How effective are the Family Hubs pilots in improving outcomes for young children and their families? What works best to engage families and deliver services?

Background

Our goal is for the early years sector to provide the foundations for children to have happy, healthy and successful lives, and to enable parents to work. The sector has some challenges in common with our other sectors but it faces a different local and systemic context. We are interested in evidence that will help us enable a healthy and sustainable early years market which maximises the valuable outcomes of the sector.

Next steps

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Source

This question was published as part of the set of ARIs in this document:

Df E Areas of Research Interest 2024

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  • EasyPeasy Home Learning content task-force: Supporting families with young children

    EasyPeasy requests £46,867 in matched funding (£23k already secured) to support a 3-month content task-force to become the go-to early years app for parents and teachers during the COVID-19 crisis, and beyond...

    Funded by: Innovate UK

    Lead research organisation: CHARACTER COUNTS LTD

    Why might this be relevant?

    The project focuses on supporting families with young children through a content task-force and providing guidance for parents, which aligns with the goal of improving outcomes for young children and engaging families.

  • EasyPeasy Parenting - launching a SaaS social enterprise model to narrow the gap in Early Child Development

    EasyPeasy is a proven child development platform that offers parents activities and guidance to turn everyday parenting stresses into opportunities for playful learning. The coronavirus pandemic caused a period of expone...

    Funded by: Innovate UK

    Lead research organisation: CHARACTER COUNTS LTD

    Why might this be relevant?

    The project aims to narrow the gap in Early Child Development by providing activities and guidance for parents, which directly addresses the question of improving outcomes for young children and engaging families.

  • ADR England Community Catalyst: Children at risk of poor outcomes

    National and local organisations produce a wealth of valuable data, which can be used to understand how we can reduce the number of children at risk of poor social, health and educational outcomes. However, at present, t...

    Funded by: ESRC

    Lead research organisation: Swansea University

    Why might this be relevant?

    The project focuses on children involved with early intervention and social care services, which is relevant to the question about improving outcomes for young children and families.

  • Childcare and Wellbeing in Times of Covid-19: Developing crisis-resilient care solutions

    High-quality early childhood education and care (ECEC) and afterschool-care (ASC) services are crucial for children's equal opportunities, particularly for children from disadvantaged backgrounds. They are also crucial f...

    Funded by: COVID

    Lead research organisation: University of Edinburgh

  • Understanding Children's Lives and Outcomes

    Understanding Children's Lives and Outcomes, led by Morag Treanor and Fiona Mitchell, will provide new insights to help better understand and deliver the best possible outcomes for children, utilising existing datasets n...

    Funded by: ESRC

    Lead research organisation: University of Edinburgh

  • The impact of COVID-19 on the provision of Early Years childcare in England and Wales

    Early Years (EY) childcare is critical to the UK economy and society given its positive impact on child development and wellbeing. Without the provision of formal and informal childcare, parents will not be able to retur...

    Funded by: COVID

    Lead research organisation: University of Leeds

  • Famli - Capturing the wellbeing improvement data of children and families

    Famli is on a mission to improve the health and wellbeing of families with young children in the UK, in a fun, engaging and inclusive way, in the UK. The project addresses the pressing issues facing UK communities, with ...

    Funded by: Innovate UK

    Lead research organisation: FAMLI LTD

  • Empowering Home Visitors in Early Intervention: Impact Evaluation of Teacher Training and Use of Technology on Childhood Development - Evidence from t

    It is well established that the first years of life lay the basis for lifelong development. However, many children in developing countries are exposed to poverty, malnutrition, illnesses, and un-stimulating home environm...

    Funded by: GCRF

    Lead research organisation: University College London

  • Provision and use of preschool childcare in Britain

    Families benefit from childcare. The availability of affordable childcare is a major influence on women's ability to take up paid work. According to the Equality and Human Rights Commission, 'Helping families to combine ...

    Funded by: ESRC

    Lead research organisation: University College London

  • Enhancement of ECHILD with a mother-child and Unique Property Reference number link

    ECHILD is a research database that joins together existing health, education and social care information for all children in England. We are using this linked data to better understand how education affects children's he...

    Funded by: ESRC

    Lead research organisation: University College London

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