and families impacted by parental imprisonment have faced... Giving Evidence at the Human Rights Select Committee 2021
December 24, 2020 Children Heard and Seen was set up in June 2014 to mitigate the effects... 2020 Newsletter and Highlights
November 27, 2020 We were honoured and extremely surprised to win the Outstanding Regional Organisation at the... Criminal Justice Alliance Awards 2020
November 7, 2020 This report seeks to analyse the findings of the most recent set of Independent... Evaluation of ‘Family Contact’ in the IMB 2019-2020 Prison Reports
October 8, 2020 Children Heard and Seen Launch ‘Life In Lockdown’ Report in Conjunction with Inside Time.... Life In Lockdown 2020 Report
July 21, 2020 In March 2020 our founder Sarah Burrows and some of the young people we... OSCB Safeguarding Conference: Understanding My World
July 9, 2020 Earlier in the year our founder Sarah Burrows was invited to be interviewed by... BBC Woman’s Hour interview with Sarah Burrows
June 9, 2020 As with many charities and organisations we have been faced with huge challenges by... Covid-19 response
April 15, 2020 We are always delighted to hear from people who would like to support our... Get Involved
July 2, 2019 On Friday 14th June 2019, Children Heard and Seen and MyTime jointly hosted the... Seven Calls To Action
June 21, 2019 The children of prisoners seem invisible in this whole equation,” says Sarah Burrows, founder... Sarah Burrows ensures prisoners’ kids are heard and seen
June 21, 2019 On Friday 14th June a group of children and young people travelled to Westminster... Our Time To Be Heard
June 7, 2019 By Maria Semmonds, Family Project Delivery Lead Each year it’s estimated that 312,000 children... Taking our children to Krakow COPE conference
August 16, 2018 To whom it may concern, Two years ago my husband was sentenced to prison... What happens to prisoners when they are released, have nowhere to go but want to be close to their children to start rebuilding their lives?
June 15, 2018 Georgia was a teenager when her mum went to prison. Now 23, she's written... My mum went to prison when I was 15
April 18, 2018 Luke, alongside his volunteer mentor Jess decided that he would like to make a... A Point of View – Luke’s short film!
March 7, 2018 What is it like to have a parent in prison? A child we support... What is it like to have a parent in prison? Here is the trailer!!
December 11, 2017 One of the young people we support had the opportunity to interview Ralph Lubkowski,... Interview with Prison Governor
November 3, 2017 Over half term we teamed up with Modern Art Oxford for a tapestry takeover,... Tapestry Takeover!
February 14, 2017 We have been working on a blog to show the effects of having a... Blog – A young persons view of having their parent in prison
January 9, 2017 A snapshot of the work we do, images drawn by the children and an... Video: Giving children of prisoners a voice
August 2, 2016 Have a listen to Bridget, a grandmother we have been supporting for nearly 2... Interview on BBC radio Oxford
July 29, 2015 Take a look at the art work submitted for the creative competition we held across schools and youth groups. The title was ‘What would it be like to have a parent in prison?’ There were so many great entries, including drawings judged by illustrator Korky Paul, short stories judged by author Danny Lee and photographs judged by British media executive Sue Douglas. The art work was on display in the Criminology department at Oxford University.
December 17, 2014 We are delighted to announce that we can now receive donations through virgin so... Donate through Virgin Giving!
November 23, 2014 The residential was a great success, everyone (including the adults) had fun making their... November 2014 residential
November 7, 2014 Children aged 8-13 yrs old invited to take part in Residential at outdoor centre... November Residential
October 14, 2014 Children Heard and Seen Seen would like to thank Bridget for helping to raise... BCC Radio Oxford interview
September 23, 2014 Come to our next activity day on Saturday 4th October. We are currently running... Our current activity sessions
August 20, 2014 We are working towards providing 6-12 months weekly volunteer mentoring provision to 10 primary... Volunteer Mentors
