The Parenting in a Multicultural European City project is developing a Swansea Parents Group and all parents are welcome to contact the project.

The Swansea Parents Group aims to help new parents to find information relevant to parents in the Swansea area. It is also relevant for migrant families who need to find out about services in Swansea.

Parents who are new to Swansea may need to find out about the support systems available to them. The Swansea Parents Group is surveying the available support and making recommendations to policy makers where gaps in provision are identified or changes in delivery would make the provision more suitable for migrant and disadvantaged parents.

Parenting in a Multicultural European City is a transnational project funded by the European Social Fund as a three year Grundtvig 1 project (from October 2006 – September 2009). There are eleven partners and the project is coordinated by the Department of Adult Continuing Education, Swansea University.

Parents new to a city and new parents need information about support systems available to them. The project will give Parents Groups an opportunity to survey existing policy and provision and prepare City and European Guides for parents and new immigrant families. Parents Groups from eleven European cities will work transnationally to compare findings, identify themes of common interest and provide feedback about policy and system changes which will be both culturally sensitive and adapted to needs of immigrant and marginalized parents.

The project provides child care while working with parents, and does not charge for its services.

For further information, please contact:

Parenting in a Multicultural European City

DACE, Glyndwr Building

Swansea University

Singleton Park

Swansea

SA2 8PP

Tel: 01792 295795

E-mail: j.james@swansea.ac.uk