Highlights from PEGS Conference

Last month some of the team headed to Central London to host our Child to Parent Abuse Covenant (CPAC) conference. The event saw delegates attend from across the UK, with key note speeches, a panel discussion, and even virtual input from an organisation in America too. It’s fair to say the team excelled themselves and delivered an interactive, informative and engaging event on Child to Parent Abuse (CPA) and the impact on employment.

The Child to Parent Abuse Covenant was launched in October 2021 due to our then survey, revealing that 70% of those PEGS supported had to significantly reduce or leave employment altogether due to the behaviours they were experiencing from their child. PEGS approached the Department for Work and pensions (DWP ) to highlight the barriers employees and employers were facing when experiencing Child to Parent Abuse. With Tony’s and Ahmed’s, National Partnership team support and encouragement, the Child to Parent Abuse Covenant was created and became the 4th DWP backed employer covenant available free of charge to any UK employer. You can find out more about the launch of the covenant and how to sign up here https://www.pegsupport.co.uk/pegs-launches-national-employer-covenant

PEGS would like to extend our thanks to Rax, Local events manager at Halifax Flagship branch in New Oxford Street, London, who allowed us to use their incredible venue for the conference. The onsite social enterprise Change please, supplied all the beverages for us, which was a brilliant opportunity for PEGS to be able to support another social enterprise. You can find out more about the venue and the wonderful work of Change please, here https://changeplease.org/

To find out more about the event itself, you can download the highlight report here:

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Founding Director, Michelle, has been awarded an MBE in the Kings Birthday Honours for Family Support and Advocacy.

By PEGS Admin • June 15, 2026

Child to Parent Abuse organisation founder awarded MBE The founder of a social enterprise which has supported thousands of parents impacted by abusive behaviours from their children has been awarded an MBE. Michelle John, originally from Pembrokeshire in Wales but now based in Shropshire, was among the names announced for the prestigious accolade in the King’s Birthday Honours List this year. In 2020, Michelle set up not-for-profit organisation PEGS with the aim of supporting parents and carers, training professionals, influencing local and national policy, and raising awareness of Child to Parent Abuse – which is thought to affect up to one in ten households in the UK. Since then, she has grown a team of experts who have trained police, social workers, teachers and many other professionals to better recognise the signs of CPA, support parents, and signpost to specialist organisations. In addition, Michelle set up a range of parent-focused initiatives including daily practitioner-led online sessions, a Facebook peer support group which now has 3,300 members, and one-to-one offerings for those at highest risk. PEGS launched a CPA Covenant for employers in partnership with the Department for Work and Pensions, only the fourth such covenant to be backed by the Government, and Michelle has advised everyone from the Home Office to Channel 4 and the BBC on CPA – the latter for storyline on Hollyoaks and EastEnders. Her work has seen CPA covered by journalists across television news programmes, national newspapers and magazine, and regional press and radio, and she’s received numerous awards both in the UK and internationally. Michelle, whose MBE was awarded for Family Support and Advocacy, said: “This honour is also shared with the parents who have trusted me along the way: they drive me, inspire me and I will always stand with them. “I feel proud, privileged and very grateful – and I’d like to thank everyone who has supported me and PEGS along the way. There is much more to come for PEGS, and we will continue to work every day for the parents and carers who have been or continue to be impacted by CPA. “There is so much to reflect on from the journey of the last six years, and there have been many highlights and challenges along the way. I am sure there will be many more in the future – although being told I’d received an MBE will always remain a truly incredible moment that I’ll remember forever!” For more information about us, visit www.pegsupport.co.uk or search for 'PEGS' on social media!