Care and Education

  • 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

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • Co-SPACE study report findings: Changes in children’s mental health symptoms

    The latest report of the Co-SPACE study shows changes in children and young people’s mental health among the study sample up to and including January 2021. In the report, the focus is on the following mental health outcomes as measured by…

  • Walking Tall: Empowering children to share their views and be heard

    Walking Tall is a three-year project from the Fostering Network in Wales that began in 2020…

  • Thrive Magazine focuses on ‘healthy relationships’

    Last November, The Fostering Network in Wales, Young People’s Care Forum worked with Brook Charity to discuss and explore the importance of young people in foster care having healthy relationships with everyone around them…