This course examines the teenage years in terms of physical, psychological, emotional and social development. Examining the issues and looking at how that understanding can help with engaging with and affectively supporting young people… Read More
Child development
This course is for anyone working with children from 0-12 who want to increase their understanding of what to expect of children at certain stages of development… Read More
Transforming the health and social care workforce in Wales
This full day online event will help practitioners to review their organisation’s progress against the actions outlined in the Healthier Wales Workforce Strategy for Health and Social Care… Read More
Reflections on establishing and sustaining participatory research centres
This presentation will share learning gathered during a Binks Hub scoping of Centres, Hubs, and Institutions currently conducting and supporting co-production and participatory forms of research internationally… Read More
Improving care leavers’ experiences of the welfare system
Care experienced young people face a range of challenges in accessing Universal Credit and other welfare support. To address this, Leicestershire Care have worked with Learning and Work Institute to develop six key policy asks to improve welfare support for care leavers… Read More
New project on maternal feeding experiences: Motherhood Quilt and Guilt
This project will explore mother’s complex experiences of feeding practices through a community quilting project. It aims to create a discussion around negative emotional experiences, such as shame and guilt, arising from the introduction of formula and combination feeding that is likely to resonate with most women in Wales… Read More
Thematic report: The status of foster carers
Foster carers provide children with stability, security, attachment and a positive experience of family life… Read More
State of the Nation’s Foster Care 2021: Spotlight on Wales
The State of the Nation’s Foster Care 2021: Spotlight on Wales report highlights the challenges foster care in Wales has to overcome and what more needs to be done to provide our children with… Read More
State of the Nation’s Foster Care 2021
The State of the Nation’s Foster Care 2021 report, published in December 2021, provided further evidence of the recruitment and retention crisis in foster care but highlights how the need to value and recognise the foster carer role is at the heart of the crisis… Read More
Meic helpline
Meic is the information, advice and advocacy service for children and young people in Wales aged 0-25… Read More
