A sizeable minority of children and young people in England face a significant range of vulnerabilities and disadvantages. These include those already known to children’s social care, children in need, those eligible for free school meals (FSM) because of low family income, those with SEND, in particular those who have an Education, Health and Care (EHC) plans and those who attend Alternative Provision. Given the human, economic and social cost of poor performance in this area, we are seeking evidence on the best ways to improve outcomes for these children and young people, before issues become acute and require more significant intervention
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This question was published as part of the set of ARIs in this document:
Even though rates of overall crime have gone down in the UK over the last two decades, levels of serious violence in the past four years indicate a reversal of this trend. As a result, tackling serious violence has becom...
Funded by: ESRC
Lead research organisation: University of Bristol
This project directly addresses the impact of childhood adversity on violent crime during adolescence and early adulthood, providing insights on how different experiences can lead to involvement in serious youth violence.
Over one billion children experience physical, sexual or emotional violence every year and social inequalities in violence are large. The contexts children live, learn and play in can shape their health, employment, and ...
Funded by: ESRC
Lead research organisation: University of Oxford
This project investigates the links between adverse and protective childhood contexts and violence later in life, providing valuable insights on how different childhood experiences can impact involvement in serious youth violence.
Intervention by child welfare services (CWS) aims to reduce exposure to maltreatment, trauma, or other adverse experiences, either through improvements in family functioning or because the child is placed in care. Notwit...
Funded by: ESRC
Lead research organisation: University of Sheffield
While this project focuses on the impact of child welfare service interventions on educational and criminal justice outcomes, it partially addresses the question by examining the relationship between childhood experiences and negative outcomes in vulnerable children.