Family and Community

  • If Racism Vanished for a Day…

    By Luci Gorell Barnes A newly published paper from the study presents an overview of our research methodology. In it we discuss how we developed our relational and ethical arts-based approach, which aimed to foreground the children’s voices, and support their explorations of the nuanced and complex relationships between their external worlds and internal feelings.… Read More
  • “They Finally See Me, They Trust Me, My Brother’s Coming Home”

    There is an increased understanding of the role of kinship care in raising children where their parents cannot. A lot of the media stories and current research talk about grandparents who step up and become the full-time carer for their grandchildren. However, kinship carers can be anyone who has a connection to a child – an aunt, a neighbour, a best friend’s family. They can also be the older brother or sister of the child needing an alternative carer.
  • ‘Talking about Race’ Resource for Primary Schools

    Talking about Race’ is a new illustrated resource with an accompanying video, intended to support first conversations about race in primary schools. The ’Talking about Race’ resource is intended to disseminate messages from my research in 2010-2011, which focused on younger children’s navigation of race and belonging in two primary schools, back to schools and… Read More
  • Joining Up Joining In- Leicestershire County Council agrees to make care experience a protected characteristic!

    The Leicestershire Cares’ Joining Up Joining In (JUJI) project, funded by the Blagrave Trust, is celebrating the County Council’s decision to treat “Care Experience” as a protected characteristic, after their lead member for children and young people met with our peer researchers about this issue. Councillor Taylor brought a motion to the full County Council… Read More
  • Care Experienced Students’ Success at University: Support and Encouragement are Crucial.

    Young people who have been placed in care are known to have poorer educational outcomes than other young people and are less likely to go to university. Despite the challenges faced by care experienced young people in getting to university, research suggests that when they do make it to university, many succeed in completing their… Read More
  • 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
  • Child doing an outdoor activity
    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…
  • Children in a classroom
    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…
  • A group of children gathered in a circle and pointing at the middle
    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…
  • Child covering their ears
    Hate speech and children’s rights podcast

    This podcast series from UNICEF discusses hate speech and its impact on children’s rights…