Care and Education

  • The Cardiff Christmas Dinner 2025

    For the fourth year in a row, young people across South Wales who would otherwise spend Christmas Day alone will be warmly welcomed to a fabulous festive celebration — The Cardiff Christmas Dinner.
  • 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.  
  • “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.
  • The Cardiff University Law Clinic

    The Cardiff University Law Clinic was launched on Friday 8th November, in national Pro Bono week. We have so far helped 20 people who could not otherwise easily access/afford legal advice.
  • A Feasibility Study of Social Workers in Schools  

    The Social Workers in Schools pilot (SWIS) was a feasibility study, which took place in 2018-2020 in three local authorities in England. Social workers are not commonplace in UK schools, so this intervention was unusual. It embedded social workers within schools to assist educators in supporting students and helping them identify risks to children’s safety.
  • Co-design with vulnerable groups affected by child criminal exploitation

    Co-production values the lived experience of individuals as they are the experts in their own lives
  • Brother and sister eating
    Take part in sibling kinship care research

    Your opportunity to tell your story about your experience of bringing up your younger brother or sister. Most people know that families are not always two parents bringing up their children, and that, for lots of reasons, sometimes children are brought up by someone who isn’t their mother or father…
  • Mother and child
    Look Say Sing Play

    First-time mums have been sharing their experiences of parenthood during the pandemic as part of a newbrain-building campaign called Look Say Sing Play being launched in Cardiff and The Vale of Glamorgan to help parents support their baby’s development…
  • Two boys sitting outside with mobile phones
    How gender stereotyping is failing boys at risk of child sexual exploitation

    Lauren Hill and Clive Diaz from Cardiff University have carried out research into how gender stereotypes may impact on the support offered to young people who are at risk of child sexual exploitation. This blog provides a short summary of their findings…
  • Young people friends in school
    Help us make a difference to Youth Work in Wales

    Youth Cymru is at the start of a new journey; much has changed over the last few months for all of us and as an organisation whose primary aim is to benefit the lives of young people we want to take action now to ensure the best outcomes for young people in Wales…