Leicestershire Cares pack for raising awareness of visual impairment in the workplace. The pack gives details of the employability project, the context and successes. It provides detailed information on Health and Safety Practices, key considerations for colleagues and managers, and signposting to sources of support and information… Read More
Arts Methods for the Self-Representation of Undergraduate Students
This book presents research gathered among arts educators, and lecturers in the social sciences and humanities to offer practical approaches to integrating arts methods in taught programme content; also exploring how meeting points for self-representation are created in extracurricular arts practice… Read More
New special edition of Thrive magazine – Money, money, money!
The issue tries to address some of the worries and fears that young people told us they have about money; and looks at what support is available to help them – plus there’s all our usual features, like ‘Ask Matt’ and ‘Real Life’. We also look at the basic income pilot for care leavers in Wales… Read More
New special edition of Thrive magazine – Money, money, money!
The issue tries to address some of the worries and fears that young people told us they have about money; and looks at what support is available to help them – plus there’s all our usual features, like ‘Ask Matt’ and ‘Real Life’. We also look at the basic income pilot for care leavers in Wales and interview a Welsh Government minister to find out more. Read More
British Academy launch of Reframing Childhood: exploring the report in a Welsh context
With the launch of ‘Reframing Childhood’, the British Academy final report of the Childhood Policy programme, over 50 childhood stakeholders meet at the CASCADE Centre at Cardiff University to discuss the report’s findings. This blog summarises and highlights key ideas that emerged during this discussion… Read More
Care-experienced students in Wales: from students to graduates
Research carried out by Dr Ceryn Evans at Swansea University is exploring the experiences of care experienced university students as they navigate through university and embark on transitions from university to post-graduation life. She is currently recruiting participants to inform her research. Find out more about the research here… Read More
Mental health and care experienced young people
Over the past few months Leicestershire Cares have been working with a group of care experienced young people to think about some of the issues that are most prevalent in their lives. Over several sessions the group identified Mental Health as the primary concern currently impacting on their lives… Read More
The cost of living crisis and its impact on education
The cost of living crisis has been making headlines for months, as prices rise and many families struggle to make their incomes stretch. But much less has so far been known about how those wider financial pressures are impacting on children in the classroom. The Sutton Trust latest research looks at that vital question… Read More
Cost of living and education 2022
The findings of this report show that the cost of living crisis is increasingly impacting families, with prices rising and parents struggling to make their incomes stretch… Read More
Separating families: Experiences of separation and support
A new report has been launched, which provides evidence from parents and their children about their experiences when their parents separated… Read More