CHILDREN HEARD AND SEEN

Big Give Christmas Challenge 2023 - Online Support: Children with a parent in prison

Unrestricted core funding for small charities

This project provides individual and peer group support, activities and a residential break for children and young people with a parent in prison. Children and young people will improve their mental health and school engagement and increase ....more

This project provides individual and peer group support, activities and a residential break for children and young people with a parent in prison. Children and young people will improve their mental health and school engagement and increase aspirations.

Cost of living supplementary grant

Towards unrestricted core costs as a Cost of Living Uplift

Children Heard and Seen (CHAS) support children and families impacted by parental imprisonment, with a focus on raising aspirations, improving emotional wellbeing and breaking the cycle of intergenerational offending. This grant supports the role of ....more

Children Heard and Seen (CHAS) support children and families impacted by parental imprisonment, with a focus on raising aspirations, improving emotional wellbeing and breaking the cycle of intergenerational offending. This grant supports the role of Funding and Researcher Coordinator which will support the charity’s financial sustainability, staff capacity and impact growth.

Main Grant Unrestricted Core Costs

to fully fund a Young Person's Zoom programme for an entire year, every school week. Activities are focused on the children (age 12+) working together to overcome the disadvantage and stigma of experiencing parental imprisonment.

Children Heard and Seen (CHAS) support young people and families impacted by parental imprisonment in their own communities.

towards online group sessions for children across Essex who have a parent in prison

Donor request resulting from High Sheriff appeal

Online Support Worker

This project is a partnership with Thames Valley VRU and Thames Valley Police to rapidly identify children of a parent sent to prison, and offer a tailored package of support.

Case Worker supporting children with a parent in prison

Specialised Case Worker for Children with a Mother in Prison

Core costs

50% of salaries and running costs over 3-years to support children and families impacted by parental imprisonment.

The funding will be used to cover the salary of a specialised Intensive Case Worker to offer support to children whose parent has been imprisoned for sexual offences. The project aims to improve their wellbeing and break the cycle of ....more

The funding will be used to cover the salary of a specialised Intensive Case Worker to offer support to children whose parent has been imprisoned for sexual offences. The project aims to improve their wellbeing and break the cycle of intergenerational offending.

Towards unrestricted core costs of an organisation working to support children with a parent in prison, including specialist support for children whose parent is in prison for sexual offences.

Funding under Sport England's Return to Play - Small Grants funding programme for a Revenue project titled COVID19 Return to Play. This project lists its main activity as Multi Sports.

Providing one weekly activity group for children impacted by parental imprisonment living in the Oxfordshire area over the next 3 months.

Children Heard and Seen is an Oxfordshire based charity established in 2014 to support children and families impacted by parental imprisonment. This project wiil allow them to support families in the south Liverpool area. The project will enable ....more

Children Heard and Seen is an Oxfordshire based charity established in 2014 to support children and families impacted by parental imprisonment. This project wiil allow them to support families in the south Liverpool area. The project will enable face to face individual interventions and group sessions and and support. Once face to face group work is offered locally referrals can be made by professionals and the families themselves. Children with a parent in prison are more likely to experience poverty, poor housing, social inclusion, poor physical health, 65% of boys with a convicted parent go on to offend themselves, Children Heard and Seen's overarching aim is to reduce intergenerational and parent re-offending.

COVID19 - This grant will fund additional staff hours and online activities to children and young people with a parent in prison, isolated as a result of Covid-19. Young people will feel less isolated.

Advice & support - providing support to children with imprisoned parents.

Children Heard and Seen supports children and families who are impacted by parental imprisonment. Offering 1:1 support, mentors, group activities and arts and music-based therapy to children who are facing shame and stigma that is attached to having ....more

Children Heard and Seen supports children and families who are impacted by parental imprisonment. Offering 1:1 support, mentors, group activities and arts and music-based therapy to children who are facing shame and stigma that is attached to having a parent in prison. Virtual support groups have been set up as families with a parent in prison are particularly vulnerable and isolated at this time. Funding will support two groups a week over a three month period.

To provide virtual support groups and 1:1 support to children with a parent in prison during Covid-19.

Group work for children impacted by parental imprisonment

We will set up a group for children with a parent in prison. The group will run for 12 monthly sessions. It will be important for the group to also have volunteers who could potentially work with children individually outside of the group providing ....more

We will set up a group for children with a parent in prison. The group will run for 12 monthly sessions. It will be important for the group to also have volunteers who could potentially work with children individually outside of the group providing role models and mentoring. The grant will enable us to recruit, vet, DBS check, supervise and pay volunteer expenses. We will hire a central Banbury location (the Mill Arts Centre) which has facilities children may not normally access. The funding will finance a skilled empathetic, tenacious professional to assess the families and their needs and build a relationship that children/young people feel encouraged and supported to attend ,s/he, will identify and liaise with contributors for the project The funding will provide healthy refreshments to ensure the children/young people feel nurtured and cared for at the project sessions. It will also provide materials such as craft supplies for the groups and contribute to funding skilled sessional workers such as art or music workers.

This project will provide music sessions for children and young people separated through parental imprisonment. Children and young people will become more confident, have better family relationships and improved emotional well-being.

Ensuring we have adequate resources to provide positive family activities, this includes arts and crafts for all ages, soft activities for primary age children, and family friendly games

Funding under Sport England's Small Grants funding programme for a Revenue project titled Football and Anti social behaviour. This project is a Association Football project, with a focus on younger beneficiaries.

The project will provide weekly groups for children and young people with a parent in prison We will use a range of community resources to provide activities and encourage peer support in order to reduce the stigma of parental imprisonment; and ....more

The project will provide weekly groups for children and young people with a parent in prison We will use a range of community resources to provide activities and encourage peer support in order to reduce the stigma of parental imprisonment; and explore their feelings/emotions attached to this intensely traumatic experience. We aim to empower children to consider their aspirations and goals We will also recruit Volunteer Mentors from the local community, provide them with training and support so they can then provide, 1:1 mentoring support to children and young people, and co-facilitate the groups, whilst they gain valuable work experience.

Promote reduction of isolation and disadvantage and access to local services

Towards a project which helps children of offenders keep in touch with the family member in prison without having the trauma of visiting a prison.