Family and Community
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Should Care Experience be a Protected Characteristic?
Introduction As part of the Joining Up Joining In project funded from the Blagrave Trust we conducted a survey in partnership with our care experienced peer researchers. So far on the project, four young people have received training from Learning and Work Institute to become peer researchers and explore the issues that local care experienced… Read More
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Knowledge to Action Magazine – The Summer issue: Adventure
KtoA help us discover inspirational stories and real-life experiences, access advice about current topics and find exciting cultural activities taking place. Find out wha is in this edition…
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Children’s Commissioner for Wales Super Ambassadors programme
Super Ambassadors is a scheme from the Children’s Commissioner for Wales that aims to promote children’s rights and the UNCRC in schools…
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Children’s Commissioner for Wales Community Ambassadors programme
This a Children’s Vomissioner for Wales programme where children and young people can get involved and volunteer as members of their local community group or special interest group…
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Hate speech and children’s rights podcast
This podcast series from UNICEF discusses hate speech and its impact on children’s rights…
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New website – Children’s Participation in Schools
The Children’s Participation in Schools Team has launched a website that offers information about the Children’s Participation in Schools project, which primary aim is to explore and examine teaching practices that embed young children’s participative rights in classrooms and schools…
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Care experience as a protected characteristic?
New Leicestershire Cares podcast considering whether being care experienced should be recognised in the Equality Act 2010 as a protected characteristic…
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Accessible leisure activities for disabled children and young people
The ‘VOCAL’ study is based on disabled children’s right to rest, leisure, play and recreation and to take part in cultural and artistic activities. Recently a new paper from this study has been published highlighting the fluctuations in well-being and disable children’s experiences in recreational activities…
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The importance of caring relationships in Pupil Referral Units
We know that supportive consistent relationships with others can make a huge and positive difference to our lives. Yet these kinds of relational experiences are often missing for young people in the care system. This study highlights the importance of caring relationships in Pupil Referral Units…
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Calling care-experienced young people and professionals who work with care leavers
Despite ongoing efforts to bridge the gap between care-experienced young people and their peers, there is still much that we do not know about the factors that contribute to these inequalities. This research aims to develop a better understanding of how policies and support structures can be effectively developed to address the specific needs of care-experienced young people…
