Children in Wales delivers inclusive training to Parents
Parents Connect Wales, a project based in Children in Wales, have developed a training session for parents on ‘Children’s Rights and Taking Part as a Parent’. This training aims to raise awareness of children’s rights and empower parents to advocate on behalf of their children.
One of our key partnerships has been with Kidcare4U, a registered charity supporting adults and children from disadvantaged ethnic communities in Newport.
Language can be a key barrier to participation for ethnic minority parents, especially for those with limited fluency in English. To address this, we piloted our training sessions with the support of translators for parents whose first language is Bangla or Arabic. This ensured that the content was accessible and inclusive.
Responding to the needs of the community
The UNCRC is an internationally agreed document that recognises the importance of children’s rights and freedoms and puts the best interests of the child first. It is a list of rights that all children aged 0-18 years have.
To introduce the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC), Young Wales volunteers co-produced a poster summarising the rights in simple, relatable language.
This poster resource was used in the piloting sessions to introduce the UNCRC. However, many parents found the English poster and some of the concepts difficult to understand. As a result, they requested translated versions of the UNCRC poster in their community languages.
In response to this, the poster has now been translated and printed in five key community languages: Arabic, Urdu, Bangla, Polish, and Romanian.
Making rights accessible
When Parents Connect Wales returned to the same group of parents to deliver the fully developed training, the translated posters were distributed. The parents were happy to receive them in Arabic and Bangla. With these resources, they gained a comprehensive understanding of their children’s rights and felt empowered to use their voice to advocate for their children.
These posters are a valuable resource to enhance the accessibility of the UNCRC for diverse communities across Wales. You can access them here: