i-HOP E-news
November 2015
Supporting all professionals to work w
their families
Welcome to the 26th edition of i-HOP
e-news. In response to the
government’s upcoming review of
prison education, November’s
newsletter will look at the aims of
educational parenting programmes
within prisons, with their potential
positive effects for the children of
offenders, and the rehabilitation
agenda as a whole. We’ll also
showcase new additions to the i-HOP
website, highlight learning
opportunities and look ahead to some
exciting upcoming features.
i-HOP, now 3 months in to its third year
of service delivery, is a one-stop
information hub supporting professionals to
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consider the children and families of
from prison, culminat
offenders in their work. The estimated
200,000 children in England and Wales with planning and preparin
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a parent in prison annually (MoJ 2012)
delivers their short pa
experience a range of adverse outcomes
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from increased risk of poor mental health
meeting children’s un
(COPING 2013), to higher likelihood of
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involvement in anti-social behaviour
reduce conflict in fam
(Murray 2008). Family intervention
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programmes seek to support desistence
from crime by improving family ties, whilst parenting programme
Wales, and for addic
reducing negative impacts of imprisonment
programmes see Acti
on families, and continue to be
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recommended as an important element of
the rehabilitation agenda (NOMS 2014).
i-HOP’s rolling programme of
workshops and webinars
The i-HOP programme of FREE 2 hour
workshops around understanding the needs
of offenders’ families continues to grow.
There are plenty more dates and venues
across the country to be added soon! Keep
an eye on the i-HOP workshop web page
so that you don’t miss out.
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with children and families across England. Get in touch w
i-hop@barnardos.org.uk or via our web