Why was a parenting project shortlisted for a prestigious European award? Joyce Reid reports on its success
A parenting project in Dundee has been so successful that it was one of five shortlisted for the prestigious European Alcuin Award, an initiative launched in 1991 by the European Parents Association to highlight the role of parents as partners in the education of their children.
PALS (Parents Altogether Lending Support) is a six-week course comprising one 90-minute session a week, during which groups of between four and seven share their experiences as parents and learn from those of others.
Dundee city council's education department identified the need for a parenting programme in 1997 and PALS was set up the following year. Initially based in areas of socioeconomic disadvantage, it is now offered throughout Dundee as part of the Early Years and Childcare Partnership's service.
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