What happens in the home is a key driver of school experiences and attainment, and influences choices and outcomes. Keeping children safe from emotional and physical harm, tackling child poverty and supporting families will relieve pressure across the system and enable them to learn and thrive. This also contributes to the Safe Streets mission. (For brevity, please read all references to children as encompassing both children and young people where appropriate).
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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 project specifically focuses on understanding children's lives and outcomes, including vulnerable cohorts like looked after children, to inform policy and practice for better outcomes.
This project addresses the UK's serious knowledge gap in understanding the needs of children and young people (CYP) aged 5-18 living in poverty in the context of Covid19. A North East(NE) regional analysis is required ur...
Funded by: COVID
Lead research organisation: Newcastle University
The project addresses the needs of children and young people living in poverty, including their social, emotional, physical, and educational needs, to inform policy decisions.
My PhD studied why the impacts of caring vary for different children and young people depending on their individual lives. Young carers research has focused on those who access young carer projects due to having substant...
Funded by: ESRC
Lead research organisation: CARDIFF UNIVERSITY
While the project focuses on young carers and their needs, it does not directly address the broader question of supporting children and adults who lack family support.