Family and Community

  • Everyday Parenting with Care Experience

    Our study aims to understand the everyday experiences of UK parents with a background of care, in order to highlight positive parenting practices and celebrate parenting achievements.  
  • Building Connection: Using Minecraft in Counselling and Social Work

    Social worker and counsellor Ellie Finch shares how she uses Minecraft as a therapeutic tool with children and families, creating accessible, creative and inclusive spaces for emotional expression and connection.
  • “My Care Journey” publication is finally here!

    We are delighted to announce the launch of My Care Journey, a publication curated and created entirely by care experienced young people, giving the reader a unique insight into life in the care system.
  • Lived Experience Understandings of Peer Parent Advocacy

    As part of an ongoing study, we spoke to parents with lived experience of child protection services, who had not all had advocates. Their perspectives were different from those of research participants because they were talking about what they would ideally like to happen, rather than reflecting on how good or bad their experience of existing advocacy services was.
  • Listening to Babies and Young Children

    At Children in Wales, we are committed to promoting the rights of babies and very young children, in line with our vision.
  • The VERVE Toolkit

    The VERVE Toolkit introduces 25 creative methods designed to ignite dialogue, encourage critical thinking, cultivate practical skills for transformative change in rural-mountain regions.
  • Creative (re)presentation

    Physical activity can influence the mental health and well-being of care-experienced children and young people. Interventions combining the two should be designed by care-experienced children and young people.
  • The RESPECT Animation

    The RESPECT Project (Racialised Experiences Project: Education, Children & Trust) responds to calls to understand children’s racialised experiences and the impact this has on their mental health and wellbeing.

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    The Health and Wellbeing of Adults who grew up in  Care

    Research has shown that care-experienced adults face a greater risk of negative health outcomes compared to the general population, including higher rates of physical and mental health issues
  • Power to Change: New Reflective Film Celebrates Youth Empowerment 

    A new reflective film from Leicestershire Cares is shining a spotlight on the voices of young people whose lives have been transformed through the ground breaking Power to Change project.