Voices from the frontline

EurofamNet has the commitment to translate its academic outputs and practice resources into material that is accessible and easily understandable for families and children, while also hearing their voices, to incorporate their views on these outputs and resources. Members of EurofamNet have worked together with families at psychosocial risk from 3 different European countries, using art-based methods, to drive this process. Through story-telling, focus groups and case studies, these families' experience on types of support provision, barriers and best practices in family support were explored. This video shows the joint story of the families.

 Family diversity and COVID-19: The voice of the professionals (PDF)

Spanish members of EurofamNet have developed this video that shows an example of good practices in supporting families at psychosocial risk in Spain. The Family Education and Support Programme is introduced, and the voices of parents that have benefited from this initiative express their experience and learning participating in this initiative.

Centre for Parenting Support “Growing up Together” is coordinating a national, multidisciplinary and multisectorial network of practitioners from kindergartens, family centers and NGOs who are engaged in provision of universal and targeted parenting support and family support programmes to families with young children. Aiming to ensure that every child’s parents have access to psychosocial support responsive to their universal and specific needs and resources, development of the initial universal programme of 11 workshops with parents (“Growing up Together”), was followed by co-creation of programmes of workshops with parents of children with disabilities (“Growing up Together Plus”), vulnerable parents in adverse circumstances and their children (“Growing up Together – Count us In”), fathers ("Fathers' Club"), divorced fathers ("Growing up Together Goes On"), adoptive parents ("Growing up Together in a New Family"). In these two videos, programmes participants and practitioners who facilitate workshops share their views and experiences.

 Family diversity and COVID-19: The voices of the families (PDF)

RoMoMatteR is a transnational European initiative that aims to tackle gender discrimination by empowering Romani girls in Bulgaria, Romania and Spain. In this video, Romani teenage girls from Córdoba (Spain) advocate for their dreams and for the resources they need to achieve them, while they send their recommendations to their communities, policymakers and other key stakeholders. Local activists, families, members from grassroots organizations, policymakers and researchers explain the process and send their messages of support to Romani teenage girls to envision their own futures and equipping them with psychological, psychosocial and community strengths.