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Tag: prison family support

Tag: prison family support

A mother speaks about her experience of supporting her teen daughter’s struggle with anorexia.

Parents of children with eating disorders often feel desperate, anxious and frustrated. Trapped between not pushing their child away and saving their life, parents can struggle with knowing how to juggle being supportive and coping with their own fears. Natasha…
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A view of a prison yard from behind bars

Training course to support children affected by the ‘Hidden Sentence’ of parental imprisonment

At HMP Winchester’s visitors centre, every day inside the prison walls presents challenges. ‘You can’t assume anything of the people coming in and what this visit means to them,’ says Caroline Feltham-King, a volunteer with Spurgeons’ Invisible Walls project. ‘Some…
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New online multimedia exhibition encourages dads to get creative behind bars

A new online exhibition showcases the work between fathers and Spurgeons colleagues who have been creating projects that benefit their children outside the walls of the prisons. The work has been made into an online exhibition, entitled ‘The Art of…
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Spurgeons colleague recognised for partnership working at national Youth Custody Service Awards

We are proud to share that Nii Anum of Spurgeons Prisoner and Significant Others Service at HMP/YOI Feltham has been recognised for his positive partnership working at the Youth Custody Service Staff Awards.  The staff awards, held at HMPS Newbold…
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